Enhancing Integrative Cognitive-Affective Therapy with ecological momentary interventions: A pilot trial.
Eur Eat Disord Rev
; 29(1): 152-158, 2021 01.
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OBJECTIVE: Although current treatments are effective for some patients with eating disorders, a large number of patients remain partially or fully symptomatic post-treatment. This may be related to poor utilization of treatment skills outside of the therapy office. Smartphone applications that can detect and intervene during moments of need could facilitate such skill use between sessions. METHOD: Individuals (N = 16) participated in a small pilot open trial where they received 21 sessions of in-person Integrative Cognitive-Affective Therapy (ICAT) therapy an app (iCAT+) that delivers ecological momentary interventions (EMI) in response to user-entered data. Data were collected on the feasibility and acceptability of this treatment approach and on preliminary indicators of treatment outcomes. RESULTS: Participants found iCAT+ as a treatment augmentation acceptable and indicated it had clinical utility as an adjunct to in-person therapy, although analyses indicated poor compliance with data entry needed to trigger EMI delivery. This suggests that long-term use of EMI requiring ongoing data entry is infeasible. CONCLUSIONS: We describe lessons learned from our initial pilot trial and future directions for the development of impactful EMI systems that can be used to augment in-person therapies.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Banco de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Trastornos de Alimentación y de la Ingestión de Alimentos
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Terapia Cognitivo-Conductual
Límite:
Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Eur Eat Disord Rev
Asunto de la revista:
CIENCIAS DA NUTRICAO
Año:
2021
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Article
País de afiliación:
Estados Unidos