Toward a More Effective Treatment of Obesity: A RCT on Emotional Eating Reduction by Dialectical Behaviour Therapy

Completed

Conditions: Obesity
overweight / eating disorders
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obesitas

Registration Number: NL-OMON36670

Lead Sponsor: Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen

Brief Summary: Not available

Detailed Description: Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: Completed

Sex: Not specified

Target Recruitment: 68

Inclusion Criteria

BMI (Body mass Index; weight/height * height) between 30 and 40;
High scores on the subscale 'emotional eating' on the Dutch Eating Behavior Questionnaire (DEBQ).

Exclusion Criteria

Previous CBT treatment for overweight or eating disorders, substance abuse, psychoses, suicidality, severe personality disorder and physically caused obesity, concurrent treatment for overweight or eating disorders by medical specialist or dietician and BMI (Body mass Index; weight/height * height) above 40.

Study & Design

Study Type: Interventional

Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<p>At all six moments the following measures will be used:<br /><br>- BMI, measured individually by the PhD-student<br /><br>- EuroQol (The Euroqol Group, 1990), to assess the quality of life<br /><br>- Dutch Eating Behavior Questionnaire (DEBQ, Van Strien, 2005): emotional,<br /><br>external and restraint eating<br /><br>- EDI-2-screeningslist (Van Strien, 2002): screens on eating disorders</p><br>

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<p>- Eating Disorder Inventory-2 (EDI-2, Garner, 1991; Dutch translation, van<br /><br>Strien, 2002): eating related and non-related<br /><br>psychological traits, like interoceptive awareness and impulsivity<br /><br>- Symptom Checklist-90 (SCL-90, Derogatis, 1977): psychological symptoms, like<br /><br>anxiety and depression<br /><br>- Utrechtse Coping List (UCL, Schreurs & Willinge, 1988): measures different<br /><br>types of coping<br /><br>- Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS, Bagby et al., 1994): difficulty identifying<br /><br>feelings, difficulty describing feelings and externally<br /><br>orientated thinking<br /><br>- Barratt Impulsiveness Scale-30 (BIS-30, Patton, Stanford & Barratt, 1995):<br /><br>attentional and motor impulsivity, as well as<br /><br>non-planning</p><br>