We Can: a web-based skills package for carers of people with anorexia nervosa

Not Applicable

Recruiting

• Conditions: Specialty: Mental Health, Primary sub-specialty: Eating Disorders; UKCRC code/ Disease: Mental Health/ Behavioural syndromes associated with physiological disturbances and physical factors; Mental and Behavioural Disorders; Anorexia nervosa

• Registration Number: ISRCTN11399850
• Lead Sponsor: King's College London

Brief Summary

2018 protocol in: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30775267

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2017-03-20
• Last Update Posted: 18 March 2019
• Study Completion: 2019-09-30

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 302

Inclusion Criteria

Carers:
1. Aged 18 years and over
2. Caring for (providing unpaid help and support to) an adolescent (aged 16+), or adult with anorexia nervosa (including those who have been recently weight restored), as opposed to a different eating disorder
3. Fluent in English
4. Able to access and use an internet-based intervention

Individuals with Anorexia:
1. Must be diagnosed with anorexia nervosa (including those who have been recently weight restored), as opposed to a different eating disorder
2. Must have a carer who initially agreed to participate in the study
3. Aged 16+
4. Fluent in English
5. Able to access and use the internet for the purpose of completing questionnaires

Exclusion Criteria

Carers
1. Caring for a person with an eating disorder other than AN (e.g. normal weight bulimia nervosa) who has never been diagnosed with AN
2. Current eating disorder in the carer
3. Inability of the carer to read and understand English

Participants with anorexia nervosa
1. Participants who have never received a diagnosis of anorexia nervosa.
2. Currently dependent on drugs or alcohol
3. Diagnosed with a current major psychological disorder, which would interfere with the participants ability to complete the relevant questionnaires (for example, psychosis, or severe suicidal depression).
4. Under the age of 16

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<br> Carers:<br> 1. Depression is measured using the Patient Health Questionnaire 9 (PHQ9) at baseline, 4 weeks, 3 months (post-intervention), 6 months, and 12 months (follow-up)<br> 2. Anxiety is measured using the Generalised Anxiety Disorder 7 (GAD7) at baseline, 4 weeks, 3 months (post-intervention), 6 months, and 12 months (follow-up)<br>