Study of the Efficacy of GGED: a Cognitive Training App for Eating Disorders.

University of Valencia

Status: Completed

Conditions: Eating Disorders

Treatments: Device: GGED mobile app

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06179992

GVA/2021/162

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of the present study is to evaluate the efficacy of GGTCA to decrease the maladaptive beliefs associated with eating disorders (ED) in non-clinical adult population. Specifically, a randomized controlled trial with crossover assignment design and two groups (experimental and control) will be carried out in adults aged 18-65 years to assess the changes pre and post use the app. It's expected that after the use of the GGTCA app for 15 days are, at the primary level: decrease in the degree of ascription to dysfunctional beliefs associated with ED; and at the secondary level: increase in self-esteem; decrease in eating symptomatology; and no changes in emotional symptomatology, since the pilot study did not find. These results are also expected to be maintained in subsequent follow-ups, at 15 days and a month after to finish the app in experimental group, and 15 days after to finish the app in control group.

Full description

There is a digital platform called GGtude, which is composed of different modules, each of them aimed at working with different mental health problems. The goal is to provide an easy-to-use tool as a CBT complement to work on the self-dialogue that relates to the core beliefs associated with the psychological problem in particular. To achieve this target, a cognitive training exercise is performed: different sentences appear in the form of beliefs, and the person must identify and accept those beliefs that are functional, adaptive and positive, dragging them to the lower part of the screen; and reject those that are dysfunctional, maladaptive and negative dragging them to the upper part of the screen.

There are different modules, for example, to work self-esteem, depression, body image or obsessive-compulsive disorder, that have proven their effectiveness.

Enrollment: 103 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 60 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Ages between 18 and 40.
• Have a dispositive with Internet access.

Exclusion criteria

• None.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Crossover Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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103 participants in 2 patient groups

Experimental group

Experimental group

Description:

The experimental group used the GGED module for 15 days after the first assessment.

Treatment:

Device: GGED mobile app

Control group

Active Comparator group

Description:

The control group used the GGED module for 15 days after the second assessment.

Treatment:

Device: GGED mobile app