Eating Disorders Programs: An Indicated Trial

Oregon Research Institute

Status: Completed

Conditions: Eating Disorders; Body Image

Treatments: Behavioral: Group-based Therapy

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; NIH

Identifiers

NCT03259347

1R01MH086582-01A1 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

IndPrevPilot

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to assess the effectiveness of two body acceptance programs for women. Participants may experience reduction of eating pathology and prevention of future obesity and eating disorders; may derive a sense of altruism and contribution to furthering understanding of a public health problem.

Enrollment: 534 estimated patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18 to 30 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Participant indicates sub-threshold or threshold eating disorder.
• Participant is available to participate in the intervention sessions.
• Participants must be MRI eligible.

Exclusion criteria

• Participant does not indicate sub-threshold or threshold eating disorder.
• Participant is unable to attend intervention sessions.
• Participant cannot participate if MRI ineligible.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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534 participants in 2 patient groups

Counter-attitudinal therapy

Experimental group

Description:

Counter-attitudinal therapy (CAT) is dissonance-based group intervention. CAT consists of behavioral, written, and verbal exercises in which participants discuss the costs of pursuing the thin ideal and behaviors that are used to pursue the thin ideal. The intervention is 8 sessions long (1-hr each) and is administered by a trained facilitator who uses an intervention script. Participants will be asked to complete weekly home exercises throughout the course of the intervention.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Group-based Therapy

Educational-support group

Active Comparator group

Description:

The educational support group intervention that is representative of typical treatment groups offered at universities and community settings. For the current study, the educational support group was designed to match the dissonance group on treatment modality (group-based), duration (8 1-hr sessions), and use of an intervention script administered by a trained facilitator. In the intervention sessions, participants will be provided with a basic education about eating disorders, support for themselves and fellow group members, and learn mindfulness techniques.Participants will be asked to complete weekly homework assignments.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Group-based Therapy