StrEss - Prevention of stress-induced eating behavior: A pilot study on stress & eating

StrEss - Prevention of stress-induced eating behavior: A pilot study on stress & eating - StrEss

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

DRKS

Registry ID

DRKS00027355

Enrollment

100

Registered

2021-11-30

Start date

2022-09-07

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2025-04-07

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Conditions

Stress induced eating

Interventions

Group 1: Week 1: Baseline data collection Week 2: Goal setting of comfort food substitutes and setting of a nutritional goal based on the 10 rules of the DGE. Week 3: Intervention via notification thr

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

18 Years to 75 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: - Stress eaters according to the Salzburg Stress Eating Scale (https://www.eat.sbg.ac.at/resources/salzburg-stress-eating-scale) - Employed persons and persons in education - German speaking

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: None

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Eating behavior (collected using meal photos, 24-hour food logs, and Salzburg Stress Eating Scale).	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
An exploratory analysis of the developed systems will be conducted to determine how well the developed system can recognize and predict stressful situations (values recorded over 3 weeks in the app). In addition, user acceptance of the technology and interventions used will be investigated (questionnaire, app usage data).	—

Countries

Austria, Germany, Switzerland

Outcome results

None listed

Source: DRKS (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026