Treatment of childhood and adolescent anorexia nervosa: day treatment versus inpatient treatment

Completed

• Conditions: Anorexia nervosa; Mental and Behavioural Disorders

• Registration Number: ISRCTN67783402
• Lead Sponsor: German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (Bundesministerium Für Bildung und Forschung [BMBF]) (Germany)

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2007-01-18
• Last Update Posted: 18 April 2017

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 176

Inclusion Criteria

Amendments as of 23/07/2010:
As of the above date, point one below was updated as follows:
1. Female patients between 11 and 18 years

Initial information at time of registration:
1. Female patients between 12 and 18 years
2. At first admission to hospital treatment for AN according to Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of mental disorders - fourth edition (DSM-IV) criteria as assessed by the Structured Interview for Anorexic and Bulimic disorders (SIAB) (Fichter et al. 1998)
3. Reasonable distance from residence to hospital: less than 60 minutes by bus/train
4. Written informed consent of the patient and - if necessary - of her legal guardian
5. All patients have passed a somatical stabilisation of three weeks in an inpatient setting prior to randomisation

Exclusion Criteria

1. Any psychotic or personality disorder
2. Current alcohol or other substance abuse disorder
3. Self-injury behaviours as assessed by a structured diagnostic interview (Kiddie-Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia [SADS], Delmo et al. 2001)
4. Insufficient ability to understand German (patients and parents)
5. Intelligence Quotient (IQ) less than 85

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified