Home Treatment for Childhood and Adolescent Anorexia Nervosa

Not Applicable

Recruiting

Conditions: F50.0
F50.1
Anorexia nervosa
Atypical anorexia nervosa

Registration Number: DRKS00025925

Lead Sponsor: Klinik für Psychiatrie, Psychosomatik und Psychotherapie des Kindes- und Jugendalters, Universitätsklinikum der RWTH Aachen

Brief Summary: Not available

Detailed Description: Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: Recruiting

Sex: All

Target Recruitment: 240

Inclusion Criteria

1.Diagnosis of an AN or atypical AN according to DSM 5
2.first or second inpatient admission due to AN
3.Travel from department to place of residence within one hour
4.Consent (written consent) of patients and guardians.

Exclusion Criteria

1.Organic brain disorder
2.Other severe mental disorders such as psychosis or bipolar disorder
3.Substance dependence or –abuse (except nicotine)
4.Serious self-injurious behaviour
5.low intelligence (IQ = 80)
6.severe simultaneous physical illness
7.Insufficient knowledge of German
Exclusion criteria when entering HoT (at randomization) to avoid hazard:
1.Persistent severe eating disorder (e.B. nasogastric tube feeding required, no independent eating at home possible)
2.severe psychological and/or somatic comorbidity (suicidality or severe self-harm)
3.Insufficient weight gain (less than 1.5 kg in the last 4 weeks)
4.Vomiting or laxative abuse more than 2 times/day for more than a week

Study & Design

Study Type: interventional

Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Body Mass Index (BMI) one year after inpatient admission

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
1 year after inpatient admission: quality of life of patients, number of inpatient readmissions within the first year, eating disorder symptoms, mental disorders in addition to eating disorder symptoms, treatment satisfaction of caregivers and patients, parental burden, quality of life and competence of parents, treatment costs;<br>additional aspect: employee satisfaction