A Mind-Body Intervention for Diabetes Management: A Pilot Study

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Conditions studied: Diabetes Mellitus, Stress, Psychological, Stress, Physiological

In brief

Managing type 1 diabetes is stressful. Stress physiology influences glucose metabolism. Continuous glucose monitors allow us to track glucose variability in the real-world environment. Managing stress and cultivating resiliency should improve diabetes management and reduce glucose variability. The study was designed as a randomized prospective cohort pre-post study with wait time control. Participants were adult type 1 diabetes patients who used a continuous glucose monitor and recruited from an academic endocrinology practice. The intervention was the Stress Management and Resiliency Training (SMART) program conducted over 8 sessions over web-based video conference software. The primary outcome measures were: Glucose variability, the Diabetes Self-Management questionnaire (DSMQ) and the Connor-Davidson Resiliency (CD-RISC) instrument.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT04944264

Run by

Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center

People needed

34

Starts

2020-10-01

Expected to finish

2021-05-15

Last updated by the study team

2021-06-29

Who can join

Age: 21 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• diagnosis of type 1 diabetes (diagnosis ≥ 5 years) treated exclusively with insulin by multiple (>2 daily) injections or pump
• no prior use of a continuous glucose monitor; ages > 21
• ability to read and speak English at the high school level
• ability and willingness to come to the clinic once per week for a mind-body group intervention.

You may not qualify if…

• major psychiatric illness
• severe diabetes complications under active treatment (i.e., retinal laser or injection treatments, dialysis, foot ulcers)
• pregnancy
• an inability to attend weekly mind-body group sessions

Where it is running

• Dartmouth-Hitchcock — Lebanon, New Hampshire, United States

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