Treatment of compulsive exercise in anorexia nervosa

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Anorexia nervosa; Mental and Behavioural Disorders

• Registration Number: ISRCTN14208852
• Lead Sponsor: Schön Klinik Roseneck

Brief Summary

2018 Interim results article in https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30214803/ feasibility and preliminary outcomes (added 30/08/2023)

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Completion: 2016-05-08
• Study Start: 2017-07-14
• Last Update Posted: 11 September 2023

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 168

Inclusion Criteria

1. Female gender
2. DSM-IV diagnosis of AN (DSM-IV 307.1) or atypical AN /EDNOS (DSM-IV 307.50)
3. Presence of compulsive exercise, which was defined based on modified DSM-IV criteria for OCD
3. Age: 14-45 years

Exclusion Criteria

1. Body-mass-index (BMI) < 13 kg/m² at the beginning of the Intervention
2. Drug, alcohol or other substance abuse
3. Presence of additional severe psychiatric or neurological disease and suicidality
4. Concurrent treatment for OCD
5. Severe somatic complications, that would prohibit attending a 100 minute group session and/or light to moderate supervised exercise
6. Marked cognitive impairment due to underweight

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Compulsive exercise behavior, measured using the Commitment to Exercise Scale (CES) at admission (T0; baseline), before the start of HEB (T1), after the end of HEB (T2), at discharge (T3) and at 6-months after discharge (T4; follow-up)

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
1. Compulsive exercise behavior, measured using the Compulsive Exercise Test<br>2. Eating disorder psychopathology, measured using the Eating Disorder Inventory-2 and Eating Disorder Examination-Questionnaire<br>3. General psychopathology, measured using the Beck Depression Inventory-II; Brief Severity Index-18; Obsessive Compulsive Inventory-Revised<br>4. Emotion regulation skills, measured using the Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Skills Questionnaire<br>5. BMI, measured by trained and masked nursing staff as part of routine treatment<br><br>All outcomes measured after admission (T0; baseline), before the start of HEB (T1), after the end of HEB (T2), before discharge (T3) and at 6-months after discharge (T4; follow-up)