Effect of brain stimulation by electric current on eating behavior in overweight people
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Recruiting
- Conditions
- ObesityoverweightC18.654.726.500C23.888.144.699
- Registration Number
- RBR-8f5w2q
- Lead Sponsor
- Faculdade de Ciências da Saúde do Trairi - FACISA
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- Not specified
Inclusion Criteria
Age between 19 and 50 years; body mass index equal to or greater than 25; abdominal circumference greater than 94 centimeters for men and greater than 80 centimeters for women
Exclusion Criteria
Pregnant and breastfeeding women; women in menopause; user of illicit drug, use of psychotropic medication and for weight loss; previous or current history of eating disorder, psychiatric; suffered a stroke, head trauma, neurosurgery
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Intervention
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Attenuation of eating behaviors associated with obesity, after 10 sessions of tDCS, until the 8th week after the intervention, evaluated by the questionnaire scores: three-factor food intake questionnaire-R21 (TFEQ-R21); food craving desire questionnaire (FCQ-T); Brazilian inventory of craving-related foods (FCI-Br), as well as the emotional profile verified by the DASS-21 questionnaire
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Decreased anthropometric measures associated to obesity, after 10 sessions of tDCS, until the 8th week after the intervention, verifying weight; circumference of the waist and abdomen, as well as the percentage of body fat;Modifications in food group intake between the beginning of the intervention and at a follow-up of eight weeks after the last session of tDCS, verified by the application of 24-hour reminders