Trial reportJournal of consulting and clinical psychology2016
Reducing eating disorder onset in a very high risk sample with significant comorbid depression: A randomized controlled trial.
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33 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 70 citations in OpenAlex.
- A Systematic Review on TeleMental Health in Youth Mental Health: Focus on Anxiety, Depression and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2021Pooled it
- A systematic review of reach, adoption, implementation and maintenance of Internet-based interventions to prevent eating disorders in adults.European journal of public health · 2021Pooled it
- Tailored online eating disorder prevention and health promotion for women: results of a dissemination trial.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Trial
- Moderators and mediators of a digital cognitive behavior therapy-guided self-help intervention for eating disorders: Informing future design efforts.Journal of consulting and clinical psychology · 2023Trial
- An experimental test of increasing implementation support for college peer educators delivering an evidence-based prevention program.Journal of consulting and clinical psychology · 2023Trial
- Evaluating change in body image concerns following a single session digital intervention.Body image · 2023Trial
- Indicated Web-Based Prevention for Women With Anorexia Nervosa Symptoms: Randomized Controlled Efficacy Trial.Journal of medical Internet research · 2022Trial
- Clinician-led, peer-led, and internet-delivered dissonance-based eating disorder prevention programs: Effectiveness of these delivery modalities through 4-year follow-up.Journal of consulting and clinical psychology · 2020Trial
- Efficacy of a Parent-Based, Indicated Prevention for Anorexia Nervosa: Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of medical Internet research · 2018Trial
- Online prevention of disordered eating in at-risk young-adult women: a two-country pragmatic randomized controlled trial.Psychological medicine · 2018Trial
- The Female Athlete Body (FAB) study: Rationale, design, and baseline characteristics.Contemporary clinical trials · 2017Trial
- Cognitive training via mobile app for addressing eating disorders' cognitions in adolescents: a randomized control trial protocol.BMC psychology · 2024Article
- A pilot multiple-baseline study of a mobile cognitive behavioral therapy for the treatment of eating disorders in university students.The International journal of eating disorders · 2023Article
- Prevention and early intervention in eating disorders: findings from a rapid review.Journal of eating disorders · 2023Review
- Development and usability testing of a chatbot to promote mental health services use among individuals with eating disorders following screening.The International journal of eating disorders · 2022Article
- Virtual prevention of eating disorders in children, adolescents, and emerging adults: a scoping review.Journal of eating disorders · 2022Article
- Recruitment, adherence and attrition challenges in internet-based indicated prevention programs for eating disorders: lessons learned from a randomised controlled trial of ProYouth OZ.Journal of eating disorders · 2022Article
- Effectiveness of the Body Project eating disorder prevention program for different racial and ethnic groups and an evaluation of the potential benefits of ethnic matching.Journal of consulting and clinical psychology · 2021Article
- Harnessing mobile technology to reduce mental health disorders in college populations: A randomized controlled trial study protocol.Contemporary clinical trials · 2021Article
- Disordered eating, self-esteem, and depression symptoms in Iranian adolescents and young adults: A network analysis.The International journal of eating disorders · 2021Article
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Abstract
objectiveEating disorders (EDs) are serious problems among college-age women and may be preventable. An indicated online eating disorder (ED) intervention, designed to reduce ED and comorbid pathology, was evaluated.
method206 women (M age = 20 ± 1.8 years; 51% White/Caucasian, 11% African American, 10% Hispanic, 21% Asian/Asian American, 7% other) at very high risk for ED onset (i.e., with high weight/shape concerns plus a history of being teased, current or lifetime depression, and/or nonclinical levels of compensatory behaviors) were randomized to a 10-week, Internet-based, cognitive-behavioral intervention or waitlist control. Assessments included the Eating Disorder Examination (EDE, to assess ED onset), EDE-Questionnaire, Structured Clinical Interview for DSM Disorders, and Beck Depression Inventory-II.
resultsED attitudes and behaviors improved more in the intervention than control group (p = .02, d = 0.31); although ED onset rate was 27% lower, this difference was not significant (p = .28, NNT = 15). In the subgroup with highest shape concerns, ED onset rate was significantly lower in the intervention than control group (20% vs. 42%, p = .025, NNT = 5). For the 27 individuals with depression at baseline, depressive symptomatology improved more in the intervention than control group (p = .016, d = 0.96); although ED onset rate was lower in the intervention than control group, this difference was not significant (25% vs. 57%, NNT = 4).
conclusionsAn inexpensive, easily disseminated intervention might reduce ED onset among those at highest risk. Low adoption rates need to be addressed in future research.
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