NCT04804800

Virtual Reality Place in the Management of Body Dysmorphia Disorders in Anorexia Nervosa

Virtual Reality Place in the Management of Body Dysmorphia Disorders in Anorexia Nervosa : Comparison of the Recommended Management and Virtual Reality Care Programs With or Without Multisensory Remedy

• Status: Not Yet Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 150 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Lille Catholic University · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 15 Years – 26 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Body distortions are responsible for anorexic behavior reinforcing loops. It is necessary to target this behavior and develop appropriate therapies taking into account the perceptual (implicit) and conceptual (explicit) phenomenon of body representations. The main originality of the proposed program consists on combining 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.

Detailed 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 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.

Conditions

• Anorexia Nervosa
• Dysmorphophobia

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Experimental group 1 : Virtual Reality	Patients benefit from the care recommended by the HAS, the virtual reality program and time for relaxation and body scan.
OTHER	Experimental group 2 : Virtual Reality + Multi Sensorial Remediation	Patients benefit from the care recommended by the HAS, the virtual reality program, the multisensory remediation, and also the body scan.

Timeline

• Start date: 2022-09-01
• Primary completion: 2025-05-01
• Completion: 2026-05-01
• First posted: 2021-03-18
• Last updated: 2022-01-06