Speech Groups for Children Living with a Sibling Who Suffers from Anorexia Nervosa

Recruiting

• Conditions: Anorexia Nervosa

• Registration Number: NCT06528158
• Lead Sponsor: University Hospital, Toulouse

Brief Summary

Anorexia nervosa (AN) is a complex mental disease with a huge impact on the patient's siblings life and well-being. Based on literature, group interventions for siblings of children suffering from a chronic disease could provide an effective support. A few have been studied, and even fewer exist for siblings of children with AN.

Detailed Description

AN has a significant impact on nuclear family (parents and siblings). An emerging literature highlights the need for a particular attention to siblings. Despite this evidence, research and clinical applications still lack in this area. Indeed, most of health services in AN offer support for patients, family, parents, but only few specific support for siblings, although positive outcomes of sibling group interventions were reported in other somatic and psychic disabilities.

Noting the gap between the need and the lack of specific support, the study hypothesis is that the poor diffusion of these interventions in AN might result from a low acceptability. The study propose to explore acceptability to adapt and improve group intervention for siblings of children and teenagers receiving care for anorexia nervosa.

The study is a mixed-method pilot study assessing the acceptability of a group intervention by including a maximum of 24 siblings of children suffering from AN, aged from 8 to 18, across three group sessions, each consisting of 4 meetings. All participants will be invited to fulfill two different auto-questionnaires about their quality of life (before and after group session) and the intervention's acceptability (after group session).

Quantitative data will be complemented with qualitative data, collected from individual semi-structured interviews with a targeted sampling among group participants.

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2024-07-25
• Study First Submitted QC: 2024-07-29
• Study First Posted: 2024-07-30
• Status Verified: 2025-01
• Study Start: 2025-01-02
• Last Update Submitted: 2025-01-16
• Last Update Posted: 2025-01-20
• Primary Completion: 2026-08-31
• Study Completion: 2026-08-31

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: RECRUITING
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 24

Inclusion Criteria

Not provided

Exclusion Criteria

Not provided

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Group ACCEPTABILITY	after attending group sessions, maximum 3 months after baseline	assess the clinical setting " sibling group "'s acceptability among siblings of teenagers engaged in health care for AN. This will be assessed through the acceptability scale Abbreviated Acceptability Rating Profile (AARP) after attending group sessions.; In the questionnaire, there are 8 questions. For each, a scale of 1 to 6, with 1 being "not agreeing at all with the question" and 6 being "completely agree". Maximum score = 48 the higher the score, the better the acceptability of the group is felt by participants.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Impact of the groups on quality of life	baseline	THE PEDIATRIC QUALITY OF LIFE INVENTORY VERSION 4 (PEDSQLTM4.0) (MODULE GENERIC CORE SCALE) The PedsQL is a modular instrument for measuring health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in children and adolescents ages 2 to 18.; The PedsQL 4.0 Generic Core Scales are multidimensional child self-report and parent proxy-report scales developed as the generic core measure to be integrated with the PedsQL Disease-Specific Modules.; The PedsQL 4.0 Generic Core Scales consist of 23 items A 5-point response scale is used across the child self-report (for ages 8 to 18) and parent proxy-report (0 = never a problem; 1 = almost never a problem; 2 = sometimes a problem; 3 = often a problem; 4 = almost always a problem). A 3-point scale is us
impact of the groups on quality of life	after attending group sessions, maximum 3 months after baseline	THE PEDIATRIC QUALITY OF LIFE INVENTORY VERSION 4 (PEDSQLTM4.0) (MODULE GENERIC CORE SCALE) The PedsQL is a modular instrument for measuring health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in children and adolescents ages 2 to 18.; The PedsQL 4.0 Generic Core Scales are multidimensional child self-report and parent proxy-report scales developed as the generic core measure to be integrated with the PedsQL Disease-Specific Modules.; The PedsQL 4.0 Generic Core Scales consist of 23 items A 5-point response scale is used across the child self-report (for ages 8 to 18) and parent proxy-report (0 = never a problem; 1 = almost never a problem; 2 = sometimes a problem; 3 = often a problem; 4 = almost always a problem). A 3-point scale is us

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

UH Toulouse; 🇫🇷 Toulouse, France