Prevalence of Eating Disorder Symptomatology Among Outpatients Referred to Health Promotion from Somatic Hospital Departments

NCT05656859 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: F2022-088
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 136
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The Department of Health Promotion at Aalborg University Hospital gets patients referred from all the hospital's departments. The Department of Health Promotion offers lifestyle courses to aid preventing disease relapses and further comorbidities to patients referred to other ambulatory treatments at the hospital. For most patients this also includes weight loss, but the primary goal is lifestyle change regarding eating and exercise habits to improve overall health state. Since it is known that eating disorders commonly occurs in individuals seeking help for weight loss, and that the prevalence is larger than in the background population, we also suspect that eating disorders would commonly occur among patients referred to the Department of Health Promotion. Therefore, we aim to investigate the prevalence of eating disorders among patients referred to lifestyle courses at the Department of Health Promotion.

Conditions

Eating Disorders

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire (EDE-Q)

  The Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire (EDE-Q) is a 28-item self-reported questionnaire adapted from the semi-structured interview Eating Disorder Examination (EDE) and designed to assess the range and severity of features associated with a diagnosis of eating disorder using 4 subscales (Restraint, Eating Concern, Shape Concern and Weight Concern) and a global score. The EDE-Q generates two types of data: frequency data on key behavioural features of eating disorders in terms of number of episodes of the behaviour, and subscale scores reflecting the severity of characteristics of eating disorders. Higher scores on the global scale and subscales denote more problematic eating behaviours and attitudes.

  10 minutes

Secondary Outcomes (2)

• Binge Eating Disorder Questionnaire (BED-Q)

  5 minutes

• Grazing Questionnaire (GQ)

  5 minutes

Other Outcomes (1)

• The 5-level EQ-5D version (EQ-5D-5L)

  5 minutes

Study Arms (1)

Study group

Descriptive study

Behavioral: Single group

Interventions

Single group BEHAVIORAL

Survey

Study group

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)
• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

All patients referred to the Department of Health Promotion

You may qualify if:

• Patients referred to the Department of Health Promotion at Aalborg University Hospital, Denmark

You may not qualify if:

• Under age 18
• Not able to read and understand Danish
• Not able to recieve mail in the danish digital postbox, e-Boks

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Aalborg University Hospital: lead

Study Sites (1)

Aalborg University Hospital

Aalborg, North of Jutland, 9000, Denmark

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Feeding and Eating Disorders

Interventions

Population Groups

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

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

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Demography; Population Characteristics

Study Design

• Study Type: observational
• Observational Model: CASE ONLY
• Time Perspective: CROSS SECTIONAL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Principal Investigator

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: December 6, 2022
• First Posted: December 19, 2022
• Study Start: September 6, 2022
• Primary Completion: March 31, 2023
• Study Completion: December 31, 2023
• Last Updated: September 19, 2024

Record last verified: 2024-09

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

DK (1)