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

NCT01051375 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 09/27E
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 51
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

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.

Conditions

Eating Disorders

Keywords

anorexia nervosa; bulimia nervosa; EDNOS

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Investigate whether a wait list intervention for patients and families who are on a wait list, improves patient presentation at the time of formal assessment, as well as 6-months post-assessment

  18 months

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• Evaluate the impact that a wait list intervention group workshop has on caregiver knowledge, stress, and self-efficacy pertaining to eating disorders and their treatment

  12 months

Study Arms (2)

Waitlist Group

EXPERIMENTAL

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.

Behavioral: Psychoeducational Workshop and telephone support

Standard of Care

NO INTERVENTION

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

Interventions

Psychoeducational Workshop and telephone support 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.

Waitlist Group

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 10 Years - 17 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Child (0-17)

You may qualify if:

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

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of Ottawa: lead

Study Sites (1)

Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario

Ottawa, Ontario, K1H 8L1, Canada

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Feeding and Eating Disorders; Anorexia Nervosa; Bulimia Nervosa

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Signs and Symptoms, Digestive; Signs and Symptoms; Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms; Mental Disorders

Study Officials

• Mark Norris, MD

  CHEO

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

• Wendy Spettigue, MD

  CHEO

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Associate Professor of Pediatrics

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: January 15, 2010
• First Posted: January 18, 2010
• Study Start: December 1, 2009
• Primary Completion: December 1, 2012
• Study Completion: December 1, 2012
• Last Updated: May 12, 2016

Record last verified: 2016-05

Locations

CA (1)