Clinical trial NCT06945796: ACT-ED: Accessibility and Feasibility of an Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)-Based Eating Disorder Prevention Program
Official title: ACT-ED: ACT-Based Eating Disorder Prevention Program
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Eating Disorders Symptoms
Eating Pathology
Disordered Eating Behaviors
Keywords: disordered eating
eating pathology
prevention
eating disorders
early intervention
Lead sponsor: Ibn Haldun University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2025-04-25
Enrollment: 5
Sex: FEMALE
Minimum age (years): 18
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: NA
Intervention model: SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose: PREVENTION

Brief summary: The goal of this clinical trial is to investigate the accessibility and feasibility of an online group prevention program developed for women at risk for eating disorders. Also, to conduct a preliminary analysis of treatment efficacy. The main questions it aims to answer are:

Does ACT-ED an acceptable intervention for women at risk for eating disorders? Does intervention result in reduced eating pathology?

Participants will:

Join the online, 4-session ACT-based group program Fill the measures at Pre-test, post-test and follow-up assessment


Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Being a woman aged 18 years or older
* Exhibiting disordered eating behaviors (EDE-Q score ≥ 3.03)
* Experiencing body dissatisfaction (BSQ-34 score ≥ 110)

Exclusion Criteria:

* Current or past diagnosis/treatment for an eating disorder
* Currently receiving psychotherapy
* Currently receiving psychiatric medication (not excluded if there has been no change in treatment in the last 6 months)
* Having chronic psychiatric disorders (e.g. psychosis)
* Having a substance addiction

Primary outcomes:
measure: Disordered eating, assessed by the Turkish form of the Eating disorder examination questionnaire (EDE-Q)
timeFrame: Baseline (pretest), week 4(posttest), 1-month follow-up
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Body dissatisfaction, assessed by the Turkish form of Body shape Questionnaire (BSQ)
timeFrame: Baseline (pretest), week 4(posttest), 1-month follow-up
measure: Body image flexibility, assessed by the Turkish form of the Body Image Acceptance and Action Questionnaire (BI-AAQ)
timeFrame: Baseline (pretest), week 4(posttest), 1-month follow-up
measure: Psychological flexibility, assessed by Acceptance and Action Questionnaire (AAQ-II)
timeFrame: Baseline (pretest), week 4(posttest), 1-month follow-up
measure: Present moment awareness, assessed by the Turkish form of the Freiburg Mindfulness Inventory (FMI)
timeFrame: Baseline (pretest), week 4(posttest), 1-month follow-up
measure: Contextual Self, assessed by the Turkish form of the Self-As-Context Scale (SACS)
timeFrame: Baseline (pretest), week 4(posttest), 1-month follow-up
measure: Defusion, assessed by the Turkish form of the Cognitive Fusion Scale (CFS)
timeFrame: Baseline (pretest), week 4(posttest), 1-month follow-up
measure: Personality beliefs, assessed by the Turkish form of the Personality Beliefs Questionnaire- Short Form (PBQ-SF)
timeFrame: Baseline (pretest), week 4(posttest), 1-month follow-up
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Istanbul
country: Turkey
facility: Ibn Haldun University Psychotherapy Application and Research Center (IPAM)
state: Basaksehir
Study officials:
affiliation: Ibn Haldun University
name: Emine Serra Nebati
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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