An Intervention for Eating and Body Image Concerns Among Young Adult Women

April 7, 2021 updated by: University of Sheffield

Feasibility of Online Exposure Therapy and Self-compassion Interventions for Eating and Body Image Concerns Among Young Adult Women

The primary aim of the current study is to assess acceptability and feasibility of online body image exposure and self-compassion interventions before conducting a larger RCT.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

This study will determine the feasibility and effectiveness of delivering an online therapy for eating pathology and body image disturbance. It will address body image and eating pathology in a non-clinical group of young adult women, who are at risk of developing such problems . The feasibility study will determine whether there are any difficulties that would need to be addressed in recruitment, online delivery and assessment of those treatments.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

30

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • United Kingdom
      • Sheffield, United Kingdom, S1 2LT
        • University of Sheffield

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

Female

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Body shape questionnaire score > 25
  • Age ≥18
  • Self-identified women
  • Be able to use a computer and having an Internet connection and webcam

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Insufficient knowledge of English
  • Learning disability, severe mental illness or alcohol/substance dependence, history of self-injuries, current eating disorder, current clinical depression
  • Psychiatric illness requiring secondary care intervention
  • Male
  • Under 18 years old
  • Body mass index below 18.5
  • Currently undergoing psychological therapies
  • No access to a tablet or computer with an internet connection

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Prevention
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Active Comparator: Body image exposure
Guided non-judgmental exposure, 40 minutes total
Behavioral: Body image exposure
Exposure therapy is a key element of evidence-based cognitive behaviour therapy for eating disorders . Body image exposure intervention involves deliberate, planned, and systematic exposure to the body image. Participants will be asked to stand so that they can see their whole body - far enough back. Participants will be asked to look at their bodies on screen. Participants will be continually encouraged by the facilitator for looking at and talking about the body parts.
Active Comparator: Self-compassion
8 Short self-compassion meditations, 40 minutes total
Behavioral: Self-compassion
The self-compassion intervention condition consists of Neff's self-compassion exercises. These exercises are part of the self-compassion intervention condition. Meditation text used in this study is obtained from the following link https://self-compassion.org/category/exercises/.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Number of participants recruited
Time Frame: will measure upon study termination (estimated at 2-3 months)
30 participants
will measure upon study termination (estimated at 2-3 months)

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
The rate of completion
Time Frame: will measure upon study termination (estimated at 2-3 months)
assessed by the percentage of participants who complete the study questionnaires
will measure upon study termination (estimated at 2-3 months)

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

University of Sheffield

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Fidan Turk, University of Sheffield

Publications and helpful links

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General Publications

Helpful Links

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

January 13, 2021

Primary Completion (Actual)

February 26, 2021

Study Completion (Actual)

March 30, 2021

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

November 23, 2020

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

December 9, 2020

First Posted (Actual)

December 11, 2020

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

April 8, 2021

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

April 7, 2021

Last Verified

August 1, 2020

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • 168743

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

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