NCT04552639

Evaluation of Compulsive Exercise Group Therapy for Eating Disorders

A Randomized Control Trial Study Evaluating a Compulsive Exercise Group for Adolescent Inpatients With Eating Disorders

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 80 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Newbridge House · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 11 Years – 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The study aims to generate hypotheses about whether a group intervention is effective in reducing motivation to compulsive exercise and/or eating disorder psychopathology when compared with a control group. This will be explored through a Randomized Control Trial.

Conditions

• Eating Disorders in Adolescence

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Newbridge Eating disorders Activity Treatment group	A compulsive exercise cognitive-behavioural based group, for children and adolescents diagnosed with an eating disorder. It was devised for eating disorders including Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia Nervosa and Other Specified Feeding or Eating Disorder. This treatment is semi-structured and problem-oriented, which focuses on tackling the factors and processes that maintain compulsive exercise behaviour.
BEHAVIORAL	Newbridge House treatment as usual	Multi-disciplinary eating disorder treatment (including; psychiatry, individual therapy, group therapy, dietetic support, occupation therapy and nursing excluding NEAT group).

Timeline

• Start date: 2020-10-01
• Primary completion: 2022-10-01
• Completion: 2022-12-31
• First posted: 2020-09-17
• Last updated: 2021-09-02

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United Kingdom