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Nurture: A Program for Mothers With Histories of Disordered Eating

NCT00877994 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 28

Last updated 2016-05-19

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Nurture is a collaborative pilot study for mothers of children under the age of 3 who have suffered from disordered eating in the past. It is coordinated by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Duke University and Virginia Commonwealth University and sponsored by the National Institute of Mental Health. Nurture hopes to promote confident parenting and a positive meal times.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Nurture Support Group Therapy

Participants will be randomly assigned (like the flip of a coin) to either receive the curriculum immediately (immediate group) or at a later time point approximately 16 weeks later (delayed group). Both groups will receive 16, 90 minute long group sessions delivered over 4 months. Groups will include 4-8 mothers and one or two co-therapists.

BEHAVIORAL

Group therapy

Participants will be randomly assigned (like the flip of a coin) to either receive the curriculum immediately (immediate group) or at a later time point approximately 16 weeks later (delayed group). Both groups will receive 16, 90 minute long group sessions delivered over 4 months. Groups will include 4-8 mothers and one or two co-therapists. The curriculum will focus on increasing positive healthy eating patterns in children of mothers who have had disordered eating and body image struggles.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)

    collaborator NIH

  • University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Cynthia Bulik, PhD · University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

  • Nancy Zucker, PhD · Duke University

  • Suzanne Mazzeo, PhD · Virginia Commonwealth University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2008-04-30
Primary Completion
2012-06-30
Completion
2012-06-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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