CompletedNot Applicable

Parent Emotion Coaching for Anorexia Nervosa

United States41 participantsStarted 2020-06-24

Plain-language summary

Family based treatment (FBT) is the evidence based treatment for pediatric anorexia nervosa (AN), but 50% of adolescents do not respond and the consequences for non-response are dire (e.g., 11.5% mortality rate). Expressed emotion and parental warmth are significant mechanisms of treatment outcome in adolescents with AN, which are not explicitly targeted by FBT. The current proposal is a parent emotion coaching skills group designed to augment FBT in the treatment of pediatric AN by arming high expressed emotion families with the skills necessary to implement FBT and improve treatment outcomes (e.g., weight restoration).

Who can participate

Age range12 Years – 17 Years

SexALL

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Inclusion Criteria * Clinical diagnosis of AN or AAN * Must be able to read and speak English * Must have a caregiver participate who spends at least 50% time with participant Exclusion Criteria * Major medical conditions affecting metabolism and/or weight * Current substance abuse * Moderate-profound intellectual disabilities * Active psychosis * Bipolar disorder Exclusion Criteria: Insulin dependent diabetes Thyroid disease

What they're measuring

Criticism

Timeframe: baseline, 1-month (halfway through the 10-session emotion coaching intervention), post-treatment, and 3-month follow- up

Percent Expected Body Weight (%EBW)

Timeframe: baseline, 1-month, post-treatment, and 3-month follow up

Trial details

NCT IDNCT04421989

SponsorChildren's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2022-12-30

Results submitted2024-02-08

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