Training App for Inhibitory Control Towards Food
About this study
The aim of this project is to test the feasibility, acceptability and clinical impact of a mobile app-based intervention (FoodTraining) to strengthen food-related inhibitory control over 4 weeks, in a sample of people with eating or weight disorders (i.e. obesity, binge-eating disorder (BED), or bulimia nervosa (BN)) receiving standard outpatient treatment (i.e., treatment as usual (TAU) encompassing guided self-help or psychotherapy, pharmacological therapy or diet). The training will be offered in addition to TAU (experimental group) and compared to TAU alone (control group). Participants will complete questionnaires to measure eating behaviour, eating disorder psychopathology, symptoms of anxiety, depression and stress, social functioning and quality of life at baseline, 4 and 8 weeks. They will also complete momentary assessments using a mobile application (FoodTracker) to report on food intake along with related thoughts, emotions, and behaviours and will wear small, non-invasive sensors to track real-time fluctuations in glucose levels for 15 days. Participants will also perform a food-related go-no go task and a food-related temporal discounting task at baseline, 4 and 8 weeks. Finally, this study will pilot the use of a semi-structured interview to characterise the history of weight, the appetite system, eating-related habits in the family and learning of eating behaviours and attitudes in people with eating or weight disorders.
- Condition
- Obesity &Amp; Overweight, Bulimia Nervosa, Binge-Eating Disorder
- Tested
- Food-specific inhibitory control training delivered through the FoodTraining App, Waiting list
- Sponsor
- University of Padova
Who can join
- Age
- 16 years and older
- Sex
- All sexes
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
Inclusion 5
- Minimum age: 16 years
- Study condition: Obesity &Amp; Overweight, Bulimia Nervosa, Binge-Eating Disorder
- BMI in the obesity range (\>30) or a clinician-formulated diagnosis of binge eating disorder or bulimia nervosa;
- knowledge of Italian or English;
- access to a mobile device (e.g. smartphone, tablet).
Exclusion 3
- visual impairment not corrected by glasses
- a diagnosis of psychosis;
- intellectual disability.
Where
1 site, 1 recruiting
Psychiatry Unit, University Hospital, Padova and Bariatric Unit, University Hospital, Padova
Padova, Padova, Italy
Contact
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Valentina Cardi, PhD
+39049827 valentina.cardi@unipd.it
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Enrico Collantoni, PhD
Potential match only. Final eligibility is determined by the study team.