Attentional Bias Modification Training Based on Virtual Reality and Eye Tracking in Anorexia Nervosa Patients
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Clinical Sample
2.2. Measures
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- Weight-related AOIs encompassed body regions commonly associated with measures of eating disorders, including the stomach, hips, waist, thighs, and legs.
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- Non-weight-related AOIs included body parts less correlated with eating disorders: neck, chest, shoulders, arms, and feet.
2.3. Instruments
2.4. Procedure
2.5. Statistical Analyses
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Clinical Characteristic | Number of Patients |
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Subtype of anorexia nervosa | |
Restrictive Anorexia Nervosa | 22 |
Purgative Anorexia Nervosa | 1 |
Comorbidities | |
Major Depressive Disorder | 2 |
Major Depressive Disorder and Mild Intellectual Disability | 1 |
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder | 1 |
Social Anxiety Disorder | 2 |
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder | 1 |
Pharmacological Treatment | |
Antipsychotics | 2 |
Antidepressants | 11 |
Anxiolytics | 2 |
Antipsychotics and Antidepressants | 8 |
Antipsychotics and Anxiolytics | 1 |
Antidepressants and Anxiolytics | 4 |
Antidepressants, Anxiolytics, and Antipsychotics | 4 |
Pre-Assessment Time | Post-Assessment Time | Paired Samples t-Test | Effect Size | ||
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Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | t | p | Cohen’s d * | |
Complete fixation time (in ms) | 3269.88 (5837.05) | −94.88 (7988.81) | 1.863 | * 0.040 | 0.452 |
Body dissatisfaction | 42.83 (26.14) | 33.26 (32.14) | 1.880 | * 0.037 | 0.392 |
Pre-Assessment Time | Post-Assessment Time | Wilcoxon Signed-Rank Test | Effect Size | ||
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Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | z | p | r2 * | |
Number of fixations | 2.00 (20.80) | −3.41 (18.56) | −0.592 | 0.554 | −0.100 |
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Ascione, M.; Carulla-Roig, M.; Miquel-Nabau, H.; Porras-Garcia, B.; Meschberger-Annweiler, F.-A.; Serrano-Troncoso, E.; Ferrer-Garcia, M.; Moreno-Sánchez, M.; Gutierrez-Maldonado, J. Attentional Bias Modification Training Based on Virtual Reality and Eye Tracking in Anorexia Nervosa Patients. J. Clin. Med. 2023, 12, 5932. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm12185932
Ascione M, Carulla-Roig M, Miquel-Nabau H, Porras-Garcia B, Meschberger-Annweiler F-A, Serrano-Troncoso E, Ferrer-Garcia M, Moreno-Sánchez M, Gutierrez-Maldonado J. Attentional Bias Modification Training Based on Virtual Reality and Eye Tracking in Anorexia Nervosa Patients. Journal of Clinical Medicine. 2023; 12(18):5932. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm12185932
Chicago/Turabian StyleAscione, Mariarca, Marta Carulla-Roig, Helena Miquel-Nabau, Bruno Porras-Garcia, Franck-Alexandre Meschberger-Annweiler, Eduardo Serrano-Troncoso, Marta Ferrer-Garcia, Manuel Moreno-Sánchez, and Jose Gutierrez-Maldonado. 2023. "Attentional Bias Modification Training Based on Virtual Reality and Eye Tracking in Anorexia Nervosa Patients" Journal of Clinical Medicine 12, no. 18: 5932. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm12185932