Body Image Disorder in Anorexia Nervosa and Virtual Reality (REVAM)

Regional University Hospital Center (CHRU)

Status: Terminated

Conditions: Anorexia

Treatments: Device: Virtual reality

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03118921

REVAM

Details and patient eligibility

About

Evaluation of the tolerance and acceptability of the virtual representation of its body image.

Enrollment: 17 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 16 to 40 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Women, aged between 16 and 40
• Post-puberty
• Pure restrictive anorexia nervosa, diagnosis by the DSM-V
• BMI <17.5
• Patient attending an outpatient clinic at the Bohars Psychiatric Hospital in France
• Having signed the Informed Consent Form
• For minor patients, signing the form of informed consent of both parents

Exclusion criteria

• Associated eating disorder (bulimia, or the binge eating / purging form of anorexia nervosa),
• Psychiatric disorders (characterized depressed, anxiety disorder)
• Neurological Disorders
• Mental retardation
• Abuse or addiction to alcohol
• Abuse or dependence on psychoactive substances in the previous year.
• Patient with a protective justice measure

Trial design

Primary purpose: Device Feasibility

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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17 participants in 1 patient group

Virtual reality

Experimental group

Description:

The first session aims to present the virtual reality material that will be used. The second session will take place 2 weeks after the first session and will consist of the use of the immersion software

Treatment:

Device: Virtual reality