Contact information
Type
Scientific
Primary contact
Dr Rosa M Raich
ORCID ID
Contact details
Dept. Psicología Clínica y de la Salud
Facultad de Psicología
Universidad Autónoma De Barcelona
Campus Universitari
Edifici B
Cerdanyola del Vallès
Barcelona
08193
Spain
+34 93 581 3170
rosa.raich@uab.cat
Additional identifiers
EudraCT number
ClinicalTrials.gov number
Protocol/serial number
N/A
Study information
Scientific title
Interactive school-based disordered eating prevention programme in adolescent girls: general and specific effects
Acronym
Study hypothesis
A school-media literacy-based prevention programme is effective in improving eating attitudes and reducing the influences of the Beauty Ideal from baseline scores to post-test and six months follow-up.
Ethics approval
Terrassa Health and Social Welfare Institute (Institut Municipal de la Salut i Benestar Social - IMSBS), approved in February 2005
Study design
Cluster randomised controlled multi-centre trial
Primary study design
Interventional
Secondary study design
Randomised controlled trial
Trial setting
Other
Trial type
Prevention
Patient information sheet
Not available in web format, please use the contact details below to request a patient information sheet
Condition
Disordered eating
Intervention
The trial was carried out in seven schools.
The prevention programme consists of two components:
Nutrition component (Nut): One 90-minute talk. Topics include: Balanced eating concept, concept and differentiation between eating and nutrition, nutrients, food pyramid and foods, importance of water, analysis of menus
Media Literacy component (ML): Two 90-minute talks + two 60-minute activity sessions. The topics of the talks include: "Feminine beauty ideal", "How to deal with media messages". The activity sessions include analysis of advertising and writing model letters of complaint to the media.
These interventions were developed from a previous version shorter and without activities (Raich, et al (2008): http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18443983). The programme is described in a manual: Raich et al (2008). Eating, Feminine Beauty Ideal and the Media. How to train critical secondary students (Alimentación, modelo estético femenino y medios de comunicación. Cómo formar alumnos críticos en educación secundaria) (2nd edition) Barcelona: Graó. ISBN: 978-84-7827-644-8: http://www.grao.com/libros/ficha.asp?ID=686.
Each school was randomly allocated to one of the following three trial arms:
1. Complete programme (Nut + ML): one session per week for five weeks
2. Partial programme (ML): one session per week for four weeks
3. Control group: no interventions (classes as usual)
Contact details of co-investigators:
Jordi Fauquet Ars (jordi.fauquet@uab.cat)
Gemma López-Guimerà (gemma.lopez@uab.cat)
Mariona Portell Vidal (mariona.portell@uab.cat)
David Sánchez-Carracedo (david.sanchez@uab.cat)
Intervention type
Other
Phase
Not Applicable
Drug names
Primary outcome measure
1. Eating Attitudes Test (Spanish adaptation)
2. Questionnaire on Influences of Aesthetic Body Ideal-26 (CIMEC)
The primary and secondary outcomes were assessed at baseline, post-test (one week after the last activity "Letter of complaint to the media") and six months.
Secondary outcome measures
The primary outcome measures above were assessed for participants who completed the "analysis of advertising" and the "letters of complaint to the media" activities.
The primary and secondary outcomes were assessed at baseline, post-test (one week after the last activity "Letter of complaint to the media") and six months.
Overall trial start date
27/10/2005
Overall trial end date
02/06/2006
Reason abandoned (if study stopped)
Eligibility
Participant inclusion criteria
Second-grade (eight-grade in USA; 13 years) female students in Spanish secondary education.
Participant type
Patient
Age group
Child
Gender
Female
Target number of participants
263
Participant exclusion criteria
Does not meet the inclusion criteria
Recruitment start date
27/10/2005
Recruitment end date
02/06/2006
Locations
Countries of recruitment
Spain
Trial participating centre
Dept. Psicología Clínica y de la Salud
Barcelona
08193
Spain
Sponsor information
Organisation
Ministry of Science and Innovation (Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación) (Spain)
Sponsor details
C/Albacete 5
Madrid
28027
Spain
+34 91 603 7000
informa@micinn.es
Sponsor type
Government
Website
Funders
Funder type
Government
Funder name
Ministry of Science and Technology (Spain) (ref: BSO 2002-03689)
Alternative name(s)
Funding Body Type
Funding Body Subtype
Location
Funder name
Ministry of Education and Science (Spain) (ref: SEJ 2005-07099)
Alternative name(s)
Ministry of Education and Science, MEC
Funding Body Type
government organisation
Funding Body Subtype
government non-federal
Location
Portugal
Results and Publications
Publication and dissemination plan
Not provided at time of registration
Intention to publish date
Participant level data
Not provided at time of registration
Basic results (scientific)
Publication list
1. 2011 results in http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21568186
Publication citations
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Results
López-Guimerà G, Sánchez-Carracedo D, Fauquet J, Portell M, Raich RM, Impact of a school-based disordered eating prevention program in adolescent girls: general and specific effects depending on adherence to the interactive activities., Span J Psychol, 2011, 14, 1, 293-303.