Examining the Effectiveness of a Wait List Intervention for the Management of Adolescent Eating Disorders

NCT ID: NCT01051375

Last Updated: 2016-05-12

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 51 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2009-12-31
• Study Completion Date: 2012-12-31

Brief Summary

The current application targets patient education and enablement, implementation of best practices, continuity of care, and an improvement model to improve efficiencies by investigating whether a brief targeted intervention prior to the first formal ED assessment is efficacious in altering outcome and treatment course.

Detailed Description

The Eating Disorder Program at the Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO) offers a continuum of treatment options to child and adolescent patients with eating disorders (EDs). Although our own funding has increased in recent years, so too have the number of referrals, which has resulted in lengthy wait times for therapeutic assessments by our team. The current application targets patient education and enablement, implementation of best practices, continuity of care, and an improvement model to improve efficiencies by investigating whether a brief targeted intervention prior to the first formal ED assessment is efficacious in altering outcome and treatment course. It is well known that early recognition and implementation of treatment as soon as possible after the onset of symptoms is protective in eating disorders and leads to better success rates and recovery (APA Treatment Guidelines for EDs). It is hoped that the outcome of this study will influence the way in which centers look to address the ongoing issue of lengthy wait times in hopes of offering cost-effective interventions that ultimately improve patient outcomes. By offering an added level of support to families whose referral has been initiated, we hope to ease the burden of primary care providers and increase their satisfaction as it relates to patient safety concerns and complex case management.

Conditions

Eating Disorders

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Primary Study Purpose: TREATMENT
• Blinding Strategy: NONE

Study Groups

Waitlist Group

The intervention involves completion of a single workshop, provision of psychoeducational materials, and regular telephone support with a specially trained nurse-coordinator to parents of youth on our waiting list, within a month of our receiving the referral.

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Psychoeducational Workshop and telephone support

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

The intervention involves completion of a single workshop (delivered by a psychiatrist and adolescent health physician), provision of psycho educational materials, and regular telephone support with a specially trained nurse-coordinator to parents of youth on our waiting list.

Standard of Care

These patients continue to receive the standard of care while awaiting formal assessment.

Group Type: NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

Psychoeducational Workshop and telephone support

The intervention involves completion of a single workshop (delivered by a psychiatrist and adolescent health physician), provision of psycho educational materials, and regular telephone support with a specially trained nurse-coordinator to parents of youth on our waiting list.

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• medical stability at time of referral
• completed referral to the Eating Disorders Program

Exclusion Criteria

• patients deemed medically unstable are triaged urgently and not eligible for study inclusion

• Minimum Eligible Age: 10 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 17 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

University of Ottawa

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Mark Norris

Associate Professor of Pediatrics

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

Mark Norris, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

CHEO

Wendy Spettigue, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

CHEO

Locations

Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Countries

Canada

Other Identifiers

09/27E

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id