The Use of Smart Devices in Capturing Digital Biomarkers in Eating Disorders
NCT ID: NCT06544226
Last Updated: 2024-12-06
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Basic Information
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RECRUITING
130 participants
OBSERVATIONAL
2024-11-01
2025-09-01
Brief Summary
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Detailed Description
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Given the rising incidence and profound impacts of eating disorders in recent years, including high mortality rates and significant economic burdens, there is an urgent need for innovative management strategies and more efficient triage and monitoring systems for early intervention and home-based care.
For the care of individuals with eating disorders, comprehensive and continuous assessment of physical and psychiatric conditions is essential. As recommended by the UK's National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) and the Royal College of Psychiatrists, key clinical markers monitored, include weight loss, BMI, heart rate, blood pressure, temperature, hydration status, and muscular function. Monitoring these markers is crucial for early detection of medical complications, such as electrolyte imbalances, cardiac arrhythmias, and orthostatic hypotension, which pose serious health risks. Additionally, these markers help evaluate the disorder's severity, guide treatment adjustments, and ensure patient safety during recovery.
However, traditional methods used to assess these biomarkers are burdensome and time-consuming. With the advancement of technology, novel smart devices can efficiently detect traditional biomarkers such as heart rate and blood pressure, while also exploring potential novel measures of the disease. Therefore, this study aims to validate and explore the potential of these technologies to provide monitoring comparable to traditional methods and to integrate collected data to generate sophisticated insights into the health status of individuals with eating disorders.
According to previous research, the analysis of facial information, including static features and dynamic movements, combined with advanced algorithms and machine learning, can estimate body weight, BMI, parotid gland size, and skin condition. When voice pattern analysis is integrated with facial dynamics during the video diary entry phase and the image response task, where participants share their thoughts on specific images, it is expected to further assess physical and psychological states, particularly when discussing sensitive topics or images, such as high-calorie foods. These estimations can be used to interpret the health status of individuals with eating disorders. Additionally, photoplethysmography (PPG) using smart devices can detect subtle changes in the colour spectrum induced by blood volume dynamics in facial and fingertip areas, allowing for the estimation of heart rate (HR), blood pressure (BP), respiratory rate (RR), blood oxygen level, blood glucose, and body temperature. This technology, which has been validated in healthy subjects, shows significant potential for application in patients with eating disorders, who are prone to cardiovascular and respiratory issues due to physiological stress and nutritional imbalances. This approach provides essential insights into their physical health status, particularly given the significant impairments in muscle strength often observed in individuals with eating disorders.
In addition to physical health, this study will also examine psychological traits that may improve the accuracy of identifying eating disorder status. This will include questionnaire-based assessments and a computerised task to measure psychological processes. Specifically, the 7-item Generalised Anxiety Disorder Questionnaire (GAD-7) and the 9-item Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) will assess anxiety and depression severity, respectively, while the Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire (EDE-Q) will evaluate eating disorder traits, including eating restraint, eating concern, shape concern, and weight concern. Adolescent versions of these questionnaires will be used for younger participants. Moreover, since impulsivity and cognitive control are often altered in individuals with eating disorders, this study will assess these cognitive functions using an adapted Stop Signal Task (SST) that incorporates sensitive cues, such as high-calorie food cues (food-specific SST, FSST). This task will aid in monitoring cognitive control related to the progression of eating disorders and potentially improve the accuracy of health status assessments in these individuals.
This study aims to validate the aforementioned biomarkers and models captured by the smart device and to explore changes in these biomarkers and psychological status across different stages and severities of eating disorders. Data will be collected over 16 weeks from both hospitalised patients and outpatients. Most data, including vital and physical biomarkers, facial information, and self-reported anxiety and depression measures, will be collected weekly, either once or twice a week, with adjustments for those with less frequent visits. Whereas the EDE-Q, the FSST task, and the patient acceptance questionnaire, which assesses patients' acceptance of the data collection procedures, will be conducted three times during the study, in weeks 1, 8, and 16. By conducting this study, the investigators expect to enhance the usability and acceptance of non-invasive monitoring tools, providing valuable insights into the health status of individuals with eating disorders.
Conditions
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Keywords
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Study Design
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COHORT
PROSPECTIVE
Study Groups
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Group of eating disorder patients aged above 10
This is a cohort study in which all participants are diagnosed with eating disorders and undertake the same set of assessments and tasks, although the frequency of these assessments and tasks is subject to their current care plan.
UH100
This is a non-interventional pilot study. Given the within-subject and longitudinal design used in this study, traditional intervention settings are not applicable. All participants will receive weekly and tri-point assessments,
* Weekly (twice per week) Assessments: Physical vitals such as BMI, Blood Pressure, Heart Rate
* Weekly (once per week) Assessments: Sit-Up-Squat-Stand Test, Video diary entries, GAD-7, and PHQ-9.
* Tri-point (week 1, 8, 6) assessments: EDE-Q, Patient Acceptance Questionnaire and the Food-specific Stop Signal Task.
Interventions
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UH100
This is a non-interventional pilot study. Given the within-subject and longitudinal design used in this study, traditional intervention settings are not applicable. All participants will receive weekly and tri-point assessments,
* Weekly (twice per week) Assessments: Physical vitals such as BMI, Blood Pressure, Heart Rate
* Weekly (once per week) Assessments: Sit-Up-Squat-Stand Test, Video diary entries, GAD-7, and PHQ-9.
* Tri-point (week 1, 8, 6) assessments: EDE-Q, Patient Acceptance Questionnaire and the Food-specific Stop Signal Task.
Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
* Diagnosed with an eating disorder by a clinician as per the World Health Organization\'s ICD-10 (F50.0 through F50.9) or ICD-11 (6B80 - 6B85; 6B8Y, 6B8Z) classification
* Must have a minimum once weekly in-person clinic physical assessment as part of their current treatment plan at the start of the study participation
* Fluent in English
* Capable of reading and understanding the information sheets and consent forms to provide written informed consent.
* For participants aged between 10 and 16 years, parental consent is required first before offering the opportunity to the child. A parent or legal guardian must also be able to read and understand the information sheets and consent forms to provide written informed consent on behalf of the child under 16 years of age.
Exclusion Criteria
* For alcohol consumption of more than 21 units of alcohol per week (1 unit is equivalent to half a pint of beer (285ml), 25ml of spirits, or one glass of wine)
* Diagnostic coding for current mental and behavioural disorders due to substances (ICD10: F10 through F19; ICD11: QE10 through QE1Z and 6C40 through 6C4H)
* A diagnosis of a neurological disorder, including but not limited to cerebrovascular diseases, either currently or in the past or where the eating disorder for which the participant is being treated is considered aetiologically-secondary to a neurological disorder (e.g. pica secondary to a brain injury).
* A diagnosis of schizophrenia or related psychotic disorder.
* Pregnancy.
* A diagnosis of developmental learning disorder (ICD10 F80.0 through F81.9: ICD11: 6A03) or intellectual disorders (ICD10: F70.0 through F79.9; ICD11 6A00).
10 Years
ALL
No
Sponsors
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Univa Health
INDUSTRY
Responsible Party
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Principal Investigators
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Daniel Joyce, MRCPsych
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
University of Liverpool
Locations
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University of Liverpool
Liverpool, , United Kingdom
Countries
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Central Contacts
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Facility Contacts
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Daniel Joyce, MRCPsych
Role: primary
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Other Identifiers
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ST001
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id