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

这项研究考察了在人工门诊家庭治疗之前住院再喂养的时间对神经性厌食症患者预后的影响。研究对象将包括60名年龄在10至18岁之间的儿童和青少年，他们因神经性厌食症而被送往韦斯特米德儿童医院接受治疗。这项研究旨在随机分配和比较因医学稳定而入院的神经性厌食症青少年和因门诊家庭治疗而入院的完全体重恢复的青少年之间的结果。生理和心理结果将在入院时、住院治疗结束时、门诊家庭治疗结束时以及治疗结束后6个月和12个月进行评估。

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.