Theory of Mind skills in patients with obesity
Recruiting
- Conditions
- E66Obesity
- Registration Number
- DRKS00022392
- Lead Sponsor
- Klinik für Psychosomatik und Psychotherapie
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 80
Inclusion Criteria
Patients aged 18 to 65 years,
Diagnosis of obesity (with or without BED), BMI>30, good knowledge of the german language (fluent in hearing and speaking)
Exclusion Criteria
Further diagnoses (severe personality disorder, psychosis, manic episode, alcohol or addictive drug abuse/dependence),
Currently dose of more than 5mg Diazepam or 1mg Lorazepam,
Physical diseases that could impair cognitive skills, specifically neurological diseases (e.g. MS, epilepsy)
Study & Design
- Study Type
- observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method The aim of the study is to find out whether people who suffer from obesity have difficulties in empathizing with others or have deficits in terms of mentalization skills.<br>In order to be able to interpret the results, the records of the subjects are evaluated by two trained raters (Prof. Kölkebeck and the doctoral candidate) using a rating sheet. The length (0-4), the intentionality (0-5) and the appropriateness (0-2) are rated with numbers from 0 to 2/4/5
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method If the results of the study show that obese patients actually have difficulty empathizing with others, the long-term goal is to develop better methods of examination and treatment of obesity, specifically with regard to psychotherapeutic methods.