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Long-term evaluation of acceptance and commitment therapy for adults with anorexia nervosa

A randomised trial of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Anorexia Nervosa after daycare treatment, including five-year follow-up

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
ISRCTN
Registry ID
ISRCTN12106530
Enrollment
120
Registered
2016-06-08
Start date
2005-08-01
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2016-10-17

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Conditions

Anorexia nervosa Mental and Behavioural Disorders Anorexia nervosa

Interventions

At completion of daycare (9-12 weeks), patients were invited to participate in the study. Those who consented to participate were assessed (baseline, pre-treatment). After baseline assessments were co
Being present (increasing the ability to make contact with the present moment)
Self-as-context (increasing the ability to take perspective on internal events, as well as on events and situations in the past, present and thoughts of the future)
Defusion (increase the ability to identify thoughts that have an automatic impact and importance and increase the ability to reduce the literal meaning so that thoughts are experienced as thoughts), A

Sponsors

Uppsala University (Sweden)
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. 18 years or older 2. AN or partial AN (EDNOS) at intake to daycare treatment 3. 9-12 weeks of completed daycare at the eating disorder unit

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Not meeting inclusion criteria

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
1. Body Mass Index (kg/m*m) is calculated from weight and height measurements at baseline (pre-treatment), post-treatment (19 weeks), 6, 12, 18, 24 months and 5 years post-treatment 2. Eating disorder examination questionnaire (EDE-Q) at baseline (pre-treatment), post-treatment (19 weeks), 6, 12, 18, 24 months and 5 years post-treatment

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
1. Depressive sympotomology is measured using The Montgomery Åsberg Depression Rating Scale (MADRS-S) at baseline (pre-treatment), post-treatment (19 weeks), 6, 12, 18, 24 months and 5 years post-treatment. 2. Satisfaction with different areas of life is measured using the Quality of Life Inventory (QOLI) at baseline (pre-treatment), post-treatment (19 weeks), 6, 12, 18, 24 months and 5 years post-treatment. 3. Perceived social support from friends and from family is measured using the Perceived Social Support (PSS) questionnaireat baseline (pre-treatment), post-treatment (19 weeks), 6, 12, 18, 24 months and 5 years post-treatment 4. Current psychological symptoms are measured using six sub-scales of the Symptom Check List (SCL-90) - Somatization, Obsessive-Compulsive, Interpersonal sensitivity, Anxiety, Anger-Hostility and Phobic Anxiety, from which the Global Severity Index was estimated at baseline (pre-treatment), post-treatment (19 weeks), 6, 12, 18, 24 months and 5 years post-treatment. 5. Self-esteem is measured using the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (RSE) at baseline (pre-treatment), post-treatment (19 weeks), 6, 12, 18, 24 months and 5 years post-treatment. 6. Concerns about body shape are measured using the Body Shape Questionnaire (BSQ) at baseline (pre-treatment), post-treatment 19 weeks), 6, 12, 18, 24 months and 5 years post-treatment. 7. Thoughts and actions used to cope with a specific stressor are meaured using the Ways of Coping Questionnaire (WCQ) at baseline (pre-treatment), post-treatment (19 weeks), 6, 12, 18, 24 months and 5 years post-treatment. 8. Attitudes, feelings and behaviors associated with eating disorders are measured using the sub-scales Drive for thinness, Bulimia, Body satisfaction, Ineffectiveness, Interpersonal distrust and Interoceptive awareness from the Eating Disorder Inventory-2 (EDI) at baseline (pre-treatment), post-treatment (19 weeks), 6, 12, 18, 24 months and 5 years post-treatment. 9. Impact of eating disorders on psyc

Countries

Sweden

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ISRCTN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026