The effect of spiritual self-care training on the severity of insomnia of diabetic adolescents

Introduction: Adolescence is one of the sensitive and important stages of human development, and the presence of diabetes in adolescents has many complications, one of which is insomnia. Spirituality, especially in children and adolescents, along with routine care, can affect the quality of life of adolescents in coping with stress. Finally, it can improve the quality of life of children with chronic diseases. method: The present study is an experimental study, which was initially based on available sampling and then randomization of pre-test and post-test on 66 diabetic adolescents aged 12 to 20 years who referred to comprehensive urban and rural health service centers bases of the city Qaemshahr was done. The data collection tool was the ISI Insomnia Severity Questionnaire. The test group was taught White's spiritual self-care during 6 sessions of 30 to 45 minutes. At the end, the data was entered into spss22 software and then the information was analyzed by descriptive statistics and inferential statistics. Finding: The average intensity of insomnia in the test group before the intervention was19.91±1.4 and in the control group was 20.88±2.57and after the intervention in the test group it was 18.45±2.18 and in the control group reached20.45±1.34, a significant difference was seen.With analysis of variance by removing the effect of the pre-test, a significant difference was observed. .Conclusion: Based on the results of the study in diabetic adolescents, spiritual self-care training improves the severity of insomnia. It is suggested that this study be conducted in communities and other cities, especially big cities, and be followed up in long-term periods.