Adolescent Interventions to Manage Self-Regulation in Type 1 Diabetes (AIMS-T1D): randomized control trial study protocol

Alison L Miller, Sharon L Lo, Dana Albright, Joyce M Lee, Christine M Hunter, Katherine W Bauer, Rosalind King, Katy M Clark, Kiren Chaudhry, Niko Kaciroti, Benjamin Katz, Emily M Fredericks, Alison L Miller, Sharon L Lo, Dana Albright, Joyce M Lee, Christine M Hunter, Katherine W Bauer, Rosalind King, Katy M Clark, Kiren Chaudhry, Niko Kaciroti, Benjamin Katz, Emily M Fredericks

Abstract

Background: Self-regulation (SR), or the capacity to control one's thoughts, emotions, and behaviors in order to achieve a desired goal, shapes health outcomes through many pathways, including supporting adherence to medical treatment regimens. Type 1 Diabetes (T1D) is one specific condition that requires SR to ensure adherence to daily treatment regimens that can be arduous and effortful (e.g., monitoring blood glucose). Adolescents, in particular, have poor adherence to T1D treatment regimens, yet it is essential that they assume increased responsibility for managing their T1D as they approach young adulthood. Adolescence is also a time of rapid changes in SR capacity and thus a compelling period for intervention. Promoting SR among adolescents with T1D may thus be a novel method to improve treatment regimen adherence. The current study tests a behavioral intervention to enhance SR among adolescents with T1D. SR and T1D medical regimen adherence will be examined as primary and secondary outcomes, respectively.

Methods: We will use a randomized control trial design to test the impact of a behavioral intervention on three SR targets: Executive Functioning (EF), Emotion Regulation (ER), and Future Orientation (FO); and T1D medical regimen adherence. Adolescents with T1D (n = 94) will be recruited from pediatric endocrinology clinics and randomly assigned to treatment or control group. The behavioral intervention consists of working memory training (to enhance EF), biofeedback and relaxation training (to enhance ER), and episodic future thinking training (to enhance FO) across an 8-week period. SR and treatment regimen adherence will be assessed at pre- and post-test using multiple methods (behavioral tasks, diabetes device downloads, self- and parent-report). We will use an intent-to-treat framework using generalized linear mixed models to test our hypotheses that: 1) the treatment group will demonstrate greater improvements in SR than the control group, and 2) the treatment group will demonstrate better treatment regimen adherence outcomes than the control group.

Discussion: If successful, SR-focused behavioral interventions could improve health outcomes among adolescents with T1D and have transdiagnostic implications across multiple chronic conditions requiring treatment regimen adherence.

Trial registration: ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT03688919; registered September 28, 2018.

Keywords: Adolescence; Behavioral intervention; Medical regimen adherence; Self-regulation; Type 1 diabetes.

Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare that they have no competing interests.

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Self-regulation targets and intervention activities

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