Women with subclinical anorexia nervosa and/or at risk for the development of anorexia nervosa Mental and Behavioural Disorders Anorexia nervosa
Conditions
Interventions
Eligible women (aged 18 and above) will be screened at universities in different cities in Germany (planned cities: Dresden, Halle, Leipzig, Berlin, Hamburg) and two higher-risk environments. Followin
Sponsors
Else Kröner-Fresenius Foundation (Germany)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
Female
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Age = 18 years 2. Informed consent 3. Female gender 4. High weight and shape concerns (WCS > 42) 5. 17.5 = BMI = 21 OR 21 < BMI = 25 AND restrictive eating (EDE-Q Restraint = 2.6; = more than 1 SD above the mean of healthy controls)
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Current full-syndrome (DSM-IV) anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa or binge eating disorder 2. Serious medical or mental problems that would prohibit participation in the trial, i.e. current substance abuse, acute or chronic organic or schizophrenic psychosis 3. Severe suicidal ideation or behavior 4. No Internet access
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. The rates (%) of participants with a decrease in the Eating Disorder Examination (EDE) total score below a score of 1.87 between pre-intervention and 12-month follow-up 2. The rates (%) of underweight participants with a BMI increase of at least 0.8 kg/m² between pre-intervention and 12-month follow-up | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The following outcomes will be measured at baseline, after the last session of SB-AN (10 weeks), six months after the program was finished and 12 months after the program was finished: 1. Eating Disorder Examination subscales (EDE-Weight Concern, EDE-Shape Concern, EDE-Eating Concern, EDE-Restraint) 2. Number of binges (for binge eating subgroup) 3. Frequency of participants fulfilling criteria for EDNOS The following outcomes will be measured at baseline, after the fifth session of SB-AN, after the last session of SB-AN (10 weeks), six months after the program was finished, 12 months after the program was finished: 1. Weight Concern Scale (WCS) 2. Eating Disorder Inventory-2 (EDI-2), subscales: Drive for Thinness, Bulimia, Body Dissatisfaction 3. Beck Depression Inventory-II (BDI-II) 4. Brief Symptom Inventory (BSI) 5. Exercise Dependence Questionnaire (EDQ) 6. Frost Multidimensional Perfectionism Scale (FMPS) 7. Clinical Impairment Assessment (CIA) 8. Knowledge test | — |
Countries
Germany
Outcome results
None listed