Focusing on Body Functionality After Bariatric Surgery
- Conditions
- Bariatric Surgery CandidateBody Image
- Interventions
- Other: Expand Your Horizon
- Registration Number
- NCT04883268
- Lead Sponsor
- Maastricht University
- Brief Summary
This study investigated whether focusing on one's body functionality (i.e., everything the body can do, rather than how it looks) would lead to improvements in body image, self-esteem, and self-kindness among women who have undergone bariatric surgery.
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- Female
- Target Recruitment
- 103
- Identifying as female, being between 18 and 65 years old, having undergone bariatric surgery 5-7 months prior to the study, and qualifying for standard aftercare at the Nederlandse Obesitas Kliniek (NOK; Dutch Obesity Clinic).
- N/A
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- PARALLEL
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description Intervention Group Expand Your Horizon Participants in the intervention group completed the Expand Your Horizon programme (Alleva et al., 2015).
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Change in appearance satisfaction over time (pretest, posttest, follow-ups) Pretest (Day 1), posttest (Day 5), 1-week follow-up (Day 12), 3-month follow-up (Day 95) Appearance satisfaction was assessed using the Body Areas Satisfaction Subscale (BASS) of the Multidimensional Body-Self Relations Questionnaire (MBSRQ). Scores range from 1-5, with higher scores demonstrating higher appearance satisfaction.
Change in self-objectification over time (pretest, posttest, follow-ups) Pretest (Day 1), posttest (Day 5), 1-week follow-up (Day 12), 3-month follow-up (Day 95) Self-objectification was assessed using the Self-Objectification Questionnaire (SOQ). Scores range from -25 to 25, with lower scores demonstrating higher levels of self-objectification.
Change in functionality satisfaction over time (pretest, posttest, follow-ups) Pretest (Day 1), posttest (Day 5), 1-week follow-up (Day 12), 3-month follow-up (Day 95) Functionality satisfaction was assessed using the Physical Condition Subscale (PCS) of the Body Esteem Scale (BES). Scores range from 1-5, with higher scores demonstrating higher functionality satisfaction.
Change in body appreciation over time (pretest, posttest, follow-ups) Pretest (Day 1), posttest (Day 5), 1-week follow-up (Day 12), 3-month follow-up (Day 95) Body appreciation was assessed using the Body Appreciation Scale-2 (BAS-2). Scores range from 1-5, with higher scores demonstrating higher body appreciation.
Change in body responsiveness over time (pretest, posttest, follow-ups) Pretest (Day 1), posttest (Day 5), 1-week follow-up (Day 12), 3-month follow-up (Day 95) Body responsiveness was assessed using the Body Responsiveness Questionnaire (BRQ). Scores range from 1-7, with higher scores demonstrating higher body responsiveness.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Changes in self-esteem over time (pretest, posttest, follow-ups) Pretest (Day 1), posttest (Day 5), 1-week follow-up (Day 12), 3-month follow-up (Day 95) Self-esteem was assessed using the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (RSE). Scores range from 10-40, with higher scores reflecting higher levels of self-esteem.
Changes in self-kindness over time (pretest, posttest, follow-ups) Pretest (Day 1), posttest (Day 5), 1-week follow-up (Day 12), 3-month follow-up (Day 95) Self-kindness was assessed using the Self-Kindness Subscale (SKS) of the Self-Compassion Scale (SCS). Scores range from 1-7, with higher scores reflecting higher levels of self-kindness.
Trial Locations
- Locations (2)
Nederlandse Obesitas Kliniek
🇳🇱Huis ter heide, Utrecht, Netherlands
Maastricht University
🇳🇱Maastricht, Limburg, Netherlands