NCT01470508

Engaging Latino Families in Eating Disorders Treatment

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 25 (actual)
• Sponsor: Mae Lynn Reyes-Rodriguez, PhD · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Promoviendo Alimentacion Saludable (PAS)"Promoting Healthy Eating" is a research project funded by the National Institute of Mental Health. The purpose of this study is to develop and test a treatment for eating disorders in Latina adults that is appropriate for their age and includes culturally appropriate family intervention.

Detailed description

Research on culturally sensitive assessment and treatment of eating disorders among Latinos is scarce. This study is comparing individual Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) versus CBT with a family adjunctive intervention for eating disorders in Latina adults. All treatment will be conducted by trained professionals from either the UNC Eating Disorders Program (in Chapel Hill) or from El Futuro, Inc. (in Carrboro or Durham, NC) who have been trained in the treatment of eating disorders. Participants will participate in 25, 50 minute-long, face-to-face CBT sessions over 27 weeks. Participants will be randomly placed in one of two groups: CBT or CBT with family enhancement. Those participants who are randomly placed into the CBT group will participate in 25 individual therapy sessions, 3 sessions with a dietitian, and psychiatry and/or medical assessments as needed. Those participants who have been randomly placed into the CBT with family enhancement group will participate in 19 individual therapy sessions, 6 family therapy sessions, 3 sessions with a dietitian, and psychiatry and/or medical assessments as needed. All participants will also be expected to participate in baseline, week 6 (mid-treatment), end of treatment, and 3-month follow-up assessments.

Conditions

• Bulimia Nervosa
• Binge Eating Disorder
• Eating Disorder Not Otherwise Specified

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Cognitive Behavioral Therapy	Individuals meet with a therapist once a week for 25 sessions, 50 minutes in length, for a period of 27 weeks for therapy. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is manualized and is the standard form of care at the UNC Eating Disorders Program.
BEHAVIORAL	Cognitive Behavioral Therapy with Family Enhancement	Individuals will meet with a therapist once a week for 25 sessions, 50 minutes in length, for a period of 27 weeks for therapy. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy with Family Enhancement is manualized and will involve the participation of family members during six (6) weeks of treatment.

Timeline

• Start date: 2010-08-01
• Primary completion: 2016-03-01
• Completion: 2016-03-01
• First posted: 2011-11-11
• Last updated: 2016-05-18

Locations

2 sites across 1 country: United States