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Title: Nuevas tecnologías en el tratamiento de los trastornos de la conducta alimentaria: Revisión bibliográfica
Author: Flors García, Myriam
Tutor: Serra Alías, Margarita
Abstract: Cue-exposure therapy is showed effective for eating disorders treatment. The inclusion of virtual reality in these programs is emerging as a valid technological tool as it offers some advantages over in vivo exposure. Objective. To review the existence of scientific evidence about the use of virtual reality in eating disorders treatment and to know the advantages of its inclusion in the standard therapy. Method. We researched APAPsycInfo, Medline Complete and Psycology and Behavioral Sciences Collection database looking for scientific publications between 2010 and 2020 years, related to the use of new technologies for anorexia and bulimia nervosa treatment. Results. 61 registers were identified, after removing duplicates and select those which met inclusion criteria, a total of 32 articles were selected. Of these, 5 were randomized controlled trials, 9 case-control trials, 2 nonrandomized studies, 4 clinical trials with only 1 participant, 3 preliminary trials to validate virtual reality software, and 2 systematic reviews. The main researched areas including virtual reality technology were body image dissatisfaction and binge craving behaviour emerging by food stimuli exposure. Conclusion. This review supports the virtual reality as a valid technological tool for anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa and binge eating disorder treatment. Furthermore, some future research lines have been proposed.
Keywords: anorexia nervosa
bulimia nervosa
binge eating disorder
virtual reality exposure therapy
Document type: info:eu-repo/semantics/masterThesis
Issue Date: Feb-2021
Publication license: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/  
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