Culinary Art Therapy Group for Adults With Eating Disorders.

Hadassah Medical Organization52 enrolled

Overview

The study will assess the influence of culinary art therapy group (a new therapeutic tool) for adults with eating disorders. It will assess changes in thinking patterns and behavioural patterns associated with food and eating.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

NON_RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

Conditions

Eating Disorders Behavior, Eating Relationship, Family Cognitive Change

Interventions

Culinary art therapyOTHER

Culinary art therapy is a novel approach which broadly perceives food and cooking as enabling participants to explore needs, patterns and relationships and facilitate therapeutic processes.

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * A diagnosis of eating disorder * Body Mass Index (BMI) \> 15 Exclusion Criteria: * No active participation in three group sessions * Refusal to take an active part in the sessions

Locations (1)

Eating disorders outpatients department, Hadassah Medical Center

Jerusalem, Israel

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Eating Attitudes Test (EAT-26)

This is a screening measure to help determine whether a person might have an eating disorder that needs professional attention. This screening measure is not designed to make a diagnosis of an eating disorder or take the place of a professional consultation.

Time frame: 3 months

Eating & Meal Preparation Skills Questionnaire (EMPSA)

The EMPSA is a 12-item self-report assessment tool designed to measure eating disordered clients' perceived ability and motivation to perform 12 eating and meal preparation tasks.

Time frame: 3 months

Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (RSES)

The Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (RSES) assesses global self-esteem and sense of self-worthiness.

Time frame: 3 months

Secondary Outcomes

Assessment of Communication and Interaction Skills (ACIS)

The ACIS is an observational assessment that gathers data on communication and interaction skills. Three domains, physicality, information exchange, and relations, are used to describe different aspects of communication and interaction. The ACIS gathers data on skill as it is exhibited during performance in an occupational form and/or within a social group.

Time frame: 3 months

Individual semi-structured interview

Interviews aimed to allow each participant to relate to his or her own experience in a more independent and possibly safer setting.

Time frame: 3 months

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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