Examining the Effect of Role-playing Exercise by Utilizing an Obesity Suit in a Simulation Scenario on Weight Bias and Empathy Levels Among Nutrition Sciences Students
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 尚未招募
- 入组人数
- 40
- 试验地点
- 2
- 主要终点
- Anti-Fat Attitudes questionnaire ('AFA')
研究概览
简要总结
A quasi-experimental design (i.e., "One-Group Pretest-Posttest Design") will be applied among 40 convenient samples of undergraduate students in their first year of nutrition sciences program at Ariel University and Tel-Hai College. The intervention will take place at the simulation centers of the institutions. All participants will be asked to wear an obesity simulation suit (Unisex obesity Simulation suit, Erler-Zimmer, Germany) and to participate in a standardized scenario that simulates meetings between a person with obesity and a 'registered dietitian'. The 'registered dietitian' will be presented by a professional role-player and the scenario will encompass different levels of weight bias. At baseline, 1- and 3-week post-intervention both groups will be asked to fill in a survey using "Qualtrics" software. The survey will include the Anti-Fat Attitudes questionnaire (AFA), the Short-Form of Fat-Phobia scale (F-scale), the Weight-Implicit Association-Test (weight-IAT), and the Jefferson Scale of Empathy. Data on demographics, weight history, and perception, measurement of actual weight and height, and the beliefs about the causes of obesity questionnaire will be collected at baseline.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Na
- 干预模型
- Single Group
- 主要目的
- Supportive Care
- 盲法
- None
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 —（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •undergraduate students in their first year of the nutrition sciences program at Ariel University or Tel-Hai College
- •age ≥18 years
- •having fluency in Hebrew
- •ability to wear an obesity suit
- •willingness to participate in the study
排除标准
- 未提供
结局指标
主要结局
Anti-Fat Attitudes questionnaire ('AFA')
时间窗: Change from baseline at three- weeks post-intervention
The 'AFA' indicates explicit anti-fat attitudes toward people with obesity and is composed of 13-items rated on a 10-point Likert scale and divided into three subscales ('dislike', 'fear about fat' and 'willpower'), with higher total scores indicating stronger anti-fat attitudes.
The short-form of fat-phobia scale (' F-scale')
时间窗: Change from baseline at three- weeks post-intervention
The 'F-scale' indicates fat-phobic attitudes toward people with obesity and is composed of 14-pairs of adjectives that are used to describe people with obesity (e.g., 'no willpower' vs. 'has willpower') and ranked on a 1-5 scale according to the point closest to the adjective name that describes their feelings and beliefs. Higher scores indicate stronger fat-phobic attitudes.
Weight Implicit Association Test ('IAT')
时间窗: Change from baseline at three- weeks post-intervention
IAT tool is an indirect measure of implicit bias toward weight which uses the constructs of "fat people" versus "thin people" and the polarized attitudes of "good" and "bad" to detect implicit weight bias.
The Jefferson Scale of Empathy (S-version)
时间窗: Change from baseline at three- weeks post-intervention
A 20-item scale that is designed to measure empathy in medical students.
次要结局
- Weight history(At baseline)
- The beliefs about the causes of obesity questionnaire(At baseline)
- Demographics(At baseline)
- Weight perception(At baseline)
- Objective weight measurement(At baseline)
- Objective height measurement(At baseline)
研究者
Shiri Sherf Dagan
Principal investigator
Ariel University