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Metasynthesis of the Views about Treatment of Anorexia Nervosa in Adolescents: Perspectives of Adolescents, Parents, and Professionals.
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24 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Perceptions of health professionals in providing care for people with anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa: a systematic review and meta-synthesis of qualitative studies.Cadernos de saude publica · 2023Pooled it
- Physicians' Perspectives About Burnout: a Systematic Review and Metasynthesis.Journal of general internal medicine · 2019Pooled it
- Family life and caregiving during family-based treatment (FBT) for anorexia nervosa: parent, patient, and clinician perspectives.Journal of eating disorders · 2025Article
- 'It takes a village': patient lived experiences of residential treatment for an eating disorder.BJPsych open · 2025Article
- Organisational factors associated with burnout among emergency and internal medicine physicians: a qualitative study.BMJ open · 2025Article
- "I don't know how, if, it's ever going to end": narratives of caring for someone with an enduring eating disorder.Eating and weight disorders : EWD · 2024Article
- Processes of change in family therapies for anorexia nervosa: a systematic review and meta-synthesis of qualitative data.Journal of eating disorders · 2024Review
- Parents' perspectives of anorexia nervosa treatment in adolescents: a systematic review and metasynthesis of qualitative data.Journal of eating disorders · 2023Review
- A systematic review of people's lived experiences of inpatient treatment for anorexia nervosa: living in a "bubble".Journal of eating disorders · 2023Article
- When eating disorder attitudes and cognitions persist after weight restoration: An exploratory examination of non-cognitive responders to family-based treatment for adolescent anorexia nervosa.European eating disorders review : the journal of the Eating Disorders Association · 2023Article
- Encountering patients with anorexia nervosa - An emotional roller coaster. nurses' lived experiences of encounters in psychiatric inpatient care.International journal of qualitative studies on health and well-being · 2022Article
- Patient perspectives on premature termination of eating disorder treatment: a systematic review and qualitative synthesis.Journal of eating disorders · 2022Review
- Subjective Experience of Antidepressant Prescription Among Adolescents With Anorexia Nervosa.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2022Article
- Experiences of eating disorders from the perspectives of patients, family members and health care professionals: a meta-review of qualitative evidence syntheses.Journal of eating disorders · 2021Review
- Parental experiences with their child's eating disorder treatment journey.Journal of eating disorders · 2021Article
- "Finding my own identity": a qualitative metasynthesis of adult anorexia nervosa treatment experiences.BMC psychology · 2020Article
- Treating Eating: A Dynamical Systems Model of Eating Disorders.Frontiers in psychology · 2020Article
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- Canadian practice guidelines for the treatment of children and adolescents with eating disorders.Journal of eating disorders · 2020Review
- Minding the adolescent in family-based inpatient treatment for anorexia nervosa: a qualitative study of former inpatients' views on treatment collaboration and staff behaviors.BMC psychology · 2019Article
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Abstract
backgroundAnorexia nervosa in adolescents can be a difficult-to-treat disease. Because qualitative research is a well-established method for deepening our understanding of subjective experiences, such as eating disorders and their treatment, we sought to perform a systematic review of qualitative studies to synthesize the views of adolescents with this disease, their parents, and their healthcare providers about its treatment.
methodsWe performed a thematic synthesis to develop the central themes that summarize all of the topics raised in the articles included in our review. The quality of the articles was assessed by the Critical Appraisal Skills Program.
resultsWe included 32 articles from seven different countries. Two central themes were inductively developed from the analysis: (1) the treatment targets (i.e., symptoms and patients in context), and (2) a therapeutic tool-a relationship, specifically the core concept of the therapeutic relationship.
conclusionOur results underline the difficulty in establishing a therapeutic alliance, the barriers to it, especially the risk that professionals, adolescents, and parents will not converse about treatment; although such a dialogue appears to be an essential component in the construction of a therapeutic alliance.
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