Enhancing Social Connections Among Rural Community Members With Disordered Eating

April 29, 2026 updated by: Caitlin Martin-Wagar, University of Montana
This study is about testing a short program that uses social support to help people with disordered eating. The goal is to see if this program can help people build better habits and feel better about eating while reducing harmful symptoms. In the long run, this project wants to make it easier for people with eating problems to get help and recover, especially for those in rural areas or other groups who don't often get the care they need. Participants will complete self-report measures online, and complete a digital single-session program.

Study Overview

Status

Not yet recruiting

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Estimated)

111

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 Contact

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

  • Adult
  • Older Adult

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Adult (18+ years old)
  • disordered eating
  • live in the United States of America

Exclusion Criteria:

  • BMI below 18.5

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: Other
  • Allocation: N/A
  • Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Single-Session Intervention
Behavioral: Social Support Single-Session Intervention
Single-session intervention to increase self-efficacy, social support, help-seeking, and recovery-oriented behaviors to address disordered eating.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
eating disorder symptoms
Time Frame: 1 month post-intervention
As measured for the Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire
1 month post-intervention

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Help-seeking
Time Frame: 1 month post-intervention
As measured by the General Help Seeking Questionnaire and qualitative help-seeking behavioral questions.
1 month post-intervention
Self-efficacy
Time Frame: 1 month post-intervention
As measured by the General Self-Efficacy scale
1 month post-intervention
Social support and sense of community
Time Frame: 1 month post-intervention
As measured by the MOS Social Support Survey and Sense of Community Index
1 month post-intervention
Personal Growth
Time Frame: 1 month post-intervention
As measured by the Personal Growth Initiative
1 month post-intervention

Other Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Program feedback
Time Frame: 1 month post-intervention
As measured by the Program Feedback Scale
1 month post-intervention
Acceptability
Time Frame: 1 month post-intervention
As measured by the Credibility and Expectancy Questionnaire, and qualitative open-ended questions
1 month post-intervention

Collaborators and Investigators

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

Sponsor

University of Montana

Collaborators

Providence Health & Services

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start (Estimated)

July 1, 2026

Primary Completion (Estimated)

June 30, 2027

Study Completion (Estimated)

June 30, 2027

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

January 10, 2025

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

January 16, 2025

First Posted (Actual)

January 22, 2025

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

May 1, 2026

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

April 29, 2026

Last Verified

April 1, 2026

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • IRB-FY2024-307

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

UNDECIDED

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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