Mindful eating’for reducing emotional eating in patients with overweight or obesity in primary care settings: A randomized controlled trial.

Morillo-Sarto, Héctor (Universidad de Zaragoza) ; López-Del-Hoyo, Yolanda (Universidad de Zaragoza) ; Pérez-Aranda, Adrián ; Modrego-Alarcón, Marta (Universidad de Zaragoza) ; Barceló-Soler, Alberto (Universidad de Zaragoza) ; Borao, Luis (Universidad de Zaragoza) ; Puebla-Guedea, Marta (Universidad de Zaragoza) ; Demarzo, Marcelo ; García-Campayo, Javier (Universidad de Zaragoza) ; Montero-Marin, Jesús

Resumen: Objective
The primary aim of this study was to analyse the efficacy of a ‘mindful eating’ programme for reducing emotional eating in patients with overweight or obesity.

Method
A cluster randomized controlled trial (reg. NCT03927534) was conducted with 76 participants with overweight/obesity who were assigned to ‘mindful eating’ (7 weeks) + treatment as usual (TAU), or to TAU alone. They were assessed at baseline, posttreatment and 12-month follow-up. The main outcome was ‘emotional eating’ (Dutch Eating Behaviour Questionnaire, DEBQ); other eating behaviours were also assessed along with psychological and physiological variables.

Results
‘Mindful eating’ + TAU reduced emotional eating both at posttreatment (B = −0.27; p = 0.006; d = 0.35) and follow-up (B = −0.53; p < 0.001; d = 0.69) compared to the control group (TAU alone). ‘External eating’ (DEBQ) was also significantly improved by the intervention at both timepoints. Significant effects at follow-up were observed for some secondary outcomes related to bulimic behaviours, mindful eating, mindfulness, and self-compassion. Weight and other physiological parameters were not significantly affected by ‘mindful eating’ + TAU.

Conclusions
These findings support the efficacy of the ‘mindful eating’ + TAU programme for reducing emotional and external eating, along with some other secondary measures, but no significant changes in weight reduction were observed.

Idioma: Inglés

Año: 2023

Publicado en: EUROPEAN EATING DISORDERS REVIEW 31, 2 (2023), 303 - 319
ISSN: 1072-4133

Factor impacto JCR: 3.9 (2023)

Categ. JCR: PSYCHOLOGY, CLINICAL rank: 23 / 180 = 0.128 (2023) - Q1 - T1
Categ. JCR: PSYCHIATRY rank: 58 / 279 = 0.208 (2023) - Q1 - T1

Factor impacto CITESCORE: 8.9 - Psychiatry and Mental Health (Q1) - Clinical Psychology (Q1)

Factor impacto SCIMAGO: 1.256 - Psychiatry and Mental Health (Q1) - Clinical Psychology (Q1)

Financiación: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/ISCIII/CD20-00181
Financiación: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/ISCIII/CP21-00080

Tipo y forma: Artículo (Versión definitiva)

Área (Departamento): Área Psicología Básica (Dpto. Psicología y Sociología)
Área (Departamento): Area Psiquiatría (Dpto. Medicina, Psiqu. y Derm.)
Área (Departamento): Área Psicolog.Evolut.Educac (Dpto. Psicología y Sociología)