The Remote Family Support Programs for Eating Disorders

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

67 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2023-03-18

Study Completion Date

2024-10-30

Brief Summary

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Eating disorders are serious mental health disorders associated with high levels of mortality, disability, physical and psychological morbidity, and impaired quality of life. Family members who spend the majority of their time with patients of eating disorders experience heavy psychological burden. Remote family support programs consist of interpersonal psychotherapy and family psychoeducation. This study aimed to examine the effectiveness of a remote family support program for eating disorders in an RCT (randomized controlled trial). The specific objective was to conduct a small pilot RCT of the remote family support program (n=28) compared with TAU (n=28).

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Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Eating Disorders

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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The remote family support program plus TAU

Behavioral: The remote family support program Remote family support programs consist of interpersonal psychotherapy (IPT) and family psychoeducation.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

The remote family support program

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Remote family support programs consist of interpersonal psychotherapy (IPT) and family psychoeducation.

Each session consisted of a lecture, followed by role playing and supportive group therapy. In the first session, we informed the participants about the symptoms of eating disorders and mechanism of IPT; in the second session, we shared details about the characteristics of adolescents; and during the third and fourth sessions, we provided information on effective communication according to IPT.

Treatment as Usual

Treatment as usual administrated by physician.

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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The remote family support program

Remote family support programs consist of interpersonal psychotherapy (IPT) and family psychoeducation.

Each session consisted of a lecture, followed by role playing and supportive group therapy. In the first session, we informed the participants about the symptoms of eating disorders and mechanism of IPT; in the second session, we shared details about the characteristics of adolescents; and during the third and fourth sessions, we provided information on effective communication according to IPT.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* The research participants are parents of patients who have been diagnosed with an eating disorder by a physician or have symptoms of an eating disorder; parents may or may not be related by blood.
* The ABOS score measured by the research participants at enrollment is over 8 points.
* Patient age at enrollment ranged from 12 to 29 years.
* The patient has lived with their parents at the time of participating in this study and is expected to live with them during the investigation period.
* Patients may or may not undergo treatment.
* Patients with other psychiatric comorbidities are included.
* Participants with other psychiatric comorbidities are included.
* If multiple family members (e.g., parents) participated in this program, the primary participant is determined, and that person becomes the target research participant.
* Willingness to provide informed consent and comply with the trial protocol.

Exclusion Criteria

* The participants cannot read or write in Japanese
* The participants cannot use the Zoom meeting system
* Researcher of this study and their families

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No