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The Effect Of The Spiritual Diary In Children

The Effect Of The Spiritual Diary On Anxiety and Spiriutal Well-Being In Children Diagnosed With Type1 Diabetes

Status
Completed
Phases
NA
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT05377918
Enrollment
89
Registered
2022-05-17
Start date
2022-01-31
Completion date
2022-05-01
Last updated
2022-05-17

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Conditions

Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1

Keywords

spirituality, children, anxiety

Brief summary

The research will be carried out in two phases in order to verify the Turkish validity and reliability of the Feeling Good, Living Life (FGLL) Scale and to determine the effect of the diary kept using the spiritual writing technique on the anxiety and spiritual well-being level of the children aged 9-12 years who have been diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes. The first phase of the research was carried out methodologically in Kartal Yavuz Selim Secondary School and Kartal Borsa Imam Hatip Secondary School in Kartal District of Istanbul Province between November-December 2021 for the Turkish validity and reliability study of the FGLL Scale. It has been determined that FGLL can be used as a valid and reliable tool for children aged 9-12 in Turkish society. In the second phase of the study, it was decided to conduct it at Kartal Dr. Lütfi Kırdar City Hospital in order to reach children between the ages of 9 and 12 who were diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes, and necessary permissions were obtained from the institutions. Istanbul/Kartal Dr. Sample calculations were made with the G\*Power 3.1 program in children diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes, who applied to the Lütfi Kırdar City Hospital Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolic Diseases Outpatient Clinic. It was calculated that a total of 89 people in three groups, 28/30 people in the groups, should be reached (n=89). The data in the second phase of the study were Introductory Information Form for Children Diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes, Feeling Good-Living Life Scale and State-Trait Anxiety Inventory for Children, What Did You Feel Today? Spiritual Diary and What Did You Do Today?Diary It will be obtained through.

Detailed description

Inclusion Criteria: Age range of 9-12, Diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes at least one year ago, Having no other physiological or psychological diseases, No mental disability Does not use psychoactive drugs, Speaking and understanding Turkish, Able to read and write Parents who volunteer their child to participate in the research and sign the consent form, Children in good physical condition were included in the study. Exclusion Criteria: Age range not 9-12, Diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes for less than a year, Having other physiological and psychological diseases, Mentally disabled, Using psychoactive drugs, Can't speak or understand Turkish, illiterate, Parents who do not volunteer for the child to participate in the research, Children who were not in good physical time and had pain were not included in the study.

Interventions

OTHERDiary

spiritual diary group and diary gruop will write a diary

Sponsors

Bahçeşehir University
CollaboratorOTHER
Yeditepe University
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
SCREENING
Masking
NONE

Intervention model description

There will be three groups in the study. Spiritual Diary Group will be asked to keep a spiritual diary What Did You Feel Today? The children in Diary Gruop will be asked to keep a diary of What did You do today? 3 days a week for 4 weeks, and Control Group will be the control group.

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
9 Years to 12 Years
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

* Age range of 9-12, * Diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes at least one year ago, * Having no other physiological or psychological diseases, * No mental disability * Does not use psychoactive drugs, * Speaking and understanding Turkish, * Able to read and write * Parents who volunteer their child to participate in the research and sign the consent form, * Children in good physical condition were included in the study.

Exclusion criteria

* Age range not 9-12, * Diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes for less than a year, * Having other physiological and psychological diseases, * Mentally disabled, * Using psychoactive drugs, * Can't speak or understand Turkish, * illiterate, * Parents who do not volunteer for the child to participate in the research, * Children who were not in good physical time and had pain were not included in the study.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Spritual well-being4 weeksChildren's spiritual well-being will be evaluated with Feeling Good Living Life Scale
Anxiety4 weeksChilren's anxiety level will be evaluated with State-trait Anxiety Invetory for Children

Countries

Turkey (Türkiye)

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026