Eating behaviors of Women with an Eating Disorder and Autism Spectrum Disorder

Conditions: Autismespectrumstoornissen
Autism spectrum disorder
eating disorder
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Registration Number: NL-OMON49878

Lead Sponsor: niversiteit Utrecht

Brief Summary: Not available

Detailed Description: Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: Pending

Sex: Not specified

Target Recruitment: 80

Inclusion Criteria

In order to be eligible to participate in this study, participants must meet
all of the following criteria: participants will be included if they are female
and 18 years of age or older. We will collect three groups of participants:
participants with a sole diagnosis of ASD (ASD group), participants with a sole
diagnosis of ED (ED group) and participants with an ASD and ED diagnosis (ED
and ASD group). For the ED and ASD group, participants need to have a diagnosis
of either anorexia nervosa (AN), bulimia nervosa (BN), binge eating disorder
(BED) or other specified feeding- or eating disorder (OSFED) and a comorbid ASD
diagnosis. For the ED group, participants need to have one of the above
mentioned ED diagnoses. For the ASD group, participants need to have an ASD
diagnosis. Diagnosis are determined according to DSM-5 criteria by an
experienced clinical professional (psychiatrist or clinical psychologist).

Exclusion Criteria

Potential participants who meets any of the following criteria will be excluded
from participation in this study: For all groups, we exclude participants with
level of education below basic primary education (NL: basisonderwijs), with
mental retardation and insufficient knowledge of the Dutch language.
Additionally, participants of the ASD group are not allowed to have (a history
of) of one of the above mentioned eating disorders, unspecified feeding or
eating disorder (UFED), Pica or avoidant restrictive food intake disorder
(ARFID) and participants of the ED group are not allowed to have ASD or traits
thereof. This will be assessed before the actual participation in the study.

Study & Design

Study Type: Observational non invasive

Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<p>Cross-sectional investigation with one time measurement of disturbed eating<br /><br>behaviors such as disordered eating (EDE-Q * Eating Disorder Examination<br /><br>Questionnaire), picky eating behavior (APEQ * Adult Picky Eating<br /><br>Questionnaire), eating disturbances found in avoidant restrictive food intake<br /><br>disorder (ARFID) (NIAS * Nine Item ARFID Screen) and ASD specific eating<br /><br>disturbances (SWEAA * Swedish Eating Assessment for Autism Spectrum Disorders).</p><br>

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<p>Eating behaviors (as mentioned under primary study parameters) in relation to<br /><br>general psychiatric complaints (BSI * Brief Symptom Inventory), neurocognitive<br /><br>functioning (D'Flex - Detail and Flexibility Questionnaire) and quality of life<br /><br>(MHQoL * Mental Health Quality of Life).<br /><br>Other parameters that are taken into account in the analyses are age, illness<br /><br>duration, age of onset, BMI, educational level and other comorbidities. </p><br>