Evaluating the efficacy of a brief psychoeducation and skills-based group intervention for the carers of individuals with eating disorders: A randomised controlled trial

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Completed

• Conditions: Eating Disorders; Mental Health - Eating disorders

• Registration Number: ACTRN12616001625460
• Lead Sponsor: Curtin University

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2016-11-24
• Study Completion: 2018-07-18
• Last Update Posted: 5 July 2021

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 44

Inclusion Criteria

1) Carers must be aged over 18 years; 2) able to speak and read English fluently, 3) currently care for someone with diagnosed eating disorder (either as a friend, family member or partner). Participants are also asked to invite the person with the eating disorder to complete a questionnaire on their perspective of their caregiver’s skills before and after the intervention. These participants may be under age 18, but will still receive an information sheet and consent form that will be co-signed by their parent/guardian.

Exclusion Criteria

The carers attending the psychoeducation groups must be adults (18 years or over). As has been standard practice at CCI for several years, no other exclusion criteria will be applied for the carer groups. The individual with the eating disorder must be at least 7 years of age before being invited to provide data about their relationship with the carer at pre, post, and follow-up.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Changes in caregiver burden as measured by Burden Assessment Scale (BAS) (Platt, 1985).[Prior to intervention; immediately following intervention; one-month follow-up.]