Does inpatient weight restoration prior to outpatient family therapy improve outcomes in adolescent anorexia nervosa?

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/457235

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

This study examines the effect of length of hospital admission for refeeding, prior to manualised outpatient family therapy on outcomes for patients with anorexia nervosa. Subjects will include sixty children and adolescents aged 10 to 18 years admitted to the Children's Hospital at Westmead for medical management of anorexia nervosa. This study aims to randomly allocate and compare outcomes between adolescents with anorexia nervosa admitted for medical stabilisation followed by outpatient family therapy versus adolescents admitted for full weight restoration followed by outpatient family therapy. Physical and psychological outcomes will be measured at admission to hospital, at the end of the hospital treatment and at the completion of outpatient family therapy and 6 and 12 months after the completion of treatment.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2007

End Date: 01-01-2011

Funding Scheme: NHMRC Project Grants

Funding Amount: $552,283.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Mental Health

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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Other Keywords

Acute Hospital Care | Adolescent Health | Adolescents | Anorexia Nervosa | Mental Health | Psychological Treatment | Randomised Controlled Trial

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