NCT06882200

A Combined Mindfulness-diving Protocol on Emotional Eating in Obese Patients: A Prospective Randomized Study

Benefit of the Bathysmed® Diving Protocol on Emotional Eating in Obese Patients: A Prospective Randomized Study

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 63 (actual)
• Sponsor: BATHYSMED · Industry
• Sex: All
• Age: 60 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if a combined minfulness-diving program has an impact on emotional eating in adults with obesity. The main questions it aims to answer are: Does the BathysMed protocol have an impact on emotional eating after the 2 months diving protocol? Researchers will compare the diving program to a control group of adult patients with obesity. Participants will be asked to participate in the combined mindfulness-diving protocol for 2 months, and complete the questionnaires at baseline, 2, 5, and 8 months follow up.

Detailed description

This unblinded randomized controlled trial is performed in the community setting, Montpellier, France. Adults with a BMI \> 30kg/m2 were randomly assigned (1:1) to a Bathysmed® 2-month program (intervention group) therapeutic scuba-diving protocol with mindfulness exercises plus standard care, or stand-alone standard care including dietary and psychological support (control group). The primary outcome was the mean change in the emotional eating subscale of the Dutch Eating Behaviour Questionnaire (DEBQ-EE) at 2-months as intention to treat.

Conditions

• Obesity and Overweight

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	A combined mindfulness and therapeutic scuba-diving protocol	The Bathysmed program is a unique scuba diving program that combines scuba immersion with techniques from mindfulness meditation, psychology and sports mental preparation. The program includes 30 different exercises over ten scuba-diving sessions with mindfulness training, twice a week for five weeks.
OTHER	Control group regular follow up in primary care	Standard care includes regular appointments and health education with their general practitioner and monthly appointments with the dietician and psychotherapist at the primary care centre in Montpellier, France throughout the study. This care includes monthly sessions on diet, exercise and general stress management with a registered dietician.

Timeline

• Start date: 2022-07-01
• Primary completion: 2022-11-01
• Completion: 2023-04-30
• First posted: 2025-03-18
• Last updated: 2025-03-18

Locations

1 site across 1 country: France