Effectiveness of fNIRS-neurofeedback over the extrastriate body area for reduction of body dissatisfaction

Effectiveness of fNIRS-neurofeedback over the extrastriate body area for reduction of body dissatisfaction - KODUN - Körperzufrieden durch Neurofeedback

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Phase 3

Study type

Interventional

Source

DRKS

Registry ID

DRKS00033104

Enrollment

100

Registered

2024-01-31

Start date

2024-10-29

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2026-08-03

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Conditions

Increased body dissatisfaction: BSQ-8c > 33

Interventions

Group 1: Increased body dissatisfaction - therapy: fNIRS neurofeedback of the extrastriate body area while viewing images of one's own body, 8 sessions of 1 hour each (within 3 weeks) Group 2: Increas

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

Female

Age

18 Years to 65 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: BSQ-8c sum score > 33

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: - not fluent in German - planned or current gender affirming measures - impaired vision - BMI 35 - pregnancy or breastfeeding Diseases with a possible influence on brain metabolism - epilepsy - Diabetes mellitus (E10-E14 according to ICD-10) - Renal insufficiency, stage 3 or more according to the Kidney Disease Outcomes Quality Initiative - Hypertension, untreated (I10.x according to ICD-10) - Moderate or severe traumatic brain injury (GCS 3-12) or 2nd or 3rd degree traumatic brain injury

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Body dissatisfaction (BD) (German translation of the Body Shape Questionnaire, BSQ; Waadt et al., 1992), assessed at 3 time points: baseline, endpoint and follow-up (at the beginning, end and 3 months after the training)	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
- clinical significance of changes in BD (RCI) - Eating disorder symptoms (Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire Short, EDE-QS - Gideon, Hawkes, Mond, Saunders, Tchanturia & Serpell, 2016 - own german translation, adapted from EDE-Q, second edition: Hilbert, Tuschen-Caffier, Karwautz, Niederhofer & Munsch, 2007) - Depression (Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale, DASS-21 - German version: Nilges & Essau, 2021) - Anxiety (Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale, DASS-21 - German version: Nilges & Essau, 2021) - Fixation times on body parts of different subjective attractiveness - neural activity in areas involved in emotion regulation and inhibitory control (captured in a free-viewing task when looking at one's own body)	—

Measure

Time frame

- clinical significance of changes in BD (RCI) - Eating disorder symptoms (Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire Short, EDE-QS - Gideon, Hawkes, Mond, Saunders, Tchanturia & Serpell, 2016 - own german translation, adapted from EDE-Q, second edition: Hilbert, Tuschen-Caffier, Karwautz, Niederhofer & Munsch, 2007) - Depression (Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale, DASS-21 - German version: Nilges & Essau, 2021) - Anxiety (Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale, DASS-21 - German version: Nilges & Essau, 2021) - Fixation times on body parts of different subjective attractiveness - neural activity in areas involved in emotion regulation and inhibitory control (captured in a free-viewing task when looking at one's own body)

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Countries

Germany

Contacts

Public ContactRaphael Lorenz-de Laigue

Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen, FB Psychologie, Klinische Psychologie und Psychotherapie

raphael.lorenz-de-laigue@psychologie.uni-tuebingen.de+49(0) 7071 29-77436

Outcome results

None listed

Source: DRKS (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Aug 9, 2026