Brain functioning and attentional processing in adolescent anorexia nervosa: predictors of its differential course?

Recruiting

• Conditions: anorexia nervosa; 10014067

• Registration Number: NL-OMON55400
• Lead Sponsor: Erasmus MC, Universitair Medisch Centrum Rotterdam

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Last Update Posted: 23 April 2024

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Sex: Not specified
• Target Recruitment: 180

Inclusion Criteria

patient group:
- Girls,12 to 22 years old
- Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders 5th edition: criteria
for anorexia nervosa are met
- Diagnosis made within the past 12 months., control group:
- Girls 12 to 22 years old
- No history of a current DSM-5 diagnosis
- Normal weight (BMI SDS > -1.3 SD and BMI SDS < +1.3 SD)

Exclusion Criteria

-Significant motor or sensory disorder (for example deaf or blind adolescents,
which would likely create differences in brain development and formation)
-Substance related disorders
-Organic psychosyndrome
-Schizophrenia or other psychotic disorders
-Claustrophobia
- Poor command of the Dutch language
- IQ<70 as measured by an intelligence test in the past, while having a healthy
weight and a normal eating pattern.
- An inability to fill in questionnaires independently

Study & Design

• Study Type: Observational non invasive
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<p>The main study parameters are brain measures (fMRI, eye tracking, attentional<br /><br>processes) within and between contrasts of the patient and control group at T1<br /><br>and T2. </p><br>

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<p>Secondary outcome parameters are neurocognitive measures. </p><br>