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Compassion-Focused Therapy for People With Severe Obesity.

NCT03249441 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 91

Last updated 2017-08-18

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Summary

This study aims to explore the effectiveness of a group psychotherapy intervention using Compassion-Focused Therapy (CFT) in adults with severe obesity. In particular, it aims to evaluate the principle that CFT can be used to reduce levels of shame and self-criticism in adults with severe obesity

OBJECTIVES:

The objective of the current study is to assess and compare a CFT group intervention to Treatment as Usual (TAU) with regard to psychological functioning, specifically self-compassion, shame, self-criticism, emotional eating and mood.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Compassion-focused therapy

Session-by-session summary of CFT: Week 1: Understanding your relationship with food Week 2: Making sense of overeating Week 3: The Compassionate Mind/ Preparing your mind for compassion Week 4: Developing the skill of self-compassion Week 5: Why we overeat - a Compassionate approach Week 6: Understanding your current eating pattern Week 7: Motivating yourself to change Week 8: Determining what your body needs Week 9: Towards a new way of eating Week 10: Compassionate letter writing and developing a compassionate focus on eating. \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Mary J Hynes, M.Psych.Sc · National Univeristy of Ireland, Galway

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2016-09-15
Primary Completion
2017-05-15
Completion
2017-09-15

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