Clinical trial NCT02790892: Creative Arts Diabetes Initiative for Youth/Young Adults Transitioning to Adult Care
Official title: Creative Arts Diabetes Initiative: Group Art Therapy and Peer Support for Youth and Young Adults Transitioning From Pediatric to Adult Diabetes Care
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Coping Behavior
Emotional Distress
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2
Keywords: type 1 diabetes
type 2 diabetes
children
adolescents
young adults
youth
transition
art therapy
behavioral therapy
Lead sponsor: University of Manitoba
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2016-06-06
Enrollment: 12
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 15
Maximum age (years): 24
Standard ages: CHILD
ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: NA
Intervention model: SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose: SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Brief summary: The Creative Arts Diabetes Initiative will offer facilitated art therapy with a group/peer-support environment to two groups of youth/young adults, one with type 1 diabetes, and one with type 2 diabetes. This environment intends to "meet youth where they are", promote universality, hope and self-understanding, has the potential to be therapeutic and allows youth to express and learn about themselves and each other while developing healthy coping skills and address their fears and concerns.

Detailed description: The Creative Arts Diabetes Initiative will offer facilitated art therapy with a group/peer-support environment to two groups of youth/young adults, one with type 1 diabetes, and one with type 2 diabetes. This environment intends to "meet youth where they are", promote universality, hope and self-understanding, has the potential to be therapeutic and allows youth to express and learn about themselves and each other while developing healthy coping skills and address their fears and concerns.

As much of diabetes management is about meeting physical health goals - it is the vision of this study that offering additional support in the form of art therapy will have positive effects for bringing awareness and avenues for self-care to the other often neglected dimensions of patients' mental, emotional and spiritual health as part of a more holistic health process.

Engaging in art therapy has the potential to decrease diabetes related distress by giving youth a means and opportunity to identify, understand and express their feelings about having diabetes. Improved self-awareness and self-reflectiveness can help youth integrate their feelings and learn how this can motivate, influence and impact their behaviors and life choices.

Youth will have the opportunity for engaging in peer support, and to build relationships that are meaningful, thus increasing their sense of belonging and positively affect their level of self-confidence, purpose and wellbeing.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* diagnosed with either type 1 or type 2 diabetes, live within weekly travel distance to Winnipeg, Manitoba, receive their pediatric care at the Diabetes Education Resource for Children and Adolescents, or who are members of the Maestro Project

Exclusion Criteria:

* those who cannot give informed consent or who are not able to attend regular sessions due to travel distance

Primary outcomes:
measure: Decrease diabetes related distress
timeFrame: 12 weeks
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Increase social support
timeFrame: 12 weeks
measure: Increase emotional
timeFrame: 12 weeks
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Winnipeg
country: Canada
facility: University of Manitoba
state: Manitoba
Study officials:
affiliation: University of Manitoba, Pediatric Endocrinology
name: Seth D Marks, MD,MSc,FRCPC
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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