CompletedNot Applicable

The Experience of Affective Touch in Anorexia Nervosa

Italy60 participantsStarted 2021-10-06

Plain-language summary

The aim of the present research will be to verify if the pleasantness of affective touch is comparable between women with AN and healthy women while measuring the level of social anhedonia and the lifespan experience of affective touch.

Who can participate

Age range18 Years – 50 Years

SexFEMALE

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Inclusion criteria: * Right-handed * diagnosis of restricting type or binge-eating/purging type AN, according to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (5th Edition)'s criteria (DSM, American Psychiatric Association, 2013). Exclusion Criteria: * Concurrent neurological, neurodevelopmental (e.g., autism), motor, somatosensory and/or psychiatric disorders * Evidence of any skin-related condition possibly affecting sensitivity on the participants' forearm (e.g., eczema, scars).

What they're measuring

Rating of subjective pleasantness

Timeframe: Baseline

Trial details

NCT IDNCT05756530

SponsorIstituto Auxologico Italiano

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeOBSERVATIONAL

Primary completion2023-10-01

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