Anorexia Nervosa (in adolescents) Mental and Behavioural Disorders Anorexia nervosa
Conditions
Interventions
Group one:
Inpatient treatment is based around a carefully structured nursing regimen, the main aims of which are:
1. To form a therapeutic alliance
2.
Sponsors
The Health Foundation (UK)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Patients referred to five eating disorder services (South London and Maudsley NHS Trust, St Georges and South West London NHS Trust , Blackwater Valley Primary Health Care Trust, Central & Northwest London Trust, The Child and Adolescent Eating Disorder Service of the Royal Free Hampstead Trust), who meet Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV) criteria for anorexia nervosa or eating disorders not otherwise specified and who are aged between 13 and 20 years.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Patients in care 2. Patients with learning disabilities, psychosis or alcohol/substance dependence 3. Patients with medical condition that may lead to significant weight loss (e.g. Crohn's disease)
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. Symptomatic change: 1.1. Body Mass Index (kg/m^2) 1.2. SEverity of Eating Disorder (SEED) symptomatology 1.3. Eating Disorder Examination (EDE) 1.4. Children's Eating Disorder Examination (C-EDE) 2. Health economic costs: 2.1. Client service receipt inventory | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. Client/family satisfaction questionnaire 2. Experience of caregiving | — |
Countries
England, United Kingdom
Outcome results
None listed