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Efficacy of a school-based programme implemented by community agents in the prevention of eating and weight-related disorders

Not Applicable
Completed
Conditions
Eating and weight-related disorders
Mental and Behavioural Disorders
Eating disorders
Registration Number
ISRCTN47682626
Lead Sponsor
Ministry of Science and Innovation (Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación [MICINN]) (Spain)
Brief Summary

1. 2016 results in https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26708330 (added 17/01/2019) 2. 2013 protocol in: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24118981

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Completed
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
800
Inclusion Criteria

Second-grade (eight-grade in USA; 13 years) male and female students in Spanish secondary education

Exclusion Criteria

No exclusion criteria were used and intact classes participated.

Study & Design

Study Type
Interventional
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
<br> 1. Sociocultural Attitudes Toward Appearance Scale -3<br> 2. Children Eating Attitudes Test<br> 3. Weight Control Behaviours (Inventory designed ad hoc)<br> 4. Perception of Teasing Scale<br> 5. Body Dissatisfaction and Drive for Thinness subscales from Eating Disorders Inventory -6. All the questionnaires in their Spanish adaptation. The primary and secondary outcomes were assessed at baseline, post-test (two weeks after the last activity Letter of complaint to the media) and nine months follow-up<br>
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
The primary outcome measures above were assessed for participants who completed the analysis of advertising and the letters of complaint to the media activities, and by nutritional status (following International Obesity Task Force criteria).
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