Specialty: Mental Health, Primary sub-specialty: Eating Disorders
Conditions
Interventions
Carers will be allocated to one of the three intervention conditions at random, and this will be stratified by whether the person with anorexia for whom they carer is in inpatient treatment or not, an
Sponsors
King's College London
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Carers: 1. Aged 18 years and over 2. Caring for (providing unpaid help and support to) an adolescent (aged 16+), or adult with anorexia nervosa (including those who have been recently weight restored), as opposed to a different eating disorder 3. Fluent in English 4. Able to access and use an internet-based intervention Individuals with Anorexia: 1. Must be diagnosed with anorexia nervosa (including those who have been recently weight restored), as opposed to a different eating disorder 2. Must have a carer who initially agreed to participate in the study 3. Aged 16+ 4. Fluent in English 5. Able to access and use the internet for the purpose of completing questionnaires
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Carers 1. Caring for a person with an eating disorder other than AN (e.g. normal weight bulimia nervosa) who has never been diagnosed with AN 2. Current eating disorder in the carer 3. Inability of the carer to read and understand English Participants with anorexia nervosa 1. Participants who have never received a diagnosis of anorexia nervosa. 2. Currently dependent on drugs or alcohol 3. Diagnosed with a current major psychological disorder, which would interfere with the participants ability to complete the relevant questionnaires (for example, psychosis, or severe suicidal depression). 4. Under the age of 16
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Carers: 1. Depression is measured using the Patient Health Questionnaire 9 (PHQ9) at baseline, 4 weeks, 3 months (post-intervention), 6 months, and 12 months (follow-up) 2. Anxiety is measured using the Generalised Anxiety Disorder 7 (GAD7) at baseline, 4 weeks, 3 months (post-intervention), 6 months, and 12 months (follow-up) | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Carers 1. Socio-demographic variables are measured using a set of questions devised by the research team at screening and baseline 2. Alcohol use is measured using the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) at baseline, 4 weeks, 3 months (post-intervention), 6 months, and 12 months (follow-up) 3. Drug use is measured using the Drug Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) at baseline, 4 weeks, 3 months (post-intervention), 6 months, and 12 months (follow-up) 4. Quality of life is measured using the Assessment of Quality of Life (AQoL)-8D, at baseline, 3 months (post-intervention), 6 months, and 12 months (follow-up) 5. Carer accommodating and enabling behaviours are measured using the Accommodation and Enabling Scale for Eating Disorders (AESED), at baseline, 3 months (post-intervention), 6 months, and 12 months (follow-up) 6. Personality is measured using the Big Five Inventory (BFI)-10, at baseline 7. Service utilization and other cost-related variables are measured using the Client Service Receipt Inventory (CSRI), at baseline, 3 months (post-intervention), 6 months, and 12 months (follow-up) 8. Resilience is measured using the Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC10) at baseline, 3 months (post-intervention), 6 months, and 12 months (follow-up) 9. Treatment expectancy and rationale credibility are measured using the Credibility / Expectancy Questionnaire (CEQ), at baseline and 4 weeks 10. Caregiver Skills are measured using the Caregiver Skills (CASK) scale, at baseline, 3 months (post-intervention), 6 months, and 12 months (follow-up) 11. Impact of eating disorder symptoms is measured using the Eating Disorders Symptom Impact Scale (EDSIS), at baseline, 3 months (post-intervention), 6 months, and 12 months (follow-up) 12. Experience of caregiving is measure | — |
Countries
United Kingdom
Contacts
Public ContactLucy Spencer
Outcome results
None listed