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November 9, 2023Psychosomatic Medicine0 citations

Treatment Effects on Psychophysiological Stress Responses in Youth With Obesity

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Why the study?

Does adding emotion regulation training to multidisciplinary obesity treatment improve psychophysiological stress responses in youth with obesity?

Population

92 youth with obesity from an inpatient treatment center (mean age 12.50 years, 43.5% boys)

Comparison

Multidisciplinary Obesity Treatment plus emotion… vs Multidisciplinary Obesity Treatment alone for 12…

Design

RCT, randomly assigned

Follow-up

12 weeks

Authors

ARAnnelies Van RoyenIVIne VerbiestHGHeleen Goemaere

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Overview

MOT alone reduces stress responses in obese youth; challenges routine addition of emotion regulation training.

Structured PICO

Does adding emotion regulation training to multidisciplinary obesity treatment improve psychophysiological stress responses in youth with obesity?

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Population
92 youth with obesity from an inpatient treatment center (mean age 12.50 years, 43.5% boys)
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Intervention
Multidisciplinary Obesity Treatment (MOT; lifestyle intervention including physical exercise, healthy meals, and cognitive behavioral techniques) plus emotion regulation (ER) training for 12 weeks
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Comparator
Multidisciplinary Obesity Treatment (MOT) alone for 12 weeks
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Outcome
High-frequency heart rate variability (HF-HRV) and heart rate at rest and during a stress induction (psychophysiological reactivity) at 12 weekssurrogate

Multidisciplinary obesity treatment effectively reduces physiological stress responses in youth with obesity, with potential additional benefits from emotion regulation training when accounting for weight changes.

Limitations

  • small sample size
  • short follow-up

Cite This Study

Royen et al. (2023) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a76e7abd8eb58afc2bd7b9dhttps://doi.org/10.1097/psy.0000000000001262
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