SOMEBODY, a Social Media-based Eating Disorder Prevention Program

Eating Disorder Symptom Clinical Trial

Official title:

An Open Trial Pilot Study of SOMEBODY, a Social Media-based Eating Disorder Prevention Program for College Women

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT04810403
• Other study ID #: 00001960
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: March 29, 2021
• Est. completion date: April 22, 2022

Study information

• Verified date: May 2022
• Source: Florida State University
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of this study is to develop and evaluate the feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary evidence of potential efficacy of a social-media based intervention to reduce risk factors for eating disorders in college women.

Description:

Previous research supports an association between specific aspects of social media use and increased eating pathology in correlational designs and that specific aspects of social media use cause increases in risk factors for eating disorders. The aim of the current project is to determine whether social media use can be altered to cause decreases in eating disorder risk factors. To accomplish this, college women will be recruited to participate in an open trial of a pilot program that adapts activities used within evidence-based eating disorder prevention programs to be used on social media platforms. The intervention is designed to target internalization of the thin ideal.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 8
• Est. completion date: April 22, 2022
• Est. primary completion date: April 22, 2022
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Female
• Age group: 18 Years to 25 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• female
• 18 to 25 years old
• score in the top 50th percentile for time spent on social media each day

Exclusion Criteria:

• male
• <18 years or >25 years old
• individuals who screen positive for a Diagnostic Statistical Manual-5 eating disorder on the Eating Disorder Diagnostic Scale

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Eating Disorder Symptom
• Feeding and Eating Disorders

Intervention

Behavioral:
• SOMEBODY Eating Disorder Prevention Program
Participants will receive daily activities to complete on their most frequently used social media platform for 14 consecutive days. Daily activities have been adapted from the Body Project - an intervention that has been demonstrated to reduce internalization of the thin ideal and reduce risk for eating disorders. Examples of activities to be piloted include unfollowing social media accounts the participant perceives as reinforcing the thin-ideal and posting a selfie without makeup or editing. Based on feedback from participants, the intervention may be altered to improve acceptability, feasibility, and preliminary evidence of potential efficacy.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	Florida State University Psychology Department	Tallahassee	Florida

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Florida State University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Acceptability of intervention	Acceptability will be evaluated with 7-point Likert scale ratings, with a score =5 indicating that participants found the intervention acceptable	2 weeks
Primary	Feasibility of intervention	Feasibility will be evaluated as the percentage of consented and enrolled participants who complete =10 of the 14 days of the intervention, with =80% indicating feasibility	2 weeks
Primary	Change in internalization of the thin ideal	The Sociocultural Attitudes Towards Appearance Questionnaire - 4 Revised (SATAQ-4R) Internalization Subscales will be used to measure internationalization of the thin ideal before and after the intervention. An effect size of d=.50 for within subject change in score will establish preliminary evidence of potential efficacy	Pre-intervention assessment to post-intervention assessment (or approximately 14 days from baseline)
Secondary	Change in body image concerns	The Eating Disorders Examination Questionnaire Weight and Shape Concerns subscales adapted for the past 7 days will be used to measure change in body image before and after the intervention	Pre-intervention assessment to post-intervention assessment (or approximately 14 days from baseline)
Secondary	Change in dietary restraint	The Eating Disorders Examination Questionnaire Dietary Restraint subscale adapted for the past 7 days will be used to measure change in dietary restraint before and after the intervention	Pre-intervention assessment to post-intervention assessment (or approximately 14 days from baseline)
Secondary	Change in bulimic symptoms	The Eating Disorders Examination Questionnaire Self-Reported Bulimic Symptom Composite Score adapted for the past 7 days will be used to measure change in bulimic symptom frequency before and after the intervention	Pre-intervention assessment to post-intervention assessment (or approximately 14 days from baseline)
Secondary	Change in disordered eating	The Eating Disorders Examination Questionnaire Global Score adapted for the past 7 days will be used to measure change in disordered eating before and after the intervention	Pre-intervention assessment to post-intervention assessment (or approximately 14 days from baseline)
Secondary	Change in social media use	The Social Media Use Questionnaire items assessing frequency and type of engagement with social media will be used to measure change in social media use before and after the intervention	Pre-intervention assessment to post-intervention assessment (or approximately 14 days from baseline)
Secondary	Adherence to protocol - self-reported	The Social Media Use Questionnaire items assessing adherence to daily social media activities will be used to measure self-reported adherence after the intervention	2 weeks
Secondary	Adherence to protocol - observed	With participant consent, a research assistant will follow the social media account the participant plans to use for the SOMEBODY intervention and will complete a checklist on a daily basis (yes/no) on whether or not the participant completed the daily assignment	Daily for the 14 days of the intervention