Clinical trial NCT04517942: Evaluation of Peer-led EVERYbody Project
Official title: An Evaluation of the Peer-delivered EVERYbody Project: Eating Disorder Risk Factor Reduction for College Students
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Body Image
Eating Disorder Symptom
Lead sponsor: Western Washington University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2020-08-19
Enrollment: 141
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: FACTORIAL
Intervention model description: After signing up for a specific time slot, participants were randomized in blocks of 10 to the EVERYbody Project or video comparison condition (two blocks of 10 participant slots were available in each time slot).
Primary purpose: PREVENTION

Brief summary: The second trial of the EVERYbody Project explored the efficacy of the inclusive body image intervention when delivered by college peer leaders. The peer-facilitated EVERYbody Project was compared to a video and expressive writing comparison intervention through one-month follow-up.

Detailed description: The initial trial of the EVERYbody Project established that professional leaders could deliver a universal, inclusive body image program for college students, with benefit above and beyond a waitlist control condition. The second trial of the EVERYbody Project aimed to further evaluate the intervention using a more disseminable facilitator model: trained college student peer leaders. It also utilized a more rigorous comparison condition, where peer leaders conducted the two-session EVERYbody Project program or a time-matched video and expressive writing intervention. College students within a university in the Pacific Northwest United States were invited to participate in programming (universal intervention target). Quantitative assessment included a comparison of changes in eating disorder risk factor outcomes across randomization conditions at pre- and post-intervention and one-month follow-up. Feasibility and acceptability explored the impact of the peer delivered program within universal college student audiences.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Current college student enrolled at institution where research was taking place

Exclusion Criteria:

* None

Primary outcomes:
measure: Eating disorder symptoms
timeFrame: Assessed at baseline (Survey 1), post-intervention (Survey 2), and one-month follow-up (Survey 3)
measure: Body dissatisfaction
timeFrame: Assessed at baseline (Survey 1), post-intervention (Survey 2), and one-month follow-up (Survey 3)
measure: Internalized cultural appearance norms
timeFrame: Assessed at baseline (Survey 1), following intervention Session 1 (Survey 1.B), post-intervention (Survey 2), and one-month follow-up (Survey 3)
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Negative affect
timeFrame: Assessed at baseline (Survey 1), post-intervention (Survey 2), and one-month follow-up (Survey 3)
Other outcomes:
measure: Program satisfaction and application
timeFrame: Assessed at post-intervention (Survey 2) and one-month follow-up (Survey 3).
Locations:
city: Bellingham
country: United States
facility: Western Washington University
state: Washington
Study officials:
affiliation: Western Washington University
name: Anna C Ciao, PhD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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