CClinicalTrials.gg
CompletedNCT05377918Updated May 17, 2022

The Effect Of The Spiritual Diary In Children

An interventional study of Diary in Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1, sponsored by Yeditepe University. Completed at 1 site in Turkey. Open to participants aged 9 Years to 12 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2022-05-17.

Sponsored by Yeditepe University · Not applicable, Interventional, and Screening

Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
89
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
9 Years to 12 Years
Sex
All
01

Study 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.

Read the 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.

02

Conditions studied

  • Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1

Keywords

  • spirituality
  • children
  • anxiety
03

In context

Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1

3,522 studies on the registry are indexed under Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1; 577 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 89 is above the median of 40 across 2,649 interventional studies indexed under Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1.

Browse Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 studies →

Lead sponsor

Yeditepe University is the lead sponsor of 127 studies on the registry; 31 are open to participants now.

Counted across the registry records on this site, refreshed daily.

04

Who can participate

Ages eligible
9 Years to 12 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts 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

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.
05

Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Primary purpose
Screening
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
89 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Spiritual Diary Group

    -What did you feel today? Spiritual Diary: According to the randomization, the participants in Cluster 1 were asked to write their bad/good memories about the four elements (self, others/family, nature, God/God) in John Fisher's Four Domains model, ask family, others, and God/ God was asked to write down his wishes and wishes, and the child in this group generally wrote the question "What did I feel today?" in his diary.

    Other: Diary

  • Experimental
    Diary Group

    What Did You Do Today? Diary: According to randomization, the children in the Cluster 2 group were asked to write down their daily activities and activities (eating, watching TV, time spent with their friends at school, etc.) and the children in this group were asked to generally ask, "What did I do today?" answered the question.

    Other: Diary

  • No intervention
    Control Group

    Control Group

Interventions

  • OtherDiary

    spiritual diary group and diary gruop will write a diary

    Also known as: writing a diary

06

What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Spritual well-being

    Children's spiritual well-being will be evaluated with Feeling Good Living Life Scale

    Time frame: 4 weeks

  2. Anxiety

    Chilren's anxiety level will be evaluated with State-trait Anxiety Invetory for Children

    Time frame: 4 weeks

07

Study locations

1 site
  • Bahçeşehir University
    İstanbul, 34353, Turkey
08

References and documents

Publications

  • Parilakova M, Babincak P. Feeling Good, Living Life: Evaluation of Psychometric Properties of the Slovak Version in Children Age 8-11 Years. J Relig Health. 2020 Jun;59(3):1421-1433. doi: 10.1007/s10943-019-00867-x. PubMed 31250163 ↗

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No

09

Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on May 17, 2022, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
10

Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT05377918
Lead sponsor
Yeditepe University
Collaborators
Bahçeşehir University
Responsible party
Tugce atak meric (Nurse, Yeditepe University) — Principal investigator
First posted
May 17, 2022
Start date
Jan 31, 2022
Primary completion
May 1, 2022
Completion
May 1, 2022
Last update
May 17, 2022

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
View the source record on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

Not currently enrolling

This study is completed, as verified in May 2022. You cannot join it, but the record below documents what was studied.

Follow this study

Get an email when the registry record changes — status, dates, results — or when someone posts here.

Sign in to follow

Discussion

Questions and observations about this study, from anyone following it. Not medical advice, and not a channel to the study team — their contact details are on the registry record.

Sign in to join the discussion. Reading takes no account; posting does. You choose a display name, and a pseudonym is the default.

Nothing here yet. If you are running this trial, taking part in it, or weighing whether to, this is the place to say so.

Start the discussion