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National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) |
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Information provided by: | National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00233142 |
This study will determine whether the psychological benefits of expressive writing extend to diabetic patients, how long the benefits will last, and whether additional expressive writing "booster" sessions will lead to greater and more sustained improvement in diabetes symptoms and well-being.
Condition | Intervention | Phase |
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Diabetes Mellitus Stress Depression |
Behavioral: Expressive writing Behavioral: Neutral writing |
Phase II |
Study Type: | Interventional |
Study Design: | Treatment, Randomized, Double Blind (Subject, Outcomes Assessor), Active Control, Parallel Assignment, Efficacy Study |
Official Title: | Expressive Writing: Complementary Treatment for Diabetes |
Estimated Enrollment: | 225 |
Study Start Date: | September 2005 |
Estimated Study Completion Date: | December 2008 |
Estimated Primary Completion Date: | December 2008 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure) |
Arms | Assigned Interventions |
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Expressive writing: Experimental
Expressive writing
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Behavioral: Expressive writing
Writing as therapeutic intervention
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Neutral writing: Sham Comparator
Non-expressive writing
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Behavioral: Neutral writing
Non-expressive writing
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Diabetes is one of the leading causes of blindness, kidney failure, and nontraumatic lower extremity amputation in the United States. Conditions such as stress and depression have been shown to worsen diabetic symptoms. Data indicate that expressive writing (an activity during which individuals deal with stressful experiences by writing about them on paper) has beneficial effects on psychological and physiological outcomes. This study will determine whether diabetes patients can benefit from expressive writing. This study will also determine the duration of the benefits and the effectiveness of booster sessions in improving their diabetic symptoms.
Participants will be randomly assigned to engage in expressive writing or neutral writing for 18 months. Participants in the expressive writing group will write about traumatic or stressful events; participants in the neutral writing group will write about neutral topics that do not affect them emotionally. Some participants in the expressive writing group will receive an additional 4 months of booster sessions of expressive writing. All participants will undergo interviews, blood collection, physical exams and complete clinical scales on their disease status, quality of life, and psychological well-being; these assessments will occur at study entry, every 4 months during the study, and at the end of the study.
Ages Eligible for Study: | 25 Years to 75 Years |
Genders Eligible for Study: | Both |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
Exclusion Criteria:
Contact: Joshua M. Smyth, PhD | 315-443-3723 | jmsmyth@syr.edu |
United States, New York | |
Syracuse University | Recruiting |
Syracuse, New York, United States, 13244 | |
Contact: Kristin Heron, BA 315-443-2950 keheron@syr.edu | |
Principal Investigator: Joshua M. Smyth, PhD | |
Sub-Investigator: Martin Sliwinski, PhD | |
State University of New York Medical University | Recruiting |
Syracuse, New York, United States, 13244 | |
Contact: Kristin Heron, BA 315-443-2950 keheron@syr.edu | |
Principal Investigator: Paula Trief, PhD | |
Sub-Investigator: Ruth Weinstock, MD | |
Sub-Investigator: Roger Greenberg, PhD | |
United States, Pennsylvania | |
Pennsylvania State University | Recruiting |
University Park, Pennsylvania, United States, 16802 | |
Contact: Josy Lyons Mauger, RN 814-865-1392 jlm38@psu.edu | |
Principal Investigator: Jan Ulbrecht, MD | |
Sub-Investigator: Cheryl Dellasega, CRNP, PhD | |
United States, Tennessee | |
Vanderbilt University | Recruiting |
Nashville, Tennessee, United States, 37235 | |
Contact: Kathleen Wolff, MSN 615-936-1314 | |
Contact: Marlon Fielder, BS 615 936 1314 marlon.t.fielder@vanderbilt.edu | |
Principal Investigator: Kenneth Wallston, PhD | |
Sub-Investigator: Joseph Hepworth, PhD |
Principal Investigator: | Joshua M. Smyth, PhD | Syracuse University |
Study ID Numbers: | R01 AT002477 |
Study First Received: | September 13, 2005 |
Last Updated: | August 14, 2008 |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00233142 |
Health Authority: | United States: Federal Government |
Diabetes Emotions Blood glucose Expressive Writing |
Metabolic Diseases Depression Diabetes Mellitus Endocrine System Diseases Stress |
Endocrinopathy Metabolic disorder Glucose Metabolism Disorders Depressive Disorder Behavioral Symptoms |
Pathologic Processes |