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| 1 | Proof-of-concept testing of a mobile application-delivered mindfulness exercise for emotional eaters: RAIN delivered as a step-by-step image sequence | Carrière K; Siemers N; Thapar S; Knäuper B; | 39114459 HKAP |
| 2 | ALBA: a model-driven framework for the automatic generation of android location-based apps | Gharaat M; Sharbaf M; Zamani B; Hamou-Lhadj A; | 38624616 ENCS |
| 3 | Design Principles in mHealth Interventions for Sustainable Health Behavior Changes: Protocol for a Systematic Review | Yang L; Kuang A; Xu C; Shewchuk B; Singh S; Quan H; Zeng Y; | 36811938 ENCS |
| 4 | Smartphone apps for menstrual pain and symptom management: A scoping review | Trépanier LCM; Lamoureux É; Bjornson SE; Mackie C; Alberts NM; Gagnon MM; | 36761398 PSYCHOLOGY |
| 5 | Evaluation of the Diet Tracking Smartphone Application Keenoa™: A Qualitative Analysis | Bouzo V; Plourde H; Beckenstein H; Cohen TR; | 34582258 PERFORM |
| Title: | Proof-of-concept testing of a mobile application-delivered mindfulness exercise for emotional eaters: RAIN delivered as a step-by-step image sequence | ||||
| Authors: | Carrière K, Siemers N, Thapar S, Knäuper B | ||||
| Link: | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39114459/ | ||||
| DOI: | 10.21037/mhealth-23-56 | ||||
| Publication: | mHealth | ||||
| Keywords: | Mindfulness; eating behaviour; metaphor; mobile applications; | ||||
| PMID: | 39114459 | Category: | Date Added: | 2024-08-08 | |
| Dept Affiliation: |
HKAP
1 Department of Psychology, Faculty of Science, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada. 2 Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Faculty of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada. 3 Department of Health, Kinesiology, and Applied Physiology, Concordia University, Montreal, QC, Canada. |
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Background: Over fifty percent of individuals with overweight and obesity are emotional eaters. Emotional eating can be theorized as a conditioned response to eat for reasons that are not associated with physiological hunger. We conducted this proof-of-concept study to gather evidence that a mobile app that delivers a common non-meditative mindfulness exercise called RAIN, in a step-by-step image sequence can improve emotional eating and other outcomes over a 3-week period. Methods: Forty-nine Canadian adults who self reported as emotional eaters (mean age =30.7 years) were recruited through social media and participated in a workshop in which RAIN and its use on the app were introduced. Participants were asked to use the app every time that they experienced a non-homeostatic craving to eat for three weeks. Emotional eating, reactivity to food cravings, perceived loss of control around food, distress tolerance, and eating-specific mindfulness were assessed pre- and post-intervention. Results: Improvements on all outcomes were found (r-range, -0.58 to -0.28). The feasibility of the mobile application was demonstrated by a low attrition rate (8%), high user satisfaction, and strong app engagement metrics. Conclusions: The data provide proof-of-concept evidence that a mobile app that delivers a mindfulness exercise in a step-by-step image sequence has potential to be effective and thus identifies a new approach that may reduce emotional eating in an accessible and affordable manner. |
