The effectiveness of cognitive remediation therapy as a component of treatment for anorexia nervosa

The effectiveness of cognitive remediation therapy as a component of treatment for anorexia nervosa: a randomised controlled trial

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

ISRCTN

Registry ID

ISRCTN79119671

Enrollment

Registered

2012-04-27

Start date

2012-04-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2016-10-17

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Conditions

Anorexia nervosa Mental and Behavioural Disorders Anorexia nervosa

Interventions

Group 1 will receive 6 sessions of Cognitive Remediation Therapy (CRT) followed by 6 sessions of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT). Group 2 will receive 6 sessions of CBT. Both CRT and CBT interven

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

Female

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Female, aged 18-65 2. English as first language 3. Meet International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD-10) criteria for a diagnosis of anorexia nervosa or atypical anorexia nervosa 4. Receiving outpatient treatment within NHS Tayside Eating Disorders Service

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Deemed by clinical staff to be too emotionally or physically frail to participate 2. Current psychosis 3. History of Learning Disability/Developmental Disorder 4. History of head injury involving loss of consciousness 5. History/current neurological disorder 6. Uncorrected significant visual or motor impairment 7. Current/previous substance misuse 8. Administrated neuropsychological measures in the past - knowledge of neuropsychological measures

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Eating Disorders Examination Questionnaire (EDE-Q) (Fairburn & Cooper, 1993)	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
1. Wisconsin Card Sorting Test (Heaton, 1981) 2. National Adult Reading Test (NART) (Nelson, 1982) 3. Hayling Sentence Completion Test (Burgess & Shallice, 1997) 4. Brixton Spatial Anticipation Test (Burgess & Shallice, 1997) 5. Delis-Kaplan Executive Function System (Delis, Kaplan & Kramer, 2001) 6. Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (Zigmond & Snaith, 1983) 7. Social Problem Solving Inventory Revised (SPSI-R) (D'Zurilla, Nezu & Maydeu-Olivares, 1999) 8. Obsessive Compulsive Inventory (Foa, Kozak, Salkovskis, Coles & Amir, 1998) 9. Perfectionism, Perseveration and Persistence Questionnaire (Serpell, Waller, Fearon & Meyer, 2009)	—

Measure

Time frame

1. Wisconsin Card Sorting Test (Heaton, 1981) 2. National Adult Reading Test (NART) (Nelson, 1982) 3. Hayling Sentence Completion Test (Burgess & Shallice, 1997) 4. Brixton Spatial Anticipation Test (Burgess & Shallice, 1997) 5. Delis-Kaplan Executive Function System (Delis, Kaplan & Kramer, 2001) 6. Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (Zigmond & Snaith, 1983) 7. Social Problem Solving Inventory Revised (SPSI-R) (D'Zurilla, Nezu & Maydeu-Olivares, 1999) 8. Obsessive Compulsive Inventory (Foa, Kozak, Salkovskis, Coles & Amir, 1998) 9. Perfectionism, Perseveration and Persistence Questionnaire (Serpell, Waller, Fearon & Meyer, 2009)

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Countries

United Kingdom

Outcome results

None listed

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