Binge Focused Therapy: Examining an Accessible, Cost-effective, Guided, Self-help, Group-based Approach for the Treatment of Binge Eating Disorder
Overview
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Binge-Eating Disorder
- Sponsor
- Nova Scotia Health Authority
- Enrollment
- 38
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Change in Binge Eating Frequency
- Status
- Completed
- Last Updated
- 6 years ago
Overview
Brief Summary
The "Brain Over Binge Recovery Guide" (Hansen, 2016), is a self-help approach that incorporates fundamental aspects of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Dialectical Behavioural Therapy, Motivational Enhancement Therapy and addictions treatment. This approach has been streamlined into a guided self-help protocol (Binge Focused Therapy, or BFT) that can be delivered by undergraduate students with minimal mental health experience in 3 group sessions spread over 8 weeks (i.e., Week 1, Week 2, Week 8). The aim of this proof-of-concept study is to provide preliminary data to examine whether this approach is feasible and has clinical potential for patients with binge eating disorder.
Investigators
Aaron Keshen
Psychiatrist
Nova Scotia Health Authority
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •Age 18 years or older;
- •Meets DSM-5 criteria for moderate to severe Binge Eating Disorder (BED) as determined through screening interview by an eating disorder psychiatrist and validated with the Eating Disorder Diagnostic Scale (a self-report screening tool);
- •Provides written informed consent.
Exclusion Criteria
- •Currently receiving treatment for BED;
- •Is taking a psychotropic medication (e.g., antidepressant, stimulant, etc.) AND the dose has been changed 2 weeks prior to baseline;
- •Insufficient knowledge of English.
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Change in Binge Eating Frequency
Time Frame: Baseline, Week 8, 1-year follow-up
Self-reported binge eating frequency will be assessed with the Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire 6.0 (EDE-Q). Binge eating frequency is measured on item 15 of the EDE-Q.
Secondary Outcomes
- Change in Binge Eating Severity(Baseline, Week 2, Week 8, 1-year follow-up)
- Change in General Eating Disorder Symptomatology(Baseline, Week 8, 1-year follow-up)
- Motivation/Confidence/Readiness for Behaviour Change(Baseline and Week 2)
- Participant Satisfaction with Intervention(Week 8)
- Remission Rate(Week 8, 1-year follow up)
- Response Rate(Week 8, 1-year follow up)
- Change in Locus of Control of Behaviour(Baseline, Week 2, Week 8, 1-year follow-up)
- Change in Coping Self-Efficacy(Baseline, Week 2, Week 8, 1-year follow-up)
- Depression, Anxiety and Tension/Stress(Baseline)
- Week 3 - 7 Adherence(Week 8)