Eating Disorder Symptom and Body Image Dissatisfaction
Conditions
Brief summary
The trial is a randomized control trial about the effective of an eating disorders prevention programmer for young Saudi women. The prevention program is title The Body Project. Participants will be Saudi undergraduates from Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University. Sample size is 64 participants. They will be divided randomly to two groups, each group has 32 participants. The first group is the intervention group where the prevention program will be provided. The second group will be the control group where healthy eating education material will be provided. The outcomes will be measured with adapted tools to local culture at three points (pre, post and 3 month follow-up).
Interventions
OTHERThe Body Project: A Dissonance-Based Eating Disorder Prevention Intervention
The Body Project is a a selective dissonance-based prevention program that targets women with body image concerns. It has been developed with University and similar populations in mind, making it appropriate to the current research.The Body Project is based on a protocol, and aims to create cognitive dissonance that encourages participants to reduce pursuit of the thin-ideal. It involves the use of a scripted manual, covering four interactive weekly sessions. These involve role play, behavioural, verbal and written exercises.
Sponsors
Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University
University of Sheffield
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE (Subject)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
FEMALE
Age
16 Years to 25 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
undergraduate Saudi female
Exclusion criteria
undergraduate Saudi female with eating disorders
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Eating Disorder Examination-Questionnaire (EDE-Q, version 6.0). | 5 months | The EDE-Q is a widely used self-report measure of eating disorder psychopathology (Fairburn & Beglin, 2008). It contains 28 items investigating eating disorder behaviours and attitudes during the past 28 days. It includes four subscales: dietary restraint; eating concerns; weight concerns; and shape concerns. The Global EDE-Q score (mean of the four attitudinal scores) and the scores of each subscales were used in this study. Higher scores indicate greater eating pathology. The scale was applied before and after the programme to assess outcomes. |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Body Shape Questionnaire (BSQ-8C). | 5 months | Body image dissatisfactions was measured using the BSQ-8C, which is a short version of the full Body Shape Questionnaire (Evans & Dolan, 1993). A higher score indicates higher levels of body image dissatisfaction. The scale was applied before and after the programme to assess outcomes |
| Brief Version of the Fear of Negative Evaluation Scale (BFNE). | 5 months | The BFNE (Leary, 1983) measures anxiety related to perceived negative evaluation. A high score shows higher levels of social anxiety. The scale was applied before and after the programme to assess outcomes. |
| Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9). | 5 months | Depression was assessed with the PHQ-9 (Löwe et al., 2004), which measures the severity of depression over the past two weeks. Higher scores indicate greater levels of depression. The scale was applied before and after the programme to assess outcomes. |
Countries
Saudi Arabia
Outcome results
None listed