A randomised pragmatic trial comparing the cost effectiveness of supplementing standard care with an intervention for carers (Carers Assessment, Skills and Information Sharing [CASIS]) of people with eating disorders

Not Applicable

Completed

Conditions: Anorexia nervosa
Mental and Behavioural Disorders
Eating disorders

Registration Number: ISRCTN06149665

Lead Sponsor: Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London (UK)

Brief Summary: Not available

Detailed Description: Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: Completed

Sex: All

Target Recruitment: 334

Inclusion Criteria

1. Patients:
1.1. Diagnosis of an eating disorder
1.2. 13 years or older, either sex
1.3. Current inpatient
1.4. Has a carer
2. Carer:
2.1. Cares for someone with an eating disorder
2.2. English speaking

Exclusion Criteria

1. Patients:
1.1. Not currently admitted to an inpatient unit
1.2. No diagnosis of Eating Disorder
1.3. 12 years old or younger
2. Carer:
2.1. Does not speak English

Study & Design

Study Type: Interventional

Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
1. Patient - time to relapse: <br>1.1. Body mass index (BMI) below 17.5 kg/m^2 for patients who were fully weight recovered at the time of discharge, measured at monthly intervals, or<br>1.2. A drop in 1 BMI point (approx 3 kg) for those who entered the study at a below normal weight and absolute weight, measured at monthly intervals<br>2. Carers - distress: Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale (DASS), measured at patient discharge, 6 months, and 12 months follow up<br>3. Cost: Client Service Receipt Interview (carer and patient version), measured at baseline, discharge, 6 and 12 month follow up; except not at discharge for patient

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
1. Patients (all measured at baseline, discharge, 6 month and 12 month follow up):<br>1.1. Eating pathology: Eating Disorder Questionnaire (EDE-Q)<br>1.2. Distress: DASS<br>1.3. Quality of Life: World Health Organisation Quality of Life Questionnaire (WHOQuol)<br>2. Carers (all measured at baseline, discharge, 6 month and 12 month follow up except ECI which will not be measured at discharge):<br>2.1. Care giving burden: Experience of Caregiving Inventory, Eating Disorder <br>2.2. Symptom Impact Scale<br>2.3. Expressed emotion: Family Questionnaire, Levels of Expressed Emotion (patient perspective)<br>2.4. Quality of Life: WHOQuol