Clinical trial NCT04978974: Implications of Stress Management Program
Official title: Stress, Coping Strategies and Quality of Life Among Patients With Chronic Conditions: Implications of Stress Management Program
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Chronic Conditions, Multiple
Keywords: Diabetes
Hypertension
Chronic Condition
Stress Management Program
Perceived Stress
Coping Strategies
Lead sponsor: University of Gujrat
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2021-07-27
Enrollment: 110
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 31
Maximum age (years): 60
Standard ages: ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: NA
Intervention model: SINGLE_GROUP
Intervention model description: The patients with chronic conditions which included type 2 diabetes and hypertension were selected through purposive sampling technique
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: Previous studies indicated that patients with diabetes mellitus and hypertension had higher level of perceived stress, used maladaptive coping strategies and poor health-related quality of life. Therefore, stress management program was applied to reduce their perceived stress, improve their coping strategies, improve their health-related quality of life and psychological health of the patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus and hypertension in current study. The main objectives of the current study were to observe the effects of stress management program on perceived stress, coping strategies and health-related quality of life using pre-experimental research design. Patients with diabetes mellitus type 2 and hypertension were selected through purposive sampling technique to apply the eclectic approach of the stress management program. Total 110 patients with type 2 diabetes and hypertension completed the program from 114 patients who gave inform consent for participation in the first session. Perceived stress scale, WHOQOL and Coping strategies questionnaire were administered at the pre and post-levels of the program. Further, base line of targeted domains variables was also filled from the participants at pre, mid and post-levels to access the efficacy of the program which was formulated according to previous research data by the researcher. The stress Management program consisted of 10 session which were delivered to eight groups (diabetic and Hypertensive) in five weeks. Each session had the duration 90 minutes and two sessions were conducted in one week.


Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* patients with type II diabetes or hypertension with at least three months duration of illness
* had not attended any psychological intervention or stress management program earlier

Exclusion Criteria:

* Patients who had any other physical/ mental illnesses along with diabetes or hypertension
* Patients with type I diabetes
* Patients with gestational diabetes or hypertension
* Had diabetes or hypertensive condition from less than three month
* Had co morbidity of diabetes and hypertensive chronic conditions

Primary outcomes:
measure: Effects of stress management program as assessed using Perceived Stress Scale
timeFrame: 10th session (one month and one week from first assessment)
measure: Effects of stress management program as assessed using Health-Related Quality of Life
timeFrame: 10th session (one month and one week from first assessment)
measure: Effects of stress management program as assessed using Coping Strategies Questionnaire
timeFrame: 10th session (one month and one week from first assessment)
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Effects of stress management program as assessed using Baseline
timeFrame: base line were used in 5th (two weeks and 3 days) and 10th session (one month and one week from first assessment)
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Jhelum
country: Pakistan
facility: Jhelum Poly Clinic
state: Punjab
Study officials:
References:
citation: Alshayban D, Joseph R. Health-related quality of life among patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus in Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia: A cross-sectional study. PLoS One. 2020 Jan 10;15(1):e0227573. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0227573. eCollection 2020.