Plain English Summary
Not provided at time of registration
Trial website
http://www.psych.uni-potsdam.de/counseling/research/sozio-faktoren.html
Contact information
Type
Scientific
Primary contact
Prof Petra Warschburger
ORCID ID
Contact details
Karl-Liebknecht-Strasse 24-25
Potsdam
14476
Germany
+49 (0)331 9772874
warschb@uni-potsdam.de
Additional identifiers
EudraCT number
ClinicalTrials.gov number
Protocol/serial number
Förderkennzeichen 01EL0408
Study information
Scientific title
Sociocultural factors and eating disorders in adolescence: evaluation of a school-based prevention program
Acronym
POPS (Potsdamer prävention an schulen)
Study hypothesis
The participants of the prevention program show less symptoms of disordered eating and related risk factors 3 and 12 months after the program (compared to the control group).
Ethics approval
Ethics approval received from the ethics committee of the University of Potsdam on the 11th December 2006 (ref: 3/22).
Study design
Randomised controlled trial
Primary study design
Interventional
Secondary study design
Randomised controlled trial
Trial setting
Not specified
Trial type
Prevention
Patient information sheet
Not available in web format, please use the contact details below to request a patient information sheet
Condition
Eating disorders
Intervention
The participants who are randomised to the intervention group will receive the prevention program. Trained teachers will carry out 9 sessions of regular classes, 1 - 2 sessions a week, 45 minutes each. During the classes they will teach the participants about nutrition and well-being, media competency, self-esteem, problem solving, stress management, and dealing with appearance-related social pressure. Materials and methods include DVDs, games, discussions, quizzes, leaflets, questionnaires, homework and teamwork.
The participants allocated to the control group do not receive any intervention. They will receive the same training on the program after the evaluation of the program based on this trial is completed.
Intervention type
Other
Phase
Not Specified
Drug names
Primary outcome measure
Symptoms of eating disorders, measured at 3 and 12 months after completion of the program using the following:
1. Eating Attitudes Test (EAT)
2. Eating Disorder Inventory (EDI)
3. Eating Disorder Examination (EDE)
Secondary outcome measures
Current secondary outcome measures as of 16/10/2008:
Risk and protective factors assessed at 3 and 12 months after completion of the programme using the following:
1. Sociocultural Attitudes Towards Appearance Questionnaire (SATAQ)
2. Appearance Schema Inventory (ASI)
3. Coping
4. Body dissatisfaction, assessed by the Contour Drawing Rating Scale (CDRS) and the Eating Disorder Inventory - Body Dissatisfaction (EDI-BD)
5. Appearance related social pressure questionnaire (Fragebogen zum aussehensbezogenen sozialen
Druck [FASD])
Please note that the changes are due to errors in the information submitted at time of registration.
Secondary outcome measures provided at time of registration:
Risk and protective factors assessed at 3 and 12 months after completion of the programme using the following:
1. Sociocultural Attitudes Towards Appearance Questionnaire (SATAQ)
2. Appearance Schema Inventory (ASI)
3. Coping
4. Body dissatisfaction
Overall trial start date
01/07/2006
Overall trial end date
30/06/2009
Reason abandoned (if study stopped)
Eligibility
Participant inclusion criteria
Adolescents Grade 7 - 9 (12 - 16 years).
Participant type
Patient
Age group
Child
Gender
Both
Target number of participants
1,200
Total final enrolment
1112
Participant exclusion criteria
Does not comply with above criteria.
Recruitment start date
01/07/2006
Recruitment end date
30/06/2009
Locations
Countries of recruitment
Germany
Trial participating centre
Karl-Liebknecht-Strasse 24-25
Potsdam
14476
Germany
Sponsor information
Organisation
Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) (Germany)
Sponsor details
German Aerospace Center (DLR)
Heinrich-Konen-Strasse 1
Bonn
53227
Germany
+49 (0)228 3821149
daniela.hofmann@dlr.de
Sponsor type
Government
Website
Funders
Funder type
Government
Funder name
Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) (Germany) (Registration number: 01EL0607)
Alternative name(s)
Federal Ministry of Education and Research, BMBF
Funding Body Type
government organisation
Funding Body Subtype
National government
Location
Germany
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: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10389-011-0425-3 (added 04/07/2019).
2. 2015 results in: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24293024 (added 04/07/2019).
3. 2016 results in: https://doi.org/10.1515/pubhef-2016-0058 (added 04/07/2019).
4. 2018 results in: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29637421 (added 04/07/2019).