Investigating Prevalence of Disordered Eating in Children With GI Disorders

NCT01872169 | Withdrawn

• 1 other identifier: 13BS03
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: N/A
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Gastroenterological disorders are disorders affecting the stomach, intestines and associated organs. Symptoms of these types of disorders vary but often include vomiting, diarrhoea, weight loss and loss of appetite. Due to the nature and symptomatology of these disorders research has suggested that sufferers may be vulnerable to developing disordered eating behaviours. Treatment of such disorders often requires dietary restriction which has been found to lead to an obsessive preoccupation with food and in some cases to an increase in binge eating. Further to this, symptoms of Gastroenterological disorders such as vomiting have also been suggested to be linked with disordered eating. At the present there is limited research in this area and as such evidence is inconclusive. Particularly little research has looked at this area in relation to adolescents, who have been recognised as being at increased risk for the development of disordered eating . Gastroenterological disorders are likely to affect the typical development of eating habits and therefore it seems plausible they may also predispose adolescents to developing abnormal eating behaviours /weight concerns. The aim of this study is to further investigate the possibility that Gastroenterological disorders may be a risk factor for disordered eating in children and adolescents. This study will recruit children/ adolescents aged 5-17 and their parents, who are attending Great Ormond Street Gastroenterology Clinic and ask them to complete a screening questionnaire. The recruitment process will be on going for around 5 months until the study has around 300 participants. Following this initial questionnaire, participants who are categorised as screening positively for disordered eating and a 10% sample of participants that screen negatively, will be contacted to complete a further questionnaire interview that will look more specifically into this area.

Conditions

Disordered Eating

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Disordered eating screening questionnaire

  Questionnaire administered once after recruitment

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• Developmental and Well Being Assessment

  Administered once following inital screening

Study Arms (1)

Disordered eating screening questionnaire

OTHER

Other: Disordered eating screening questionnaire

Interventions

Disordered eating screening questionnaire OTHER

Disordered eating screening questionnaire

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 5 Years - 17 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Child (0-17)

You may qualify if:

• Children/adolescents between the age of 5-17 and their parents who are attending the Gastroenterological Clinic. We will recruit all patients that fall within the age range, including both new patients and existing patients.

You may not qualify if:

• Parents/ adolescents unable to communicate English will be excluded from the current study.
• Children under the age of 5 and over the age of 17 will also be excluded.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust: lead

Study Sites (1)

Great Ormond Street Hospital

London, WC1N 3JH, United Kingdom

Location

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NA
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: SCREENING
• Intervention Model: SINGLE GROUP
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: May 29, 2013
• First Posted: June 7, 2013
• Study Start: July 1, 2013
• Primary Completion: November 1, 2014
• Study Completion: November 1, 2014
• Last Updated: January 24, 2022

Record last verified: 2013-06

Locations

GB (1)