Support for Adolescents With Celiac Disease

Summary

This study was designed as a randomized controlled experimental study to examine the effects of peer-interaction group support in adolescents with celiac disease (CD) in the 13-18 age group on the quality of life, friendship relations, and coping levels of adolescents.

Six peer interactive group sessions were held with one week intervals with adolescents (n = 18) in the study group included in the sample for a period of 3 months. In the sessions, all participants were asked questions about the purpose of the session and a discussion environment was created. No training and counseling were provided to the adolescents in the control group (n = 18). Before and after the peer interactive group support, adolescents in the intervention and control group were asked to complete the quality of life, friendship qualities, and coping scales.

Conditions

• Celiac Disease in Children

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Celiac Disease Definition, Symptoms and Treatment

* Adolescents share their knowledge about the disease * Emphasizing the definition and symptoms of celiac disease * Discussion of the treatment of celıac disease Expression Question-Answer Discussion Summarizing

BEHAVIORAL

Difficulties Due to Celiac Disease

* Determining what experience living with celiac is fot the patient (What do I think about the disease, how do I feel about the disease,how do I perceive the disease, how does the disease affect me) * Determining the difficulties encountered in Daily life due to illness (How do I deal with difficulties) * Determining how the disease affects life Expression Question-Answer Discussion Summarizing

BEHAVIORAL

Gluten Free Diet in Celiac Disease

* Evaluating dietary information * Identifying the difficulties in diet therapy Expression Question-Answer Discussion Summarizing Case Study Presentation (Transfer of life experience of an individual who is 22 years old with celiac disease)

BEHAVIORAL

Difficulties Related to Disease in School and Social Life

* Assessment of difficulties encountered in school and social life * Evaluation of the solution suggestions fort he difficulties encountered Expression Question-Answer Discussion Summarizing Örnek Olay Sunumu (Transfer of life of experience of a 23 years old dietician with celiac disease)

BEHAVIORAL

Celiac Disease and Its Effects on Acamdemic Success Peer Relations

* Evaluation of the effects of the disease on academic success * Evaluation of the effects of the disease on peer relationships in the school enviroment * Difficulties experienced in peer relations and evaluation of relationships (exclusion) Expression Question-Answer Discussion Summarizing

BEHAVIORAL

Celiac Diseae anf Future Goals

* General summary of all sessions so far * Summarizing the topics discussed in the previous session * Evaluating the future goals of the participants Expression Question-Answer Discussion Summarizing

OTHER

No Intervention: routine health care- control group

Peer interactive group support was not provided to the control group. After all the sessions of the peer interactive group support of the study were completed, a separate training meeting was held for the control group.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Melike Taşdelen Baş

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Hicran Çavuşoğlu · Hacettepe University

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Masking

NONE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

13 Years

Max Age

18 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2018-06-22

Primary Completion

2018-09-06

Completion

2018-10-11

Countries

• Turkey (Türkiye)

Study Locations