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Registration number
NCT01110265
Ethics application status
Date submitted
22/04/2010
Date registered
26/04/2010
Date last updated
26/04/2010

Titles & IDs
Public title
Attention Training and Its Effects on Body Image Disturbance
Scientific title
Secondary ID [1] 0 0
USydney11760
Universal Trial Number (UTN)
Trial acronym
Linked study record

Health condition
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied:
Body Dissatisfaction 0 0
Eating Disorder Symptoms 0 0
Condition category
Condition code
Mental Health 0 0 0 0
Eating disorders
Diet and Nutrition 0 0 0 0
Other diet and nutrition disorders

Intervention/exposure
Study type
Interventional
Description of intervention(s) / exposure
Behaviour - attention training
Behaviour - placebo training

Placebo Comparator: placebo training -

Experimental: attention training -


Behaviour: attention training


Behaviour: placebo training
Intervention code [1] 0 0
Behaviour
Comparator / control treatment
Control group

Outcomes

Eligibility
Key inclusion criteria
- If they have a score on the Body Shape Questionnaire of 113 or more AND a score in the
EDE-Q of 4 or more in any subscale.
Minimum age
18 Years
Maximum age
37 Years
Sex
Females
Can healthy volunteers participate?
No
Key exclusion criteria
- attention bias score of <-10

Study design
Purpose of the study
Treatment
Allocation to intervention
Randomised controlled trial
Procedure for enrolling a subject and allocating the treatment (allocation concealment procedures)
Methods used to generate the sequence in which subjects will be randomised (sequence generation)
Masking / blinding
Open (masking not used)
Who is / are masked / blinded?



Intervention assignment
Parallel
Other design features
Phase
Not Applicable
Type of endpoint/s
Statistical methods / analysis

Recruitment
Recruitment status
Completed
Data analysis
Reason for early stopping/withdrawal
Other reasons
Date of first participant enrolment
Anticipated
Actual
1/06/2009
Date of last participant enrolment
Anticipated
Actual
Date of last data collection
Anticipated
Actual
1/01/2010
Sample size
Target
Accrual to date
Final
32
Recruitment in Australia
Recruitment state(s)
NSW
Recruitment hospital [1] 0 0
The University of Sydney - Sydney
Recruitment postcode(s) [1] 0 0
2006 - Sydney

Funding & Sponsors
Primary sponsor type
Other
Name
University of Sydney
Address
Country

Ethics approval
Ethics application status

Summary
Brief summary
Research has consistently found attentional biases towards negative weight-related stimuli in
individuals with eating disorders. It has been suggested that these biases may act as a
vulnerability factor for the development and maintenance of body dissatisfaction and may
therefore be an important target for intervention. Previous studies have demonstrated the
capacity to modify the patterns of attention allocation to threatening stimuli in a variety
of anxiety disorders, with a subsequent and sustained reduction in anxiety symptoms. Thus,
the present study aimed at testing the efficacy of attention training in reducing attentional
biases and eating disorder symptoms in individuals with elevated levels of body image
disturbance and eating disorder symptomatology of clinical severity. Thirty-two participants
were randomly allocated to receive eight sessions of a 10-minute computer task aimed at
training their attention away from weight-related stimuli or a control placebo training
condition. Results showed that participants in the attention training group had a
significantly greater reduction in their attentional bias and body dissatisfaction from pre-
to post-training relative to the placebo condition. At follow-up, both groups showed a
significant decrease in body dissatisfaction from their pre-training levels. The only
significant difference between groups in eating disorder symptoms at follow-up was in terms
of the attention training group experiencing a greater reduction in weight and shape
concerns.
Trial website
https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT01110265
Trial related presentations / publications
Public notes

Contacts
Principal investigator
Name 0 0
Address 0 0
Country 0 0
Phone 0 0
Fax 0 0
Email 0 0
Contact person for public queries
Name 0 0
Address 0 0
Country 0 0
Phone 0 0
Fax 0 0
Email 0 0
Contact person for scientific queries



Summary Results

For IPD and results data, please see https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT01110265