Implications of Stress Management Program

NCT ID: NCT04978974

Last Updated: 2021-07-27

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 110 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2019-05-03
• Study Completion Date: 2020-12-29

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.

Conditions

Chronic Conditions, Multiple

Study Design

• Allocation Method: NA
• Intervention Model: SINGLE_GROUP
• Primary Study Purpose: TREATMENT
• Blinding Strategy: NONE

Study Groups

Patients with type 2 Diabetes mellitus and Hypertension

patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus and hypertension were selected by using purposive sampling technique to apply stress management program

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Stress Management Program

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Stress management program includes different techniques such as relaxation technique, psycho-education, laughing, emotional freedom technique, referenting, cognitive restructuring, rational emotive imagery, time management, anger management, assertiveness and social support

Interventions

Stress Management Program

Stress management program includes different techniques such as relaxation technique, psycho-education, laughing, emotional freedom technique, referenting, cognitive restructuring, rational emotive imagery, time management, anger management, assertiveness and social support

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

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

• Minimum Eligible Age: 31 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 60 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

University of Gujrat

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Hafsa Qurban

Mphil Scholar, Priniciple Investigator, Psychologist, Department of Psychology, University of Gujrat

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

Jhelum Poly Clinic

Jhelum, Punjab Province, Pakistan

Countries

Pakistan

References

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.

Reference Type: BACKGROUND

PMID: 31923232 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

UOG/ASRB/Psych/3/18631/011

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id