BITE: Is a study delivering cognitive behavioural therapy to treat eating disorders in the workplace possible?

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Eating disorders; Mental and Behavioural Disorders

• Registration Number: ISRCTN45943700
• Lead Sponsor: niversity of Warwick

Brief Summary

2022 Protocol article in https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35289953/ (added 08/09/2022) 2023 Results article in https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37076868/ (added 20/04/2023)

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2022-01-25
• Study Completion: 2022-08-12
• Last Update Posted: 1 May 2023

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 47

Inclusion Criteria

1. Able to give informed consent
2. English speaking
3. =18 years of age
4. In employment
5. Food avoidance due to concern about losing control of eating and weight
6. Concern or distress about body weight, shape or size

Exclusion Criteria

1. Diagnosis of anorexia nervosa
2. Body mass index <18.5 kg/m²
3. In the third trimester of pregnancy
4. Current suicidal ideation

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
1. Recruitment success is measured by number of participants who have consented to the full trial within 3 months of recruitment opening<br>2. Attrition is measured via % retention of participants through all assessments over the 10 weekly sessions and 2 follow up sessions<br>3. Study retention is measured through the percentage of participant attendance of all therapy sessions

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
1. Eating disorder symptoms measured using:<br>1.1. ED-15 at sessions 1-10 and post-intervention at 1 and 3 months<br>1.2. Eating Disorder Diagnostic Scale (EDDS) at baseline<br>1.3. Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire at sessions 1, 4, 10 and post-intervention at 1 and 3 months<br>2. Mood disorder symptoms measured using the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 and Generalised Anxiety Disorder-7 at sessions 1, 4, 10 and post-intervention at 1 and 3 months<br>3. Work productivity measured through the Work Productivity and Activity Impairment: General Health v2.0 at baseline, session 10 and post-intervention at 1 and 3 months