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.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
90
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.
Psychiatrische Universitätsklilnik Zürich
Zurich, Switzerland
RECRUITINGSymptomatic improvement
Change of the reported BMI; Weight in Kg and Height in cm will be combined to report BMI in kg/m\^2
Time frame: 3 months
Symptomatic improvement
Change of the Eating Disorder Examination Interview (EDE) total score analyze using a linear random coefficient regressions model
Time frame: 3 months
Symptomatic improvement
Change of the Eating Disorder Inventory (EDI) total score analyze using a linear random coefficient regressions model
Time frame: 3 months
State of health improvement
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.
Time frame: 3 months
Remission rate
Remission is definde as a Body weight within 15% deviation of the normal weight and clinically unremarkable values in the EDE and EDI
Time frame: 12 months
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