Bulimia nervosa Mental and Behavioural Disorders Eating disorder
Conditions
Interventions
Eighty mothers attending routine baby clinics with bulimia nervosa or a similar eating disorder (i.e. a subtype of EDNOS) of the bulimic type, with infants aged four to six months, were randomised to
Sponsors
University of Oxford (and Royal Free and University College Medical School) (UK)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
Female
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Women between 18 and 45 years of age, with infants aged between four and six months 2. Met Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders - Fourth Edition (DSM IV) diagnostic criteria for an eating disorder, either bulimia nervosa or a similar form of eating disorder of clinical severity (i.e. a subtype of Eating Disorder Not Otherwise Specified [EDNOS]) of the bulimic type 3. The inclusion criteria were: 3.1. The over evaluation of body shape or weight of clinical severity 3.2. Recurrent episodes of loss of control over eating (i.e. subjective or objective bulimic episodes) 3.3. Secondary social impairment
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Mothers with severe co-morbid psychiatric disorders were excluded.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Level of conflict during the principal main meal of the day. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. Infant weight 2. Other mother-infant mealtime interaction variables including maternal facilitation, maternal picking up of infant to cues (verbal and non-verbal), and maternal intrusiveness 3. Infant autonomy involving self-feeding initiatives 4. Maternal eating disorder psychopathology | — |
Countries
United Kingdom
Outcome results
None listed