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Trial reportBMC psychiatry2015

Preventing eating disorders with an interactive gender-adapted intervention program in schools: study protocol of a randomized controlled trial.

Angelika Weigel, Antje Gumz, Natalie Uhlenbusch, Karl Wegscheider, Georg Romer, Bernd Löwe

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Trial report in BMC psychiatry, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Angelika WeigelDepartment of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf & Schön Klinik Hamburg Eilbek, Martinistraße 52, 20246, Hamburg, Germany. a.weigel@uke.de.
Antje GumzDepartment of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf & Schön Klinik Hamburg Eilbek, Martinistraße 52, 20246, Hamburg, Germany. a.gumz@uke.de.
Natalie UhlenbuschDepartment of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf & Schön Klinik Hamburg Eilbek, Martinistraße 52, 20246, Hamburg, Germany. n.uhlenbusch@uke.de.
Karl WegscheiderDepartment of Medical Biometry and Epidemiology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistraße 52, 20246, Hamburg, Germany. k.wegscheider@uke.de.
Georg RomerClinic of Children and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy, University Medical Center Münster, Schmeddingstr. 50, 48149, Münster, Germany. Georg.Romer@ukmuenster.de.
Bernd LöweDepartment of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf & Schön Klinik Hamburg Eilbek, Martinistraße 52, 20246, Hamburg, Germany. b.loewe@uke.de.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThere are a high number of adolescents who are at risk of developing an eating disorder. There is, therefore, a strong need to implement prevention programs aimed at reducing the incidence of eating disorders at this critical age. Among other factors, successful prevention programs have been shown to be interactive, carried out by professionals, focused on educational as well as psychosocial elements and have taken risk factors as well as resources into account. The objective of this study protocol is to present the design of a new prevention program for eating disorders in schools. METHODS/

designThe gender-adapted prevention program extends over six school hours. It contains interactive and educational elements about eating disorders and their treatment. Participants pass through different exercises and reflect on the influences of the media, self-esteem, body perception and individual resources. A cluster-randomized controlled trial is chosen to evaluate the program. Based on an estimated effect size of d = 0.3 a total of 1848 participants are enrolled in the study. Eating disorder risk, internalization of Western beauty ideals, body dissatisfaction, self-concept as well as anxiety and symptoms of depression are measured before and immediately after the intervention as well as at a six-month follow-up. In addition, the intervention group evaluates the different components of the program. DISCUSSION: The study intends to test the practicability and efficacy of an interactive, gender-adapted ED prevention program in schools. Moreover, it will provide valuable information about the occurrence of eating disorder risk factors in school-aged children.

trial registrationISRCTN97989348; Registered 19 December 2012.

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Behavior TherapyClinical ProtocolsSchool Health ServicesAdolescentAnxietyChildDepressionFeeding and Eating DisordersFemaleHumansMaleSex CharacteristicsSex Factors

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