Process and outcome of day clinic and inpatient psychotherapy in severe bulimia nervosa: a randomised-controlled trial

Completed

• Conditions: Severe bulimia nervosa; Mental and Behavioural Disorders; Eating disorders

• Registration Number: ISRCTN30183796
• Lead Sponsor: German Research Foundation (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft) (DFG) (Germany)

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2005-08-23
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2015

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 60

Inclusion Criteria

1. Bulimia nervosa: International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, tenth revision (ICD 10) / Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition (DSM IV)
2. Age >17
3. Indication for day clinic/inpatient treatment
3.1. failure of outpatient psychotherapy
3.2. chronicity
3.3. severe symptom expression
3.4. severe comorbidity

Exclusion Criteria

1. Severe, acute somatic complications
2. Psychosis
3. Severe addiction (detoxification is needed)
4. Acute suicidality
5. Clinic can not be reached within a reasonable time (>60 minutes travel time)

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
1. Eating- Disorder-Inventory (EDI-II) (scale 2: bulimia)<br>2. Symptom-Check-List (SCL-90-R)<br>3. Global Severity Index (GSI)<br>4. Self-Efficiacy-Questionnaire; Social Adjustment Scale (SAS) (total score)

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
ot provided at time of registration