F50.0 F50.1
Conditions
Interventions
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Anorexia Nervosa (AN) group: AN diagnosis according to ICD-10 criteria (F50.0 or F50.1), weight 10th age percentile.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Acute psychotic symptoms; substance abuse / addiction; chronic physiological conditions (especially cardiovascular diseases); medication with tranquillizing effects (such as Benzodiazepines); learning disabilities; insufficient German skills to give informed consent. For the control groups: eating disorders.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Reaching a weight of BMI = 25th age percentile at discharge, keeping up the weight until a follow-up six months later. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Eating disorder pathology, body dissatisfaction, movement patterns, heart rate and heart rate variability, biomarkers (leptin, ghrelin, NPY, PYY, IL-6, hsCRP, cortisol, alpha-amylase) | — |
Countries
Germany
Contacts
Kinder- und Jugendabteilung für Psychische Gesundheit, Universitätsklinikum Erlangen