Laboratoire Éducations et Promotion de la Santé (LEPS UR 3412)

Questionnaire sur la RElation au CORPS (RECORPS)

Taking into account people's relationship with their bodies in their care (RECORPS)

Project overview Today, the relationship with the body is not systematically investigated in clinical practice. The aim of this project was firstly to take stock of the various body-related disorders, to explain them, and to specify how they might be relevant for consideration in the clinical practice of obesity medicine. Three dimensions of body dysperception, including numerous possible disorders, were highlighted: lack of awareness of the reality of one's corpulence, difficulties in identifying hunger and satiety signals, a feeling of insecurity in the face of certain bodily sensations, leading to emotional eating and/or difficulty in practicing physical activity.

This initial work enabled us to put forward the proposal that these disorders should be assessed and taken into account in the care of people suffering from obesity, as well as those of normal weight. To achieve this, we had to reduce the limitations of the tools used to identify body-related disorders. Indeed, these tools do not assess certain dimensions of the relationship to the body, and are proving difficult to use in clinical practice. Moreover, the multiplicity of therapeutic responses (psycho-corporal, psychiatric, educational, etc.) aimed at improving the relationship with the body implies a multi-disciplinary approach that would be facilitated by the use of a common, multi-dimensional scale of the relationship with the body.

In the third phase of the project, a DELPHI (a consensus conference of experts and patients) was held to develop the constructs of a future self-questionnaire designed to assess the body relationship of adults suffering from obesity in clinical practice. The experts were asked to agree on the dimensions and items to be included in the future tool. These dimensions and items came from questionnaires, validated in English or French, pre-selected following a systematic literature review (the subject of a Master's thesis).

A psychometric study was then carried out to validate the RECORPS questionnaire. Finally, a guide to using the questionnaire was drawn up with input from experts and patients. The validated questionnaire is copyright-free. Its user guide, and a tool to help decode the questionnaire, are available in the Resources section on the right of this page.

RECORPS tackles a complex, multi-faceted, individual-dependent phenomenon. Disturbances in the relationship with the body - in terms of exteroceptive, interoceptive and proprioceptive sensitivities - need to be taken into account by the professionals on the multidisciplinary team in the clinical practice of obesity medicine, as they can be factors in the success or failure of the support provided. Taking account of the body as experienced and perceived would support the process of reappropriation by the person of his or her body and its management.

This project has been supported in 2021 by the Caisse Primaire d'Assurance Maladie (CPAM) de la Marne (France) and in 2024 by the Maison des Sciences de l'Homme Paris Nord (France) (MSH, Project n°24 2 A 3).

Collaboration Center Hospitalier Universitaire de Reims; Association Le Regard du Miroir; Cognition Santé Société Laboratory (UR6291) at the University of Reims; Performance Santé Métrologie Société Laboratory (UR7507) at the University of Reims.

Valuation already in place - Foucaut A-M, Julien-Sweerts S, Bernard D, Gagnayre R, Bertin E, Assessing relationship with one's body: validation of the French multidimensional RECORPS questionnaire, Submitted to Journal of Obesity.
- Foucaut A-M, Gagnayre R, Edet A, Bernard D, Bertin E, and RECORPS collaborative group, Developing content validity of a tool exploring various relationships with one's body in obesity through a Delphi expert consensus, Submitted to Obesity Research & Clinical Practice
- Vitellius G, Foucaut A-M, Julien-Sweerts S, Gagnayre R, Bertin E, Urge to eat and Body Mass Index: exploring the association with diffuse and defined emotions, Obesity Facts, in press.
- Foucaut A-M, Julien-Sweerts S, Gagnayre R, Bernard D, Bertin E, Elaboration, validation et usage du questionnaire de Relation au CORPS en Education Thérapeutique du Patient, SETE 2024 congress, Société d'Education Thérapeutique Européenne, Liège (Belgium), May 29-31, 2024. Poster prize.
- Bertin E, Benzerouk F, Gavlak B, Bernard D, Gagnayre R, Foucaut A-M, Body misperception: a complex, multifaceted issue to be taken into consideration in obesity, Cahiers de Nutrition et de Diététique, 2019, 54(6): e1-e8.
- Bertin E, Benzerouk F, Gavlak B, Bernard D, Gagnayre R, Foucaut A-M, La relation au corps, un élément complexe et multiple à considérer dans l'obésité, Cahiers de Nutrition et Diététique, 2019, 54(4): 206-214.
- Edet A, Bertin E, Gagnayre R, Foucaut A-M, Revue systématique des outils d'évaluation du rapport au corps des adultes en situation d'obésité, Mémoire de M2 Santé Publique parcours Education Thérapeutique et Education en Santé (ETES), Université Sorbonne Paris Nord, 2019.

Research team

Aude-Marie FOUCAUT

Chercheure associée, spécialiste de l'Activité Physique Adaptée et Santé (APA-S) ; HDR

I carry out my research in the field of Public Health in order to evaluate - beyond the effect of physical activity - its feasibility, obstacles and facilitators in the field of health.

Activités récentes : Active lifestyle is a complex health behavior, determined by numerous factors at micro, meso and macro-environmental levels. Our current research aims to increase our knowledge of these factors, and to explain them within ecological models. Thanks to the experience acquired at the Health & Wellness Lab of the University of Calgary (Alberta, Canada) during a CRCT from 2022 to 2023, and building on the results of previous studies, we are in a position to implement projects based on implementation science, with large patient samples, in France. We will then be able to document variables that are unfortunately still under-evaluated in multimodal programs promoting physical activity in secondary and tertiary prevention, such as acceptability, adoption, feasibility, fidelity, safety, reach, sustainability, integration into the care pathway, and cost.

Publications récentes : Ouvrage :
- Foucaut A-M (coord), Chapelot D, Vergnault M, Landry A, Ordonnances en Activité Physique Adaptée : 100 prescriptions, Paris, Maloine, 2nde édition, 2024. 584 pages

Chapitre d’ouvrage :
- Foucaut A-M, Activité physique, santé et éducation thérapeutique du patient chronique, in 4ème éd. Education thérapeutique – Prévention et maladies chroniques, coord. Simon D, Bourdillon F, Popelier M, Grimaldi A, coll. Abrégés de médecine, Paris, Elsevier Masson, 19 août 2020. pp. 219-233.
- Foucaut A-M, Accessibilité des pratiques sportives pour toutes et tous et inclusion par le sport, in Guerriers pacifiques, l’épopée du Sport à travers l’Histoire, coord. Sallem R, Delattre V, éditions CAPSAAA/INRAP/IPSEN, coll. Défis de civilisation, Paris, sortie prochaine

Articles de recherche :
- Aumaitre A, Gagnayre R, Foucaut A-M, Analyse qualitative des facteurs influençant le style de vie actif dans l’après-cancer en France métropolitaine, Bulletin du Cancer, 2025, online first
- Foucaut A-M, Aumaitre A, Gagnayre R, Implémentabilité de l’intervention multimodale sur les DEterminants et Facteurs de l’ACTivité physique après les traitements en Oncologie (DEFACTO2), Cahiers de Nutrition et de Diététique, 2025, 60 : 110-123
- Aumaitre A, Gagnayre R, Foucaut A-M, Determinants and factors of physical activity after oncology treatments (DE FACTO) in metropolitan France: Study protocol of mixed method study, JMIR Research Protocols, 2024, 13:e52274
- Aumaitre A, Gagnayre R, Foucaut A-M, Determinants and factors of physical activity and sedentary behaviors among post-treatment breast, colorectal, lung, and prostate cancer survivors living in France: results from the DEFACTO study first phase, Patient Education and Counselling, 2024, 124:108273
- Wagoner CW, Dreger J, Keats MR, Santa Mina D, McNeely ML, Cuthbert C, Capozzi LC, Francis GJ, Trinh L, Sibley D, Langley J, Chiekwe J, Ester M, Foucaut A-M, Culos-Reed SN. First year implementation of the EXercise for Cancer to Enhance Living Well (EXCEL) study: Building networks to support rural and remote community access to exercise oncology resources. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2023, 20(3), 1930 (IF 4.614 – Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis Q2)

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Rémi GAGNAYRE

Professeur émérite en Sciences de l’éducation et de la formation - Ancien Directeur du LEPS

Her work focuses on the actors, devices and systems at the interface between education and health that contribute to learning from a perspective of health promotion, cognitive justice and empowerment.

Activités récentes : Ongoing supervision of 7 PhD students and project manager for LEPS and the Ecole Universitaires de Recherches en Sciences infirmières (University School of Nursing Research)

Publications récentes : Nokovitch L, El Hajj H, Deneuve S, De Andrade V, Gagnayre R, Margat A. Visual–spatial abilities enhancement and spatial anatomy learning: A systematic review. Med Educ. 2025;1‐11. doi:10.1111/medu.70022
Soleymani D, Pougheon-Bertrand D, Gagnayre R. A Digital Behavior Change Intervention for Health Promotion for Adults in Midlife: Protocol for a Multidimensional Assessment Study, JMIR Res Protoc 2025;14:e60559 URL: https://www.researchprotocols.org/2025/1/e60559 doi: 10.2196/60559
Mehrnoosh Yazdanbakhsh, Vincent De Andrade, Laurence Spiesser-Robelet, Rémi Gagnayre ,The need for educational intervention for breastfeeding women and the professional practice of midwives in France to promote breastfeeding: A joint explanatory study, Eur J Midwifery 2024;8(December):73 https://doi.org/10.18332/ejm/191176
Foucaut A.-M., Aumaître A., Gagnayre R., Implementabilité de l’intervention multimodale sur les déterminants et facteurs de l’activité physique après le traitements en oncologie ( DeFActo 2), Cahier de nutrition et de diététique, 2024
Allory E., Scheer J., De Andrade V., Garlantézec R., Gagnayre R., Characteristics of self-management education and support programmes for people with chronic diseases delivered by primary car team : a rapid review. BMC Primary Care (2024) 25:46 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12875-024-02262-2
Quesnay P, Gagnayre R. L’approche par compétences dans les formations en santé : de la prescription aux pratiqques pédagogiques. Carrefours de l’Education. N°59, Juin 2025, 45-61

Email : remi.gagnayre@univ-paris13.fr

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