eating disorder
Conditions
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
Accare, kinder- en jeugspsychiatire
Eligibility
Age
12 Years to 64 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Inclusion criteria for the patient group: • In treatment at the Department of Eating Disorders of Accare • Having a current formal diagnosis of anorexia nervosa according to DSM-5 criteria • Aged 12 to 19 years old • Female gender • Being cognitively able to take part in the study, as judged by their therapist Inclusion criteria for the comparison group: • Aged 12 to 19 years old • Female gender • Having a healthy weight. The TNO (2010) BMI for age growth curve will be used to determine an age adjusted BMI range which corresponds with adult BMI classifications for a healthy weight (i.e., BMI between 18,5 and 24,9).
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: A potential participant who meets any of the following criteria will be excluded from participation in this study: • Aged > 19 years • Aged = 4; Mond, Hay, Rogers & Owen, 2006). • Being underweight (age adjusted BMI below norms for a healthy weight) or overweight (age adjusted BMI above norms for a healthy weight).
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| By briefly (i.e., 4 x 10 seconds) exposing individuals with and without AN toward a personalized avatar in Virtual Reality (VR) with overweight, we will determine in real-time whether indeed self-disgust is characteristic of AN. Facial electromyography (fEMG) will be used to assess psychophysiological disgust responses with the levator labii as the classic index of disgust. Self-reported state levels of disgust will be assessed with visual analogue scales. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| • Fear of food intake indexed with the Anxiety about eating subscale of the Fear of Food Measure • Food intake expectancy indexed with the Weight gain estimation task | — |
Countries
Netherlands
Outcome results
None listed