NCT02079935

Treatment of Eating Disorders by Physical Activity and Nutrition Counseling

Treatment of Eating Disorders - a Randomised, Controlled, Prospective Study

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 128 (actual)
• Sponsor: Norwegian School of Sport Sciences · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 18 Years – 40 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

"Eating disorders" includes anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, binge eating and other specified feeding or eating disorder (OSFED). Common to all is the intensively occupation to control food intake, body image and body weight. Most people with this kind of disorder don't reach for professional help, or there may be more than 4 years before they do. Cognitive behavior therapy is the foremost method of treatment of eating disorders, but up to 30-50% of the patients don't respond to this. The investigators find it important to identify science based alternatives of therapy, as this may reduce the health concern, and broaden the choice of therapy methods. A former study by Sundgot-Borgen et al in 2002, found guided physical activity to reduce symptoms of bulimia nervosa just as good as the traditional cognitive therapy. The primary objective of the project is to see whether the combination of physical exercise and dietary therapy is more effective in treating eating disorders, than cognitive therapy. Secondly, the investigators want to see whether there are any differences with regard to the individual satisfaction of treatment method, and to associated costs. Interviews with a sufficient number of participants from the PED-t arm to meet data saturation criteria, and all theraphists in the new treatment offer, will give uniqe insight to experiences with the treatment method and the delivery of treatment.

Detailed description

Subjects are recruited through primary doctors, social media and newspapers, and will be included continuously by screening interviews. There will be a randomization into two treatment groups (cognitive behavior, or physical activity and nutrition education) to be followed for 16 weeks. Each week includes one meeting of group therapy (90 minutes) and homework related to treatment, and for 4 weeks midway there will be two therapy meetings pr week (a total of 20 meetings). Post tests are planned at week 17, and at 6, 12, and 24 months after treatment. Participants reqruited during ongoing treatment groups are placed on a waitlist, serving as controls to the treatment groups.

Conditions

• Bulimia Nervosa
• Binge Eating Disorder

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Cognitive Behaviour Therapy	Following group-modified protocol for cognitive behavioral therapy, CBT, first described by Fairburn 2008, modified by Modum Bad, Norway.
BEHAVIORAL	Physical Activity and Dietary Therapy	Guided physical activity and dietary therapy, to (re-)introduce a more healthy lifestyle and help stabilizing a healthy weight. A detailed manual will be published.

Timeline

• Start date: 2014-03-01
• Primary completion: 2019-01-31
• Completion: 2019-01-31
• First posted: 2014-03-06
• Last updated: 2019-03-13

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Norway