Clinical trial NCT04883268: Focusing on Body Functionality After Bariatric Surgery
Official title: Does Focusing on Body Functionality Improve Body Image Among Women Who Have Undergone Bariatric Surgery?
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Bariatric Surgery Candidate
Body Image
Lead sponsor: Maastricht University
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: Nederlandse Obesitas Kliniek
name: Dutch Research Council
First posted: 2021-05-12
Enrollment: 103
Sex: FEMALE
Minimum age (years): 18
Maximum age (years): 65
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: OTHER

Brief summary: This study investigated whether focusing on one's body functionality (i.e., everything the body can do, rather than how it looks) would lead to improvements in body image, self-esteem, and self-kindness among women who have undergone bariatric surgery.


Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Identifying as female, being between 18 and 65 years old, having undergone bariatric surgery 5-7 months prior to the study, and qualifying for standard aftercare at the Nederlandse Obesitas Kliniek (NOK; Dutch Obesity Clinic).

Exclusion Criteria:

* N/A

Primary outcomes:
measure: Change in appearance satisfaction over time (pretest, posttest, follow-ups)
timeFrame: Pretest (Day 1), posttest (Day 5), 1-week follow-up (Day 12), 3-month follow-up (Day 95)
measure: Change in functionality satisfaction over time (pretest, posttest, follow-ups)
timeFrame: Pretest (Day 1), posttest (Day 5), 1-week follow-up (Day 12), 3-month follow-up (Day 95)
measure: Change in body appreciation over time (pretest, posttest, follow-ups)
timeFrame: Pretest (Day 1), posttest (Day 5), 1-week follow-up (Day 12), 3-month follow-up (Day 95)
measure: Change in body responsiveness over time (pretest, posttest, follow-ups)
timeFrame: Pretest (Day 1), posttest (Day 5), 1-week follow-up (Day 12), 3-month follow-up (Day 95)
measure: Change in self-objectification over time (pretest, posttest, follow-ups)
timeFrame: Pretest (Day 1), posttest (Day 5), 1-week follow-up (Day 12), 3-month follow-up (Day 95)
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Changes in self-esteem over time (pretest, posttest, follow-ups)
timeFrame: Pretest (Day 1), posttest (Day 5), 1-week follow-up (Day 12), 3-month follow-up (Day 95)
measure: Changes in self-kindness over time (pretest, posttest, follow-ups)
timeFrame: Pretest (Day 1), posttest (Day 5), 1-week follow-up (Day 12), 3-month follow-up (Day 95)
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Maastricht
country: Netherlands
facility: Maastricht University
state: Limburg
city: Huis ter heide
country: Netherlands
facility: Nederlandse Obesitas Kliniek
state: Utrecht
Study officials:
affiliation: Maastricht University
name: Jessica Alleva
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
affiliation: Maastricht University
name: Carolien Martijn
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
References:
citation: Alleva JM, Martijn C, Van Breukelen GJ, Jansen A, Karos K. Expand Your Horizon: A programme that improves body image and reduces self-objectification by training women to focus on body functionality. Body Image. 2015 Sep;15:81-9. doi: 10.1016/j.bodyim.2015.07.001. Epub 2015 Aug 14.