Zarifsaniey N, Shirazi MO, Mehrabi M, Bagheri Z. Promoting self-management behaviors in adolescents with type 1 diabetes, using digital storytelling: a pilot randomized controlled trial.
BMC Endocr Disord 2022;
22:74. [PMID:
35317771 PMCID:
PMC8941790 DOI:
10.1186/s12902-022-00988-7]
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Abstract
BACKGROUND
This study aimed to assess the effects of digital storytelling on the self-management behavior of adolescents with type 1 diabetes (TID).
METHODS
In this pilot randomized controlled clinical trial, 60 adolescents with TID were randomly allocated into two parallel groups: intervention (training with digital storytelling method, n = 33) or control (training with a conventional method, n = 33). The primary outcome was assessing the Self-Management behavior of adolescents with TID (SMOD-A) at baseline and three months after the intervention.
RESULTS
The results revealed that digital storytelling could significantly improve self-management behaviors amongst adolescents with TID (P = 0.005). In contrast, in the control group, no significant changes were observed (P > 0.05). Furthermore, the mean score of Collaboration with Parents subscale was significantly higher in the digital storytelling group than in the control group after the intervention (p = 0.022). The results also showed that the level of Collaboration With Parents' subscale scores had a meaningful reverse relationship with the adolescent age after digital storytelling (p = 0.048). Repeated measures ANOVAs showed that there were significant main effects of time and group on collaboration with parents(p = 0.002) and goal subscales (p = 0.035). With respect to HbA1c levels, significant changes were not observed in any of the groups (P > 0.05).
CONCLUSIONS
Digital storytelling is practicable and a potentially beneficial training modality for adolescents with TID.
TRIAL REGISTRATION
This trial was respectively registered.
CLINICALTRIALS
gov Identifier: IRCT20191220045828N1 . Date of registration: Oct 29. 2020.
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