A One-Day ACT Workshop for Emotional Eating
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 32
- 试验地点
- 2
- 主要终点
- Emotional Eating - 2-weeks Post-intervention
研究概览
简要总结
Emotional eating is a behaviour that has been linked to weight concerns, mental health concerns, and disordered eating. Effective interventions have been developed to treat emotional eating, however these exist solely in the context of promoting weight loss. Emotional eating is not exclusive to those who struggle with weight and thus interventions are needed that target those who engage in emotional eating regardless of their weight status. The present study aims to do so through the implementation of a one day Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) workshop for emotional eaters.
详细描述
Emotional eating is defined as increased food consumption in response to negative emotions, and has been linked to weight concerns, mental health concerns, and disordered eating behaviours. Effective interventions have been developed that address emotional eating, namely to improve weight loss. Such interventions are based in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), which encourages tolerance of internal cues, such as emotions, and external cues, such as food.
Emotional eating, however, is not exclusive to those who struggle with their weight. Many individuals maintain a normal weight despite engaging in emotional eating. These individuals still consume an excess of high calorie (for which they somehow eventually compensate), high fat, and high sugar foods as part of their emotional eating. Unhealthy dietary habits such as these have been shown to be associated with an increased risk of all-cause mortality, as well as health concerns including diabetes and cardiovascular disease. Individuals with normal weight are not eligible for ACT programs described above, despite the increased risk of health concerns associated with emotional eating.
The present study aims to test the feasibility and acceptability of a one-day ACT workshop to reduce emotional eating and improve health that is not focused on weight loss as its primary outcome, and rather targets all individuals who engage in emotional eating.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Na
- 干预模型
- Single Group
- 主要目的
- Treatment
- 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
- •Engaging in emotional eating as per a DEBQ-EE score of 3.25 or higher
- •Being over the age of 18
排除标准
- •Not meeting the DEBQ-EE 3.25 or higher inclusion criteria
- •Being under the age of 18
结局指标
主要结局
Emotional Eating - 2-weeks Post-intervention
时间窗: Assessed from baseline to 2-weeks post-intervention and 3-months post-intervention
Emotional eating, as assessed by the Dutch Eating Behaviour Questionnaire Emotional Eating Subscale (DEBQ-EE). Participants are asked to rate the frequency with which they engage in particular eating behaviours, on a 5-point Likert-type rating scale from never (1) to very often (5), with higher scores reflecting higher emotional eating. Only the emotional eating subscale of the DEBQ will be assessed and is calculated by averaging the 13 items that assess emotional eating.
Emotional Eating - 3-months Post-Intervention
时间窗: Assessed from baseline to 2-weeks post-intervention and 3-months post-intervention
Emotional eating, as assessed by the Dutch Eating Behaviour Questionnaire Emotional Eating Subscale (DEBQ-EE). Participants are asked to rate the frequency with which they engage in particular eating behaviours, on a 5-point Likert-type rating scale from never (1) to very often (5), with higher scores reflecting higher emotional eating. Only the emotional eating subscale of the DEBQ will be assessed and is calculated by averaging the 13 items that assess emotional eating.
次要结局
- Food Craving Acceptance and Action - 2-weeks Post-intervention(Assessed from baseline to 2-weeks post-intervention and 3-months post-intervention)
- Mindful Eating - 2-weeks Post-intervention(Assessed from baseline to 2-weeks post-intervention and 3-months post-intervention)
- ACT Values Application - 2-weeks Post-intervention(Assessed from baseline to 2-weeks post-intervention and 3-months post-intervention)
- Distress Tolerance - 2-weeks Post-Intervention(Assessed from baseline to 2-weeks post-intervention and 3-months post-intervention)
- ACT Values Application - 3-months Post-intervention(Assessed from baseline to 2-weeks post-intervention and 3-months post-intervention)
- Ability to Stop Emotional Eating - 3-months Post-intervention(Assessed from baseline to 2-weeks post-intervention and 3-months post-intervention)
- Distress Tolerance - 3-months Post-Intervention(Assessed from baseline to 2-weeks post-intervention and 3-months post-intervention)
- Mindful Eating - 3-months Post-intervention(Assessed from baseline to 2-weeks post-intervention and 3-months post-intervention)
- Emotional Eating Frequency - 2-weeks Post-intervention(Assessed from baseline to 2-weeks post-intervention and 3-months post-intervention)
- Food Craving Acceptance and Action - 3-months Post-intervention(Assessed from baseline to 2-weeks post-intervention and 3-months post-intervention)
- Emotional Eating Frequency - 3-months Post-intervention(Assessed from baseline to 2-weeks post-intervention and 3-months post-intervention)
- Ability to Stop Emotional Eating - 2-weeks Post-intervention(Assessed from baseline to 2-weeks post-intervention and 3-months post-intervention)
- Feasibility Data: Recruitment, Eligibility, Attendance, and Attrition Rates(Assessed throughout the duration of the study from the recruitment period to the completion of the workshops and follow-up questionnaires (i.e., over a 3-month period).)