Realidad virtual para el diagnóstico y tratamiento de Trastornos de Conducta Alimentaria: una revisión sistemática

Autores/as

  • Ana Martín-Garcés Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona
  • Carmina Castellano-Tejedor Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona Grup de Recerca REFiT, Parc Sanitari Pere Virgili & Institut de Recerca Vall d'Hebron Psynaptic, Psicología y Servicios Científicos y Tecnológicos S.L.P.

Resumen

Introducción: Los trastornos de la conducta alimentaria (TCA) se caracterizan por un miedo intenso a ganar peso y conductas de control del mismo. Las personas con TCA manifiestan peor calidad de vida que la población general y el abordaje de sus complicaciones supone elevados costes socio-sanitarios. Materiales y métodos: Para comprobar la eficacia de la Realidad Virtual (RV) como he-rramienta de diagnóstico y/o soporte al tratamiento de TCA, se realizó una revisión sistemática de artículos publicados entre 2012 y 2018 en PubMed (MEDLINE). Resultados: Se seleccionaron 7 ar-tículos que emplearon la RV como tratamiento, 5 como soporte diagnóstico y 3 como ambas (N=15). Conclusiones: La RV demuestra ser efectiva para mitigar la ansiedad ante la exposición a alimentos, reducir conductas exageradas de control de peso, y facilitar el abordaje terapéutico del auto-concepto e imagen corporal. También demostró mayor eficacia frente al tratamiento conven-cional o como tratamiento de segundo nivel.

Palabras clave

Psicología experimental, Psicoterapia, Realidad Virtual, Trastornos de la conducta alimentaria

Citas

Ágh, Tamás; Kovács, Gábor; Supina, Dylan; Pawaskar, Manjiri; Herman, Barry K.; Vokó, Zoltán & Sheehan, David V. (2016). A systematic review of the health-related quality of life and economic burdens of anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and binge eating disorder. Eating and Weight Disorders: EWD, 21(3), 353-364. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40519-016-0264-x

American Psychiatric Association. (2000). Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV-TR). American Psychiatric Pub. https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.books.9780890423349

American Psychiatric Association. (2013). Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5®). American Psychiatric Pub. https://doi.org/10.1007/springerreference_179660

Baños, Rosa M.; Botella, Cristina; Perpiñá, Concepción; Alcañiz, Mariano; Lozano, Jose Antonio; Osma, Jorge & Gallardo, Myriam. (2002). Virtual reality treatment of flying phobia. IEEE transactions on information technology in biomedicine: a publication of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. 6(3), 206-212. https://doi.org/10.1109/titb.2002.802380

Benedito Monleón, María C.; Perpiñá Tordera, Conxa; Botella Arbona, Cristina & Baños Rivera, Rosa M. (2003). Imagen corporal y restricción alimentaria en adolescentes. Anales de Pediatría, 58(3), 268-272. https://doi.org/10.1016/s1695-4033(03)78049-7

Botella, Cristina; Baños, Rosa M.; Perpiñá, Conxa; Villa, Helena; Alcañiz, Mariano & Rey, A. (1998). Virtual reality treatment of claustrophobia: a case report. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 36(2), 239-246. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0005-7967(97)10006-7

Botella, Cristina; Baños, Rosa M.; Villa, Helena; Perpiñá, Conxa & García-Palacios, Azucena. (2000). Virtual reality in the treatment of claustrophobic fear: A controlled, multiple-baseline design. Behavior Therapy, 31(3), 583-595. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0005-7894(00)80032-5

Cárdenas-López, Georgina; Torres-Villalobos, Gonzalo; Martinez, Perla; Carreño, Vanessa; Duran, Ximena; Dakanalis, Antonios; Gaggioli, Andrea & Riva, Giuseppe. (2014). Virtual reality for improving body image disorders and weight loss after gastric band surgery: a case series. Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, 196, 43-47. https://doi.org/10.3233/978-1-61499-375-9-43

Cesa, Gian L.; Manzoni, Gian M.; Bacchetta, Monica; Castelnuovo, Gianluca; Conti, Sara; Gaggioli, Andrea; Mantovani, Fabrizia; Molinari, Enrico; Cárdenas-López, Georgina & Riva, Giuseppe. (2013). Virtual reality for enhancing the cognitive behavioral treatment of obesity with binge eating disorder: randomized controlled study with one-year follow-up. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 15(6), e113. https://doi.org/10.2196/jmir.2441

Chambless, Dianne L. & Hollon, Steven D. (1998). Defining empirically supported therapies. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 66(1), 7-18. https://doi.org/10.1037//0022-006x.66.1.7

Cipolletta, Sabrina; Malighetti, Clelia; Serino, Silvia; Riva, Giuseppe & Winter, David. (2017). Intrapersonal, interpersonal, and physical space in anorexia nervosa: a virtual reality and repertory grid investigation. Psychiatry Research, 252, 87-93. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2017.02.060

Ferrer-García, Marta; Gutiérrez-Maldonado, José; Pla-Sanjuanelo, Joana; Riva, Giuseppe; Andreu-Gracia, Alexis; Dakanalis, Antonios; Fernandez-Aranda, Fernando; Forcano, Laura; Ribas-Sabaté, Joan; Riesco, Nadine; Rus-Calafell, Mar; Sánchez, Isabel & Sanchez-Planell, Luís. (2014). Development of a VR Application for Binge Eating Treatment: Identification of Contexts and Cues Related to Bingeing Behavior in Spanish Italian Patients. Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, 199, 71-75. https://doi.org/10.3233/978-1-61499-401-5-71

Ferrer-García, Marta; Gutiérrez-Maldonado, José; Pla-Sanjuanelo, Joana; Vilalta-Abella, Ferran; Andreu-Gracia, Alexis; Dakanalis, Antonios; Fernandez-Aranda, Fernando; Fusté-Escolano, Adela; Ribas-Sabaté, Joan; Riva, Giuseppe; Saldaña, Carmina & Sánchez, Isabel. (2015). External Eating as a Predictor of Cue-reactivity to Food-related Virtual Environments. Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, 219, 117-122. https://doi.org/10.3233/978-1-61499-595-1-117

Ferrer-García, Marta; Gutiérrez-Maldonado, José; Pla-Sanjuanelo, Joana; Vilalta-Abella, Ferran; Riva, Giuseppe; Clerici, Massimo; Ribas-Sabaté, Joan; Andreu-Gracia, Alexis; Fernandez-Aranda, Fernando; Forcano, Laura; Riesco, Nadine; Sánchez, Isabel; Escandón-Nagel, Neli; Gomez-Tricio, Osane; Tena, Virginia & Dakanalis, Antonios. (2017). A Randomised Controlled Comparison of Second-Level Treatment Approaches for Treatment-Resistant Adults with Bulimia Nervosa and Binge Eating Disorder: Assessing the Benefits of Virtual Reality Cue Exposure Therapy. European Eating Disorders Review: The Journal of the Eating Disorders Association, 25(6), 479-490. https://doi.org/10.1002/erv.2538

Ferrer-García, Marta; Pla-Sanjuanelo, Joana; Dakanalis, Antonios; Vilalta-Abella, Ferran; Riva, Giuseppe; Fernandez-Aranda, Fernando; Sánchez, Isabel; Ribas-Sabaté, Joan; Andreu-Gracia, Alexis; Escandón-Nagel, Neli; Gomez-Tricio, Osane; Tena, Virginia & Gutiérrez-Maldonado, José. (2017). Eating behavior style predicts craving and anxiety experienced in food-related virtual environments by patients with eating disorders and healthy controls. Appetite, 117, 284-293. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2017.07.007

Gutiérrez-Maldonado, José; Ferrer-García, Marta & Riva, Giuseppe. (2013). VR Cue-Exposure Treatment for Bulimia Nervosa. Studies in health technology and informatics, 191, 21-25. https://doi.org/10.3233/978-1-61499-282-0-21

Gutiérrez-Maldonado, José; Wiederhold, Brenda K. & Riva, Giuseppe. (2016). Future Directions: How Virtual Reality Can Further Improve the Assessment and Treatment of Eating Disorders and Obesity. Cyberpsychology, Behavior and Social Networking, 19(2), 148-153. https://doi.org/10.1089/cyber.2015.0412

Herpertz-Dahlmann, Beate. (2015). Adolescent eating disorders: update on definitions, symptomatology, epidemiology, and comorbidity. Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America, 24(1), 177-196. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chc.2014.08.003

Jennett, Penny A.; Affleck Hall, Louise; Hailey, David; Ohinmaa, Arto; Anderson, Carol; Thomas, Roger; Young, Beth; Lorenzetti, Diane & Scott, Richard E. (2003). The socio-economic impact of telehealth: a systematic review. Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare, 9(6), 311-320. https://doi.org/10.1258/135763303771005207

Keski-Rahkonen, Anna & Mustelin, Linda. (2016). Epidemiology of eating disorders in Europe. Current Opinion in Psychiatry, 29(6), 340-345. https://doi.org/10.1097/YCO.0000000000000278

Koskina, Antonia; Campbell, Ian C., Schmidt, Ulrike. (2013). Exposure therapy in eating disorders revisited. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, 37(2), 193-208. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2012.11.010

Lytras, Miltiadis D.; Carroll, John M.; Damiani, Ernesto & Tennyson, Robert D. (2008). Emerging Technologies and Information Systems for the Knowledge Society: First World Summit on the Knowledge Society. Springer.

Malbos, Eric; Boyer, Laurent & Lançon, Christophe. (2013). [Virtual reality in the treatment of mental disorders]. Presse medicale, 42(11), 1442-1452. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lpm.2013.01.065

Marco, Jose H.; Perpiñá, Conxa & Botella, Cristina. (2013). Effectiveness of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Supported by Virtual Reality in the Treatment of Body Image in Eating Disorders: One year follow-up. Psychiatry research. 209(3), 619-625. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2013.02.023

Moher, David; Liberati, Alessandro; Tetzlaff, Jennifer; Altman, Douglas G. & The PRISMA Group (2009). Preferred reporting items for systematic reviews and meta-analyses: the PRISMA statement. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 62(10), 1006-1012. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1000097

Organización Mundial de la Salud. (2004). CIE-10: Clasificación Internacional de Enfermedades (10ª edición). Organización Mundial de la Salud.

Paslakis, Georgios; Fauck, Vanessa; Röder, Kathrin; Rauh, Elisabeth; Rauh, Manfred & Erim, Yesim. (2017). Virtual reality jogging as a novel exposure paradigm for the acute urge to be physically active in patients with eating disorders: Implications for treatment. The International Journal of Eating Disorders. 50(11), 1243-1246. https://doi.org/10.1002/eat.22768

Peláez Fernández, María Angeles; Raich Escursell, Rosa M. & Labrador Encinas, Francisco J. (2010). Trastornos de la conducta alimentaria en España: Revisión de estudios epidemiológicos. Revista Mexicana de Trastornos Alimentarios, 1(1), 62-75. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0212-6567(02)70626-4

Perpiñá, Conxa; Botella, Cristina; Baños, Rosa M.; Marco, Jose H.; Alcañiz-Raya, Mariano L. & Quero, Soledad. (1999). Body Image and Virtual Reality in Eating Disorders: Is Exposure to Virtual Reality More Effective than the Classical Body Image Treatment? CyberPsychology & Behaviour, 2(2), 149-155. https://doi.org/10.1089/cpb.1999.2.149

Pla-Sanjuanelo, Joana; Ferrer-García, Marta; Gutiérrez-Maldonado, José; Riva, Giuseppe; Andreu-Gracia, Alexis; Dakanalis, Antonios; Fernandez-Aranda, Fernando; Forcano, Laura; Ribas-Sabaté, Joan; Riesco, Nadine; Rus-Calafell, Mar; Sánchez, Isabel & Sanchez-Planell, Luís. (2015). Identifying specific cues and contexts related to bingeing behavior for the development of effective virtual environments. Appetite, 87, 81-89. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2014.12.098

Pla-Sanjuanelo, Joana; Ferrer-García, Marta; Gutiérrez-Maldonado, José; Vilalta-Abella, Ferran; Andreu-Gracia, Alexis; Dakanalis, Antonios; Fernandez-Aranda, Fernando; Fusté, Adela; Ribas-Sabaté, Joan; Riva, Giuseppe; Saldaña, Carmina & Sánchez, Isabel. (2015). Trait and State Craving as Indicators of Validity of VR-based Software for Binge Eating Treatment. Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, 219, 141-146. https://doi.org/10.3233/978-1-61499-595-1-141

Riva, Giuseppe. (2017). Letter to the Editor: Virtual reality in the treatment of eating and weight disorders. Psychological Medicine, 47(14), 2567-2568. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0033291717001441

Riva, Giuseppe; Bacchetta, Monica; Baruffi, Margherita; Defrance, Cécile; Gatti, Fabiana; Galimberti, Carlo; Nugues, Pierre; Ferretti, Samuelli G. & Tonci, Andrea. (1999). VREPAR 2: VR in eating disorders. CyberPsychology & Behavior, 2, 77-79. https://doi.org/10.1089/cpb.1999.2.77

Riva, Giuseppe; Bolzoni, Mirco; Carella, Francesco; Galimberti, Carlo; Griffin, Michael J.; Lewis, Christopher H., Luongo, Roberto; Mardegan, Paolo; Melis, Luca; Molinari-Tosatti, Lorenzo; Poerschmann, Christoph; Rovetta, Alberto; Rushton, Simon K.; Selis, Caterina & Wann, John. (1997). Virtual reality environments for psycho-neuro-physiological assessment and rehabilitation. Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, 39, 34-45. https://doi.org/10.1037/e705192011-009

Riva, Giuseppe; Cárdenas, Georgina; Duran, Ximena; Torres-Villalobos, Gonzalo & Gaggioli, Andrea. (2012). Virtual reality in the treatment of body image disturbances after bariatric surgery: A clinical case. Studies in health technology and informatics. 181, 278-82. https://doi.org/10.3233/978-1-61499-121-2-278

Riva, Giuseppe; Gutiérrez-Maldonado, José & Wiederhold, Brenda K. (2016). Virtual Worlds versus Real Body: Virtual Reality Meets Eating and Weight Disorders. Cyberpsychology, Behavior and Social Networking, 19(2), 63-66. https://doi.org/10.1089/cyber.2016.29025.gri

Rothbaum, Barbara O.; Hodges, Larry F.; Kooper, Rob; Opdyke, Dan; Williford, James S. & North, Max. (1995). Effectiveness of computer-generated (virtual reality) graded exposure in the treatment of acrophobia. The American Journal of Psychiatry, 152(4), 626-628. https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.152.4.626

Wiederhold, Brenda K.; Riva, Giuseppe & Gutiérrez-Maldonado, José. (2016). Virtual Reality in the Assessment and Treatment of Weight-Related Disorders. Cyberpsychology, Behavior and Social Networking, 19(2), 67-73. https://doi.org/10.1089/cyber.2016.0012

Biografía del autor/a

Ana Martín-Garcés, Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona

Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona, Departamento de Psicología Básica, 08192, Bellaterra (Barcelona) España

Carmina Castellano-Tejedor, Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona Grup de Recerca REFiT, Parc Sanitari Pere Virgili & Institut de Recerca Vall d'Hebron Psynaptic, Psicología y Servicios Científicos y Tecnológicos S.L.P.

Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona, Departamento de Psicología Básica, 08192, Bellaterra (Barcelona) España

Grupo de Investigación REFiT BCN, Parc Sanitari Pere Virgili & Institut de Recerca Vall d'Hebron, 08023 Barcelona (España)

Psynaptic, Psicología y Servicios Científicos y Tecnológicos S.L.P., Avenida Egara 30, 08192, Sant Quirze del Vallès, Barcelona (España)

Publicado

11-12-2020

Descargas

Los datos de descargas todavía no están disponibles.