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The Effectiveness of an Eating Disorders Prevention Program for Young Women in Saudi Arabia

NCT05071521 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 92

Last updated 2021-10-08

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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).

Conditions

  • Eating Disorder Symptom and Body Image Dissatisfaction

Interventions

OTHER

The 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 & Collaborators

  • Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University

    collaborator OTHER

  • University of Sheffield

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
16 Years
Max Age
25 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2020-10-01
Primary Completion
2021-03-07
Completion
2021-03-07

Countries

  • Saudi Arabia

Study Locations

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