Developing and Validating Clinical Efficacy for Obesity Digital CBT Model

Brief Summary

Detailed Description

Seventy female participants whose BMI scores were above 23 and who had no other clinical problem except obesity were randomized into an experimental and a control group. Forty-five people in the experimental group were connected with the therapist using digital healthcare apps, so they got daily feedbacks and assignments for 8 weeks. Twenty-five people in the control group also used digital healthcare apps but they were asked to do self-care without intervention.

Primary Outcomes

Secondary Outcomes

• Trait Anxiety Inventory (TAI)(Baseline, at 8 weeks, at 6 months)
• the result of leptin(Baseline, at 8 weeks)
• weight and height will be combined to report BMI in kg/m^2(Baseline, at 8 weeks, at 6 months)
• Fat percent(Baseline, at 8 weeks, at 6 months)
• Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (RSES). Child / Adolescent Measures(Baseline, at 8 weeks, at 6 months)
• Dutch Eating Behavior Questionnaire (DEBQ)(Baseline, at 8 weeks, at 6 months)
• the result of alanine aminotransferase (ALT)(Baseline, at 8 weeks)
• Buffet index(Baseline, at 8 weeks)
• Automatic Thoughts Questionnaire-30 (ATQ-30)(Baseline, at 8 weeks, at 6 months)
• the result of triglycerides (TG)(Baseline, at 8 weeks)
• the result of glucose(Baseline, at 8 weeks)
• the result of insulin(Baseline, at 8 weeks)
• the result of cholesterol total(Baseline, at 8 weeks)
• the result of aspartate aminotransferase (AST)(Baseline, at 8 weeks)
• Korean Beck Depression Inventory (K-BDI)(Baseline, at 8 weeks, at 6 months)
• Body Shape Questionnaire: Psychometric properties of the short version (BSQ-8C)(Baseline, at 8 weeks, at 6 months)
• Yale Food Addiction Scale (YFAS)(Baseline, at 8 weeks, at 6 months)
• the result of gamma-glutamyl transferase (GGT)(Baseline, at 8 weeks)