Virtual Body Project Groups Led by Peers Versus Clinicians

Eating Disorders Clinical Trial

— v-BP  

Official title:

Effectiveness of the Body Project to Prevent Eating Disorders in Young Females at Risk: a Randomized Controlled Trial

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT05993728
• Other study ID #: 609734
• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: February 15, 2024
• Est. completion date: December 31, 2027

Study information

• Verified date: April 2024
• Source: Oslo University Hospital
• Contact: Line Wisting, PhD
• Phone: +4793495268
• Email: uxwili[@]ous-hf.no
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Eating disorders (EDs) are a group of illnesses associated with significant psychological and physiological consequences. Overall, only 20% of individuals with EDs receive treatment and treatment is effective for only about 25-35% for those who receive care. The development and implementation of effective prevention approaches for those at risk is therefore pivotal. The Body Project is the most effective ED prevention program for at-risk females according to meta-analyses, but reach has been limited since delivery has traditionally been in-person. Further research is warranted to examine cost-effective and easily accessible approaches to increase scalability and potential for broad implementation. With this application, the investigators therefore propose to examine the effectiveness of the Body Project in young females, a high-risk group, with the following main novel aspects: i) virtually-delivered Body Project groups to maximize reach; ii) peer-led versus clinician-led virtually-delivered Body Project groups; iii) the inclusion of objective measures to assess engagement of intervention targets (i.e., mediator).

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Enrollment: 441
• Est. completion date: December 31, 2027
• Est. primary completion date: December 31, 2026
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Female
• Age group: 16 Years to 25 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Age 16-25

• Female identifying

• Self-reported body image concerns

Exclusion Criteria:

• Ongoing eating disorder diagnosis requiring treatment or hospitalization

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Body Image
• Eating Disorders
• Feeding and Eating Disorders

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Body Project
The Body Project prevention program is a body acceptance program to promote a healthy body image and prevent eating disorder onset.
• Psychoeducational control
Participants randomized to the educational control condition will receive videos addressing body image and eating disorders

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Norway	Oslo University Hospital	Oslo

Sponsors (4)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Oslo University Hospital	Karolinska Institutet, Oslo New University College, Norway, Stanford University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Norway, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Change over time in eating disorder symptoms	Assessed with the 28-item self-report Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire (EDE-Q). Responses range from 0-6, whith higher scores indicating more severe eating disorder psychopathology	Baseline/pretest, posttest right after intervention (an average of 8 weeks), and at follow-up after 6-months, 1-year, and 2-years
Primary	Rate of eating disorder onset	Assessed with the eating disorder diagnostic interview Eating Disorder Assessment-5 (EDA-5). This is a semi-structured clinician-led diagnostic interview, based on the diagnostic criteria in the diagnostic manual DSM-5, and is efficient to determine eating disorder diagnostic status. This outcome will be used to determine proportion of participants with an eating disorder diagnosis.	Baseline/pretest, 1-year, and at 2-years
Primary	Change over time in Body dissatisfaction	Assessed with the 10-item Body Dissatisfaction Scale (BDI; Berscheid et al., 2973) which assesses dissatisfaction with various body parts. Each item is scored on a scale of 1 = extremely dissatisfied to 5 = extremely satisfied. Lower scores indicate greater body dissatisfaction	Baseline/pretest, posttest right after intervention (an average of 8 weeks), and at follow-up after 6-months, 1-year, and 2-years
Primary	Change over time in thin-ideal internalization	Assessed with the 8-item Ideal-Body Stereotype Scale-Revised (Stice et al., 2017) which measures pursuit of the thin ideal. Each item is scored on a scale of 1 = strongly disagree to 5 = strongly agree. Higher scores indicate greater belief in the thin-deal.	Baseline/pretest, posttest right after intervention (an average of 8 weeks), and at follow-up after 6-months, 1-year, and 2-years
Primary	Negative affect	20 negative items from the Positive and Negative Affect Schedule - Revised (PANAS-X) (Watson & Clark, 1992) to measure negative affect. Higher scores indicate higher levels of negative affect. Responses range from 1-5	Baseline/pretest, posttest right after intervention (an average of 8 weeks), and at follow-up after 6-months, 1-year, and 2-years
Secondary	Change over time in appearance ideals and perceived pressures	Assessed with the Attitudes Towards Appearance Questionnaire (SATAQ-4R) (Schaefer et al., 2017). A total of 31 items are included, and responses range from 1-5. Higher scores indicate higher levels of internalization/pressures	Baseline/pretest, posttest right after intervention (an average of 8 weeks), and at follow-up after 6-months, 1-year, and 2-years