Anorexia in Adolescence
Conditions
Brief summary
The project serves to evaluate a new treatment method with outreach services as a supplement to family-based therapy in the treatment of children and adolescents with eating disorders. The project is intended to help identify different family structures and which families will benefit most from the new outreach service of home-based treatment.
Interventions
OTHERPsychotherapy
If the families agree to participate in the study, they are randomly assigned to a treatment group. In each of the three groups, they are treated with FBT in a weekly session. In the two comparison groups, Hometreatment or MBSR are offered in addition to FBT, with two consultations per week in each case.
Sponsors
Psychiatric University Hospital, Zurich
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
12 Years to 20 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Children and adolescents aged 12 -20 years. * Successful registrations in the special consultation for eating disorders at the Clinic for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychotherapy (KJPP) of the Psychiatric University Hospital (PUK) Zurich. * Diagnosis of anorexia nervosa or atypical anorexia nervosa (ICD-10 F50.00/ F50.01/ F50.1) * Existing informed consent of patients\* (14 years and older) and parents or legal guardians (12-14 years). * IQ over 75 * Resident in the canton of Zurich * Good knowledge of German
Exclusion criteria
* No written consent * Children under 12 years * Other forms of eating disorders apart from anorexia nervosa or atypical anorexia nervosa.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Symptomatic improvement | 3 months | Change of the reported BMI; Weight in Kg and Height in cm will be combined to report BMI in kg/m\^2 |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| State of health improvement | 3 months | Change of the Perceived stress scale (PSS) total score measering level of perceived stress and change of the total score in Brief dyadic scale of expressed emotion (BDSEE) measering level of expressed emotion. |
| Remission rate | 12 months | Remission is definde as a Body weight within 15% deviation of the normal weight and clinically unremarkable values in the EDE and EDI |
Countries
Switzerland
Outcome results
None listed