NCT04083989

Investigation of Psycho-Physiological Parameters in Adolescent Inpatients With Anorexia Nervosa

Adolescent Inpatients With Anorexia Nervosa: Changes in Heart Rate Variability, Body Warmth and Eating Disorder Features - a Prospective Controlled Study

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 80 (actual)
• Sponsor: ARCIM Institute Academic Research in Complementary and Integrative Medicine · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 11 Years – 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

A study to assess changes in mental and physical symptoms in adolescent inpatients with anorexia nervosa, a severe eating disorder.

Detailed description

This is a prospective controlled trial to assess changes in psycho-physiological parameters, including eating disorder features (drive for thinness, body dissatisfaction) and comorbid symptoms such as anxiety, depression and quality of life as well as heart rate variability, body warmth and BMI in adolescent inpatients with anorexia nervosa. Parameters were assessed at admission, six weeks after admission and three months thereafter and compared to reference values of healthy controls.

Conditions

• Anorexia Nervosa

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Integrative medicine-based multimodal treatment	Multimodal inpatient treatment program based on anthroposophic medicine, including individual and group psychotherapy, family therapy, art therapies and specific nursing applications such as embrocations, rhythmical massage and oil dispersion baths.

Timeline

• Start date: 2013-05-01
• Primary completion: 2014-10-09
• Completion: 2014-10-09
• First posted: 2019-09-10
• Last updated: 2019-09-10

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Germany