Chronic Disease
Conditions
Keywords
Self-Management, Chronic Conditions, Young Adults
Brief summary
The study was conducted from 15th April 2021 to 15th August 2021. It employed a pretest-posttest design with control and training groups. In this study, a pretest-posttest design including control and training groups was used. Pre-assessments were taken from young adults who reported that they wanted to participate in the study via social media accounts and e-mail and who met the study criteria, and two groups were formed by the simple randomization method. The study group received 8 weeks of self-management training. The control group was informed about self-management for 1 week. Final evaluations were conducted for both groups after eight weeks.
Detailed description
Pre-assessments were taken from young adults who reported that they wanted to participate in the study via social media accounts and e-mail and who met the study criteria, and two groups were formed by simple randomization method. The study group received 8 weeks of self-management training. The control group was informed about self-management for 1 week. Final evaluations were conducted for both groups after eight weeks.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALSelf management training
The self-management training programme for the study group consisted of eight sessions. Each session lasted between 40 and 50 minutes and followed a structured format: a 5-minute introduction, a 5-minute summary of the previous session, and a 30-40 minute presentation on the session's topic. Training plan on cognition, emotion regulation and self-management was implemented
Sponsors
Saglik Bilimleri Universitesi
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Intervention model description
Pre-post test, randomized controlled study
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 35 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* having no communication barriers * having a chronic disease such as asthma, diabetes, heart disease, or hypertension
Exclusion criteria
* being under 35 years old * undergoing concurrent psychological treatment/therapy * having Covid-19 * requiring treatment for other diseases during the training process
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Self-Control Self-Management Scale (SCMS) | pre-treatment and post-treatment up to 8-weeks | The Self-Control and Self-Management Scale consists of three subscales: self-monitoring, self-evaluation and self-reinforcement. It is a 6-point Likert-type scale consisting of 16 items (0= Does not define me at all, 5= Defines me completely). |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (CERQ) | pre-treatment and post-treatment up to 8-weeks | The five-point Likert-type scale (1 = not at all suitable for me, 2 = somewhat suitable for me, 3 = partially suitable for me, 4 = very suitable for me, 5 = completely suitable for me) consists of a total of 36 items. It consists of nine sub-dimensions: self-blame, acceptance, rumination, positive refocusing, refocus on planning, positive reappraisal, putting into perspective, catastrophizing, and other-blame. |
| The Occupational Balance Questionnaire (OBQ) | pre-treatment and post-treatment up to 8-weeks | In 2019, Günal et al. conducted a validity and reliability study of the 11-item revised version of the questionnaire in Turkish. The scale consists of four response categories (strongly disagree, disagree, agree, strongly agree), with each item being assigned a value between 0 and 3 points. The sum of the individual items results in a score between 0 and 33. |
Countries
Turkey (Türkiye)
Outcome results
None listed