Equine-assisted Therapy and Anorexia Nervosa

Equine-assisted Therapy in the Management of Adolescent Patients With Severe Anorexia Nervosa: a Qualitative Study

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT06393491

Enrollment

Registered

2024-05-01

Start date

2020-11-02

Completion date

2022-05-30

Last updated

2024-05-01

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Conditions

Anorexia Nervosa, Equine-Assisted Therapy

Keywords

Anorexia Nervosa, Equine-Assisted therapy, Animal-assisted therapy, Complementary therapy, Health Care

Brief summary

Background: Severe anorexia nervosa is a complex psychiatric pathology with limited therapeutic tools to reduce morbidity and mortality. Equine-assisted therapy could provide additional therapeutic benefits. Objectives : The investigators aimed to explore the effects of equine assisted therapy on the experience of adolescents with severe anorexia nervosa. Méthods : Using a qualitative approach based on Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis, the investigators conducted semi-structured interviews with nine participants who had taken part in equine-assisted therapy sessions.

Interventions

None listed

Study design

Observational model

COHORT

Time perspective

RETROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

FEMALE

Age

13 Years to 25 Years

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* having participated in at least 2 equine-assisted therapy sessions * being or having been hospitalised between 2016 and 2022 in the psychiatric hospitalisation unit of the Institut Mutualiste Montsouris (Paris) * ICD 10 diagnosis F50.0/ F.50.1 * female gender * age between 13 and 25 * fluent French * consent (including parents if minor participant)

Exclusion criteria

* having been under the care of C. Lepy (resident) during hospitalisation at the Institut Mutualiste Montsouris (Paris) * refusal to participate on the part of the participant or the holder of parental authority.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Semi-structured face-to-face interviews of patients was carried out using the Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) method.	Between November 2020 and May 2022, when participants had completed at least 2 sessions of equine-assisted therapy during a hospitalization for anorexia nervosa	Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) method : this method explores people's perception of experience and how they make sense of it. IPA is based on three epistemological foundations: phenomenology, hermeneutics and ideography. The phenomenological approach seeks to explore the participant's understanding of the world. Hermeneutics assumes the interpretive dimensions of the results, both in the participant's access to their own experience, and in the researcher's access to the participant's perception of the world.

Countries

France

Outcome results