Brevers Damien, Rogiers Anne, Defontaine Alexis, Cheron Guy, Clarinval Anne-Marie, Foucart Jennifer, Bouchez Anne, Bolly Véronique, Tsartsafloudakis Laura, Jottrand Pénélope, Minner Pierre, Bechara Antoine, Kornreich Charles, Verbanck Paul
Laboratory of Psychological Medicine and Addictology, Faculty of Medicine, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium.
Research in Psychology Applied to Motor Learning, Faculty of Motor Sciences, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium.
Front Psychiatry. 2017 Nov 21;8:243. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2017.00243. eCollection 2017.
This article describes a study protocol, which aims to explore and describe the feasibility of a mobile-phone application for initiating intuitive eating and intuitive exercising in patients who are following an ambulatory treatment for obesity. Intuitive eating refers to one's ability to make food choices based on one's awareness of his/her body's response. Intuitive exercising encourages people in finding enjoyable ways of being physically active. These two components will be trained using an implementation intention procedure, that is, behavioral plans that aim at creating a strong link between a specified situation and a response. We aim to recruit up to 80 overweight and obese patients over a period of 2 years. The smartphone application will be assessed on the basis of (i) data obtained through a 4-week use period, (ii) self-report measures taken before and after the use of the mobile application, and (iii) feedbacks from participants after the use of the mobile application. This pilot study will allow us to better understand the applicability of the use of mobile application within ambulatory treatment settings, and to adapt the design of the app necessary for building cross-sectional studies investigating its efficacy.
本文描述了一项研究方案，旨在探索和描述一款手机应用程序在接受肥胖门诊治疗的患者中启动直觉饮食和直觉运动的可行性。直觉饮食是指一个人基于对自身身体反应的认知来做出食物选择的能力。直觉运动鼓励人们找到享受身体活动的方式。这两个组成部分将通过实施意图程序进行训练，即旨在在特定情境和反应之间建立紧密联系的行为计划。我们的目标是在2年时间内招募多达80名超重和肥胖患者。智能手机应用程序将基于以下方面进行评估：(i) 通过为期4周的使用期获得的数据；(ii) 使用移动应用程序前后采取的自我报告测量；以及(iii) 使用移动应用程序后参与者的反馈。这项试点研究将使我们能够更好地理解移动应用程序在门诊治疗环境中的适用性，并调整应用程序的设计，以便开展调查其疗效的横断面研究。
