Improving the mother-infant relationship in the context of maternal eating disorder: a randomised controlled trial

Completed

• Conditions: Bulimia nervosa; Mental and Behavioural Disorders; Eating disorder

• Registration Number: ISRCTN95026274
• Lead Sponsor: niversity of Oxford (and Royal Free and University College Medical School) (UK)

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2004-12-08
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2015

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 80

Inclusion Criteria

1. Women between 18 and 45 years of age, with infants aged between four and six months
2. Met Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders - Fourth Edition (DSM IV) diagnostic criteria for an eating disorder, either bulimia nervosa or a similar form of eating disorder of clinical severity (i.e. a subtype of Eating Disorder Not Otherwise Specified [EDNOS]) of the bulimic type
3. The inclusion criteria were:
3.1. The over evaluation of body shape or weight of clinical severity
3.2. Recurrent episodes of loss of control over eating (i.e. subjective or objective bulimic episodes)
3.3. Secondary social impairment

Exclusion Criteria

Mothers with severe co-morbid psychiatric disorders were excluded.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
evel of conflict during the principal main meal of the day.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
1. Infant weight<br>2. Other mother-infant mealtime interaction variables including maternal facilitation, maternal picking up of infant to cues (verbal and non-verbal), and maternal intrusiveness<br>3. Infant autonomy involving self-feeding initiatives<br>4. Maternal eating disorder psychopathology