Metacognitive Beliefs in Obese Patients

Metacognitive Beliefs, Emotional Regulation in Obese Patients

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT06800911

Acronym

METAOBES

Enrollment

Registered

2025-01-30

Start date

2024-05-28

Completion date

2026-05-31

Last updated

2025-01-30

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Conditions

Obesity

Keywords

Metabeliefs, Metacognition, Rumination, Dysfunctional lifestyle, Rehabilitation

Brief summary

The study aims to investigate the presence of metacognitive beliefs, emotional regulation, and emotional eating in obese patients and their possible relationships.

Interventions

OTHERQuestionnaires

Metacognition Questionnaire Penn State Worry Questionnaire Ruminative Response Scale Anger Rumination scale Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale Emotional Eating subscale of the Dutch Eating Behavior Questionnaire

Study design

Observational model

COHORT

Time perspective

CROSS_SECTIONAL

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to 65 Years

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* Age: between 18 and 65 years * Italian nationality * Body Mass Index ≥ 35 kg/m2

Exclusion criteria

* Psychiatric pathologies * Severe cognitive deficits that could compromise the completion of the questionnaires * Absence of signed informed consent

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Emotional eating	Baseline	Emotional Eating subscale of the Dutch Eating Behavior Questionnaire (DEBQ), composed of 13 items on a Likert scale from 0 (never) to 4 (almost always)
Metacognitive beliefs	Baseline	Metacognition Questionnaire (MCQ-30) is a self-report test composed of 30 items on a 4-point Likert scale from 1 (I do not agree) to 4 (I completely agree agreement).
Rumination	Baseline	Ruminative Response Scale (RRS) is a self-report test composed of 20 items on a 4-point Likert scale from 1 (almost never) to 4 (almost always).
Anger Rumination	Baseline	Anger Rumination scale (ARS) is a self-report test composed of 14 items, on a Likert scale from 1 (almost never) to 4 (almost always).
Emotional dysregulation	Baseline	Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale (DERS) isa self-report test composed of 36 items on a Likert scale from 1 (almost never) to 5 (almost always).

Countries

Italy

Contacts

Primary ContactAlessandro Sartorio, MD

sartorio@auxologico.it+390261911

Backup ContactLuca Grappiolo, Dr.

luca.grappiolo@auxologico.it+390261911

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026