NCT04127214

The ITA Model of Integrated Treatment of Eating Disorders

• Status: Active Not Recruiting
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 800 (estimated)
• Sponsor: University of Barcelona · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 12 Years – 70 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This is a naturalistic study implementing a routine assessment to monitor the evolution of the patients with eating disorders being treated in various centers of "ITA salud mental" in Spain.

Detailed description

"ITA salud mental" offers integrated treatment for eating disorders including outpatient, inpatient and day hospital care. The routine assessment implemented to this aim includes both general measures to gauge the therapeutic progress (CORE system) and measures specific for eating disorders (EAT, BITE), which are administered from the beginning to the end of treatment in different time points combined with clinical data included in the patients' health record such as diagnosis, body mass index, previous treatments, and chronicity. According to its naturalistic nature, this study will accept all participants who are admitted into the care system offered by "ITA salud mental" between November 2, 2017 and October, 2nd., 2020, meeting the inclusion/exclusion criteria and signing informed consent (n = 800 is an estimation). These patients will be followed on three-week bases until October, 30th., 2020, and less intensively on three-month bases until October 2025 to monitor symptoms and to record possible adverse effects. The analysis of these data will permit to evaluate the therapeutic effects of this integrated treatment and the factors which might influence the outcomes.

Conditions

• Eating Disorders
• Anorexia Nervosa
• Bulimia Nervosa
• Binge Eating
• Eating Disorders in Adolescence
• Eating and Feeding Disorders

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	ITA Integrated Treatment	The ITA Model combines outpatient intervention (mainly psychotherapy), day hospital care and hospitalization as a function of patients' characteristics. Case conceptualization of the psychological processes of patients is formulated and revised within a team including psychologists, psychotherapists, psychiatrists, nutritionists, physicians, nurses, and social workers. The major emphasis of the ITA model is on psychological interventions which include individual psychotherapy, family therapy and/or guidance, and group therapy of various formats and contents (e.g., drug abuse, mindfulness, emotion work) tailored to the needs of each patient. However, when required, drugs are prescribed adjusting type of medication and dosage to the need of the patient.

Timeline

• Start date: 2017-11-02
• Primary completion: 2025-10-31
• Completion: 2025-10-31
• First posted: 2019-10-15
• Last updated: 2025-04-01

Locations

8 sites across 1 country: Spain