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Implementation of a Waitlist Intervention and Clinical Care Pathway for Families Awaiting at Eating Disorders Program

NCT04812899 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 30

Last updated 2022-03-29

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in several challenges in service delivery for the eating disorders program at McMaster Children's Hospital. Long waiting lists prior to the pandemic (6-9 month wait time) have been made worse by an interruption in service during the initial stages of the pandemic. New routine assessments were placed on hold for many months, while only the most urgently ill children were seen. This, in combination with a dramatic increase in new referrals has resulted in a long waitlist. Now families are waiting 12-18 months for service. The resulting waitlist is now unmanageable and unsafe. Investigators wish to study the implementation of a waitlist intervention which will educate parents on how to start to renourish their children and interrupt eating disordered behaviors. The intervention will consist of a series of educational videos and a book on how to help their children. It is hoped that this intervention can lessen the need for hospitalization and can change the trajectory of symptoms while waiting for service. A clinical care pathway will also be developed to ensure those waiting receive the most appropriate treatment.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Parental guided self-help version of FBT-pre-recorded videos and readings from the book

Each participant will receive a series of pre-recorded videos of parental guided self help version FBT. There will be10 videos of about 10 minutes each. The videos will include content on empowering parents to renourish their child and interrupt binge/purge behaviors. Readings will be assigned to each participant from the book "Help Your Teenager Beat and Eating Disorder". There will be psychoeducational content on the dangers and medical complications of eating disorders. The readings will also contain content on coping skills for young people including relaxation, mindfulness strategies, and distress tolerance skills.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Jennifer Couturier, MD · McMaster University

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
7 Years
Max Age
100 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2021-07-30
Primary Completion
2022-02-04
Completion
2022-02-04

Countries

  • Canada

Study Locations

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