COST and cost-effectiveness of models of care for children with Eating Disorders (CostED)
- Conditions
- Child and adolescent anorexia nervosaMental and Behavioural DisordersAnorexia nervosa
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN12676087
- Lead Sponsor
- King'?s College London (UK)
- Brief Summary
2019 results in https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31640991/ (added 22/10/2020) 2021 cost-effectiveness results in https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34174952/ (added 28/06/2021)
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 305
1. Male and female aged 8 to 18 years
2. In contact with community-based mental health services
3. Meeting diagnostic criteria for anorexia nervosa or eating disorders not otherwise specified that closely resemble anorexia nervosa (EDNOS-AN)
We will only exclude those cases of young people whose clinician-reported data is insufficient to assess eligibility
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Health service use including frequency and length of inpatient admissions and number of hospital or community-based outpatient contacts, and the cost of these services. Measured at baseline, 9 and 18 months after baseline.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <br> 1. Age-adjusted percentage median body mass index (BMI)<br> 2. Health of the Nation Outcome Score for Children and Adolescents (HoNOSCA), a routine outcome measurement tool that assesses behaviours, impairments, symptoms, and social functioning of children and adolescents with mental health problems.<br> 3. Outcome category according to the Morgan and Russell criteria, a widely used measure of outcome for anorexia nervosa.<br><br> Outcomes will be measured at baseline, 9 and 18 months after baseline.<br>