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Assessing the Impact of Weighted Blankets on Anxiety Among Inpatients With Anorexia Nervosa: a Study Protocol

NCT04191720 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 24

Last updated 2019-12-10

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The aim of this study is to conduct a randomized control trial (RCT) to assess the efficacy of weighted blankets (WB), on anxiety for patients with severe anorexia nervosa (AN) and avoidant restrictive food intake disorder (ARFID) in an inpatient medical setting. We hypothesize that using weighted blankets will reduce anxiety in these patient populations.

Conditions

  • Anorexia Nervosa
  • Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder
  • Anxiety

Interventions

OTHER

Weighted blanket

Patients that were randomly assigned to the intervention group received a weighted blanket to use at their will to reduce anxiety

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Denver Health and Hospital Authority

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Rachel Ohene, MOT · Denver Health Hospital and Authority

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
89 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2018-11-16
Primary Completion
2019-03-19
Completion
2019-11-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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Diseases

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