Anorexia Nervosa, Autism Spectrum Disorder
Conditions
Brief summary
With this investigation, researchers wil look for a link between the appearance of anorexia nervosa and autism spectrum disorders in minors. Previous studies made clear already that patients with anorexia nervosa show elevated characteristics of autism spectrum disorder, when being meassured in adults and in patients in the acute fase of their anorexia nervosa. The purpose of this invenstigation is to see if their is also an elevated incidence of characteristics of autism spectrum disorder in minors with anorexia nervosa in remission.
Detailed description
34 patients who are still minors and were previously treated in the Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Department (PAika) of the University Hospital in Brussels, will be contacted to ask if they would volunteer in this investigation. If the minors and their parents give their permission, they will be asked to fill in multiple questionnaires, measuring the current symptoms of anorexia nervosa, characteristics of autism spectrum disorder and global functioning of the minors. The questionnaires will be send and returned by post.
Interventions
DIAGNOSTIC_TESTQuestionnaires
Filling in questionnaires of general functioning and symptomes of anorexia nervosa and autism spectrum disorders will demanded to children and their parents. The children all have a history of anorexia nervosa.
Sponsors
University Ghent
Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel
Study design
Observational model
COHORT
Time perspective
CROSS_SECTIONAL
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
No minimum to 18 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Patients speaking Dutch * Previously treated in UZ Brussel for anorexia nervosa * Informed consent signed by children and parent(s)
Exclusion criteria
* Patients and/or parents don't speak Dutch * Adults * No informed consent obtained
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Symptoms of autism spectrum disorder | The measurment will be done once during the period of October 2019 to March 2020. | Symptoms of autism spectrum disorder will be measured by questionnaires, filled in by the minors (by the Autism-spectrum Quotient) and their parents (by the Social Responsiveness Scale-2 and the Social Communication Questionnaire). |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Global functioning | The measurment will be done once during the period of October 2019 to March 2020 | Global functioning will be measured by questionnaires, filled in by the minors (by the Youth Self Report) and their parents (by the Child Behavior Checklist). |
| Symptoms of anorexia nervosa | The measurment will be done once during the period of October 2019 to March 2020 | Symptoms of anorexia nervosa will be measured by questionnaires, filled in by the minors (by the Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire and the Child Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire) and their parents (by the Anorectic Behavior Observation Scale). |
Countries
Belgium
Outcome results
None listed