Feasibility and Acceptability of a Single Session of Imagery Rescripting in a Community Sample of Adults

Early Phase 1

Completed

• Conditions: Feasibility Studies; Acceptability; Depressive Symptoms; Disordered Eating Behaviors

• Registration Number: NCT06610318
• Lead Sponsor: University of Oregon

Brief Summary

Negative experiences related to eating and appearance (NEREAs), such as critical commentary from parents about food, are common. They are also associated with depression and disordered eating, predictors of early mortality. Imagery rescripting (IR) is a therapeutic process during which individuals are guided through recalling distressing memories, like NEREAs, and generating ideas for bringing support into these memories. Single sessions of IR demonstrate promise in shifting the primary negative consequences of NEREAs in clinical samples of women. The current study examined the feasibility and acceptability of a remote-delivered, single session of IR in a community sample of men and women with NEREAs.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2023-06-01
• Primary Completion: 2024-04-06
• Study Completion: 2024-06-01
• Status Verified: 2024-09
• Study First Submitted: 2024-09-17
• Study First Submitted QC: 2024-09-19
• Last Update Submitted: 2024-09-19
• Study First Posted: 2024-09-24
• Last Update Posted: 2024-09-24

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 27

Inclusion Criteria

1. ≥18 years old
2. endorse a history of at least one negative experience related to eating and/or appearance

Exclusion Criteria

1. endorsed a current major medical condition;
2. met criteria for a full threshold psychiatric disorder (of moderate intensity when severity ratings are necessary, such as for substance use disorders and binge eating disorder);
3. were at high risk for suicide;
4. endorsed current or recent pregnancy or anticipated becoming pregnant within the next year;
5. were taking medication known to affect eating, weight and/or chronic disease risk;
6. were participating in eating, weight, or diabetes programming;
7. experienced weight loss > 10% in the past six months; and/or
8. could not complete study procedures in English.

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
data collection completeness	baseline, intervention, 1-month, and 3-month	% of missing data collected at all study visits
intervention acceptability	these data will be collected during the 1-month follow-up visit	captured via self-report survey items created by the researchers; participants were asked questions such as the extent to which they liked engaging in the intervention; response options are on a Likert-type scale ranging from strongly agree to strongly disagree; average scores at the item level will be generated by condition
safety	these data will be collected during and between all study visits, from baseline though the 3-month follow-up visit	frequency of adverse events
retention	from baseline through the 3-month follow-up visit	the % of participants retained at each visit relative to baseline (i.e., percentage of total enrolled who attended the intervention visit, the 1-month follow-up visit, and the 3-month follow-up visit)
enrollment	once, at baseline, over the duration of recruitment to obtain the sample size of interest	the total number of participants enrolled in the study and a demographic description of these participants, including their sex, gender, race, ethnicity, age and body mass index
fidelity	during the intervention session only	the % of intervention curriculum the interventionists cover during their intervention session as rated by research staff using a curriculum checklist

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

University of Oregon; 🇺🇸 Eugene, Oregon, United States