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Uncontrolled diabetes is associated with increased risk for micro-vascular complication. Hypoglycemia is one of the major barriers in achieving good glucose control. Hypoglycemia is associated with a range of unpleasant symptoms including palpitations, tremor, hunger, sweating, confusion, difficulties in thinking as well as other idiosyncratic symptoms. Fear of hypoglycemia (FOH) refers to phobic avoidance reactions associated with hypoglycemia FOH may increase behavioral attempts to avoid hypoglycemia including decreased consumption of insulin and/or increased consumption of carbohydrates, resulting in poor glycemic control and an increased risk of diabetic complication. In this study, the investigators present a novel system, which simultaneously employs BioFeedback and Virtual Reality in order to cope with fear of hypoglycemia.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| Psych-Educational and Bio Feedback (BF_ | Active Comparator | Participants in the control group will undergo Psych-Educational and BF sessions in which they will receive information about FOH and about ways of coping with FOH and BF training. More specifically, they will learn about factors associated with FOH, behavioral manifestations of FOH, negative consequences of these behavioral manifestations and about ways of coping with FOH. They will be instructed to practice BF for 15 minutes, at home for 5 initial training sessions during a week. After which they will receive another session of BF training and will be instructed to practice it at home for 10 sessions course, (5 weekly sessions for 2 weeks). Each session will be for 15 minutes. |
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| Psych-Educational session and virtual reality (VR) | Experimental | Participants in the intervention group will receive Psych-Educational session as the control group and in addition they will participate in training for VR system and will be asked to use it at home for 5 initial training sessions during a week. During this week, they will practice reducing their GSR levels as indicated by the BF device. Following this they will receive a combined biofeedback-virtual reality system and use it at home for a 10 sessions course, (5 weekly sessions for 2 weeks). Each session will be for 15 minutes. |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| Psych-Educational session and virtual reality | Behavioral | Psych-Educational session and virtual reality |
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| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Reduction of fear of hypoglycemia in type 1 diabetic patients as measured by reduction of 2 point on the HFS-W). pre-treatment and after two months post completion of treatment. | two months |
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Inclusion Criteria:
Exclusion Criteria:
Patient with severe hypoglycemia event in the last 6 months will be excluded. Patient with mental illness will be excluded
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| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| Hadassah Medical Organization, Jerusalem, Israel | Recruiting | Jerusalem | Israel |
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| ID | Term |
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| D007003 | Hypoglycemia |
| ID | Term |
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| D044882 | Glucose Metabolism Disorders |
| D008659 | Metabolic Diseases |
| D009750 | Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases |
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| Psych-Educational and BF sessions | Behavioral | Psych-Educational and BF sessions |
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