Clinical trial NCT06861608: A Single-session Intervention Adaptation of the Habit Framework for the Prevention of Eating Disorders
Official title: A Single-session Intervention Adaptation of the Habit Framework for the Prevention of Eating Disorders
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: RECRUITING
Phase: NA
Conditions: Eating Disorder Not Otherwise Specified
Keywords: prevention of eating disorders
Lead sponsor: Virginia Commonwealth University
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: National Eating Disorders Association
First posted: 2025-03-06
Enrollment: 160
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Maximum age (years): 22
Standard ages: ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Intervention model description: Randomized Controlled Trial to test the acceptability and feasibility of a single-session intervention utilizing the habit framework for adolescents and young adults who are at-risk of developing a restrictive eating disorder
Primary purpose: PREVENTION

Brief summary: The purpose of this proposal is to launch the first trial of a single-session intervention (SSI) specifically for the prevention of eating disorders (EDs).

Detailed description: The emergence of EDs is bimodal such that there is a period of risk in early adolescence and a period of risk in late adolescence/early adulthood. EDs can lead to significant mental and physical health consequences and have one of the highest mortality rates of any mental illness. Prevention and treatment programs for EDs are fraught with barriers to access, particularly related to seeking care in-person. SSIs have been identified as a pathway to address the gap in care for EDs after showing promise for other psychiatric problems, including depression, anxiety, and suicidality .

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* EAT-26 score ≥ 20 ( EAT-26, participants will meet the "referral criteria" which includes a score of 20 or more or meeting frequency criteria on bingeing, purging, laxative/diuretic use, and/or exercise.)
* English-language fluency, self-reported3
* Access to a phone, tablet, or computer

Exclusion Criteria:

* Failure to correctly complete one of the attention checks in the survey prior to the intervention
* Failure to correctly complete both anagram tasks in the survey prior to the intervention
* Completion of the screening survey or pre-intervention surveys in an improbably fast time

Primary outcomes:
measure: Eating Attitudes Test - 26-item
timeFrame: Baseline though study completion and up to one month follow-up
measure: The Brief (Seven-item) Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire
timeFrame: Baseline though study completion and up to one month follow-up
measure: Self-report Habit Index
timeFrame: Baseline though study completion and up to one month follow-up
measure: State Hope Scale - Agency Subscale
timeFrame: Baseline though study completion and up to one month follow-up
measure: Beck Hopelessness Scale - 4-item Version
timeFrame: Baseline though study completion and up to one month follow-up
measure: Barriers to Seeking Treatment.
timeFrame: Baseline though study completion and up to one month follow-up
measure: SSI
timeFrame: Baseline though study completion and up to one month follow-up
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Richmond
country: United States
facility: Virginia Commonwealth University
state: Virginia
Study officials:
affiliation: Virginia Commonwealth University
name: Courtney Breiner
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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