Virtual body image exercises for people with obesity – results on eating behavior and body perception of the ViTraS pilot study

Table 4 DEBQ scores from t1 to t4 for total, VR, and non-VR group

	Total^a	VR^b	Non-VR^c	Mean difference [95% CI]^d	Unadjusted P-value	Effect size^e
	mean ± SD	mean ± SD	mean ± SD	Mean difference [95% CI]^d	Unadjusted P-value	Effect size^e
Restraint
t1	2.8 ± 0.7	2.8 ± 0.8	2.7 ± 0.7	0.1 [− 0.3; 0.5]	0.61	0.06
t2	2.8 ± 0.8	2.9 ± 0.8	2.8 ± 0.8	0.2 [− 0.3; 0.6]	0.45	0.11
t3	2.9 ± 0.9	2.9 ± 0.9	2.8 ± 0.8	0.2 [− 0.3; 0.7]	0.43	0.11
t4	3.0 ± 0.8	3.1 ± 0.8	2.8 ± 0.9	0.3 [− 0.1; 0.8]	0.16	0.20
Emotional
t1	2.8 ± 1.0	2.7 ± 0.9	2.9 ± 1.0	−0.2 [− 0.7; 0.3]	0.37	0.12
t2	2.8 ± 1.0	2.7 ± 1.0	2.9 ± 1.0	−0.2 [− 0.7; 0.3]	0.37	0.12
t3	2.7 ± 1.1	2.6 ± 1.1	2.8 ± 1.1	−0.3 [− 0.8; 0.3]	0.37	0.12
t4	2.8 ± 1.0	2.7 ± 0.9	2.9 ± 1.0	−0.2 [− 0.7; 0.3]	0.39	0.12
External
t1	3.4 ± 0.7	3.3 ± 0.6	3.4 ± 0.8	−0.1 [− 0.4; 0.3]	0.65	0.06
t2	3.4 ± 0.7	3.4 ± 0.6	3.3 ± 0.7	0.001 [− 0.4; 0.4]	> 0.99	0.001
t3	3.3 ± 0.8	3.4 ± 0.6	3.1 ± 0.8	0.2 [− 0.2; 0.6]	0.27	0.15
t4	3.3 ± 0.8	3.4 ± 0.7	3.2 ± 0.8	0.2 [− 0.3; 0.6]	0.43	0.11

^aTotal sample size: 64 (t1), 62 (t2), 60 (t3), 61 (t4)
^bVR group sample size: 30 (t1), 29 (t2), 29 (t3), 29 (t4)
^cNon-VR group sample size: 34 (t1), 33 (t2), 31 (t3), 32 (t4)
^dResults are presented as unstandardized regression coefficients adjusted for gender, age, and baseline BMI
^eResults are presented as standardized regression coefficients

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