Equine-assisted Therapy and Anorexia Nervosa

NCT06393491 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: EQUINE-ASSISTED THERAPY
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 9
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Background: Severe anorexia nervosa is a complex psychiatric pathology with limited therapeutic tools to reduce morbidity and mortality. Equine-assisted therapy could provide additional therapeutic benefits. Objectives : The investigators aimed to explore the effects of equine assisted therapy on the experience of adolescents with severe anorexia nervosa. Méthods : Using a qualitative approach based on Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis, the investigators conducted semi-structured interviews with nine participants who had taken part in equine-assisted therapy sessions.

Conditions

Anorexia Nervosa; Equine-Assisted Therapy

Keywords

Anorexia Nervosa; Equine-Assisted therapy; Animal-assisted therapy; Complementary therapy; Health Care

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Semi-structured face-to-face interviews of patients was carried out using the Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) method.

  Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) method : this method explores people's perception of experience and how they make sense of it. IPA is based on three epistemological foundations: phenomenology, hermeneutics and ideography. The phenomenological approach seeks to explore the participant's understanding of the world. Hermeneutics assumes the interpretive dimensions of the results, both in the participant's access to their own experience, and in the researcher's access to the participant's perception of the world.

  Between November 2020 and May 2022, when participants had completed at least 2 sessions of equine-assisted therapy during a hospitalization for anorexia nervosa

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 13 Years - 25 Years
• Sex: female
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64)
• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Female participants who were between 13 and 25 years old and had completed at least 2 sessions of equine-assisted therapy during a hospitalization for anorexia nervosa between 2016 and 2022 in the psychiatric hospitalisation unit of the Institut Mutualiste Montsouris (Paris)

You may qualify if:

• having participated in at least 2 equine-assisted therapy sessions
• being or having been hospitalised between 2016 and 2022 in the psychiatric hospitalisation unit of the Institut Mutualiste Montsouris (Paris)
• ICD 10 diagnosis F50.0/ F.50.1
• female gender
• age between 13 and 25
• fluent French
• consent (including parents if minor participant)

You may not qualify if:

• having been under the care of C. Lepy (resident) during hospitalisation at the Institut Mutualiste Montsouris (Paris)
• refusal to participate on the part of the participant or the holder of parental authority.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Institut Mutualiste Montsouris: lead

Study Sites (1)

Institut Mutualiste Montsouris

Paris, 75014, France

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Anorexia Nervosa

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Feeding and Eating Disorders; Mental Disorders

Study Officials

• Aurélie LETRANCHANT, MD

  Institut Mutualiste Montsouris

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: observational
• Observational Model: COHORT
• Time Perspective: RETROSPECTIVE
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: March 29, 2024
• First Posted: May 1, 2024
• Study Start: November 2, 2020
• Primary Completion: May 30, 2022
• Study Completion: May 30, 2022
• Last Updated: May 1, 2024

Record last verified: 2024-03

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

FR (1)