Anorexia nervosa Mental and Behavioural Disorders Eating disorders
Conditions
Interventions
Randomisation will be conducted independently from the trial team by the Clinical Trials Unit (CTU).
Intervention arm:
5 x skills training DVDs and 1 x skills training for carers of someone with an
Sponsors
Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London (UK)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Patients: 1.1. Diagnosis of an eating disorder 1.2. 13 years or older, either sex 1.3. Current inpatient 1.4. Has a carer 2. Carer: 2.1. Cares for someone with an eating disorder 2.2. English speaking
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Patients: 1.1. Not currently admitted to an inpatient unit 1.2. No diagnosis of Eating Disorder 1.3. 12 years old or younger 2. Carer: 2.1. Does not speak English
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. Patient - time to relapse: 1.1. Body mass index (BMI) below 17.5 kg/m^2 for patients who were fully weight recovered at the time of discharge, measured at monthly intervals, or 1.2. A drop in 1 BMI point (approx 3 kg) for those who entered the study at a below normal weight and absolute weight, measured at monthly intervals 2. Carers - distress: Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale (DASS), measured at patient discharge, 6 months, and 12 months follow up 3. Cost: Client Service Receipt Interview (carer and patient version), measured at baseline, discharge, 6 and 12 month follow up; except not at discharge for patient | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. Patients (all measured at baseline, discharge, 6 month and 12 month follow up): 1.1. Eating pathology: Eating Disorder Questionnaire (EDE-Q) 1.2. Distress: DASS 1.3. Quality of Life: World Health Organisation Quality of Life Questionnaire (WHOQuol) 2. Carers (all measured at baseline, discharge, 6 month and 12 month follow up except ECI which will not be measured at discharge): 2.1. Care giving burden: Experience of Caregiving Inventory, Eating Disorder 2.2. Symptom Impact Scale 2.3. Expressed emotion: Family Questionnaire, Levels of Expressed Emotion (patient perspective) 2.4. Quality of Life: WHOQuol | — |
Countries
United Kingdom
Outcome results
None listed