Virtual Reality Place in the Management of Body Dysmorphia Disorders in Anorexia Nervosa
Last updated on July 2021Recruitment
- Recruitment Status
- Not yet recruiting
- Estimated Enrollment
- Same as current
Summary
- Conditions
- Anorexia Nervosa
- Dysmorphophobia
- Type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Design
- Allocation: RandomizedIntervention Model: Parallel AssignmentIntervention Model Description: This study presents three groups of patients : The control group : The patients benefit from the care recommended by the HAS, relaxation times and body scan. The experimental group 1 : The patients benefit from the care recommended by the HAS, the virtual reality program and relaxation times and body scan. The experimental group 2 : The patients benefit from the care recommended by the HAS, the virtual reality program, the multi-sensory remediation and relaxation times and body scan. Masking: None (Open Label)Primary Purpose: Diagnostic
Participation Requirements
- Age
- Between 15 years and 26 years
- Gender
- Only males
Description
Rapid weight loss associated with mental anorexia leads to dysmorphophobia and body distortions. Patients perceive themselves to be bigger than they really are. Body distortions are responsible for anorexic behavior reinforcing loops. It is then necessary to target this behavior and develop appropri...
Rapid weight loss associated with mental anorexia leads to dysmorphophobia and body distortions. Patients perceive themselves to be bigger than they really are. Body distortions are responsible for anorexic behavior reinforcing loops. It is then necessary to target this behavior and develop appropriate therapies taking into account the perceptual (implicit) and conceptual (explicit) phenomenon of body representations. The current treatment programs which are recommended by the Haute Autorité de Santé (HAS) in France focus on the somatic, nutritional, individual and family psychological aspects. These recommendations hardly mention the bodily distortion phenomenon which frequently leads patients to relapse into the disease. The 3D body scanner enables to get awareness of the body through visual feedback allowing the patient to get a reassuring overview of her weight development. This projects aims to combine virtual visual impulses and multisensory recalibration (touch, proprioception, vestibular sensations) in order to compare the body distortions evolution in anorexic patients with or without a multimodal care program including Virtual Reality from its own body scan coupled or not to a multisensory remediation.
Tracking Information
- NCT #
- NCT04804800
- Collaborators
- Not Provided
- Investigators
- Principal Investigator: Vincent Dodin, PhD Hôpital Saint-Vincent de Paul
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