ArticleJournal of clinical medicine2020
Pragmatic Sensory Screening in Anorexia Nervosa and Associations with Autistic Traits.
Article in Journal of clinical medicine, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT07007481 (SOOTH-ED), which is not on this map. Cited by 24 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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SOOTH-ED: Purrble's Soothing Touch for Eating Disorders and Autism
Who cites it
24 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 38 citations in OpenAlex.
- A Mixed Method Systematic Review Into the Impact of ED Treatment in Autistic People and Those With High Autistic Traits.The International journal of eating disorders · 2025Pooled it
- Sensory processing and eating behaviours in autism: A systematic review.European eating disorders review : the journal of the Eating Disorders Association · 2022Pooled it
- A Socially Assistive Robot for Outpatient Eating Disorder Waiting-List Support: A Mixed-Methods Feasibility Randomised Controlled Trial.European eating disorders review : the journal of the Eating Disorders Association · 2026Trial
- Avoidant/Restrictive food intake disorder in adults within the community: A mixed-method study on individual impairment and progression.Journal of eating disorders · 2026Article
- Research Tools for Eating Behavior in People with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD).Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2026Review
- Time to notice neurodiversity in eating disorder services: a three-year real-world analysis of autism, ADHD, and AuDHD.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Article
- Exploring sensory aspects of cutlery in neurodivergent-informed eating disorder care.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Article
- Psychopathology in Adults with Co-Occurring Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder and Higher Weight.Psychotherapy and psychosomatics · 2026Article
- Regulating with food: a qualitative study of Neurodivergent experiences in adults with binge eating disorder.Journal of eating disorders · 2025Article
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- Optimising Psychosocial Interventions for People With Severe and Enduring Eating Disorders (SEED) Perspectives of Healthcare Professionals in Ireland: A Qualitative Study.International journal of mental health nursing · 2025Article
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- The Sensory Landscape and Embodied Experiences in Anorexia Nervosa Treatment: An Inpatient Sensory Ethnography.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
- Exploring the links between sensory sensitivity, autistic traits and autism-related eating behaviours in a sample of adult women with eating disorders.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Camouflaging, not sensory processing or autistic identity, predicts eating disorder symptoms in autistic adults.Autism : the international journal of research and practice · 2024Article
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- Analysis of symptom clusters amongst adults with anorexia nervosa: Key severity indicators.Psychiatry research · 2023Article
- In-person and online sensory wellbeing workshop for eating disorders: updated case series.Journal of eating disorders · 2023Article
- Sensory processing in children and adolescents shortly after the onset of anorexia nervosa: a pilot study.BioPsychoSocial medicine · 2022Article
- Sensory wellbeing workshops for inpatient and day-care patients with anorexia nervosa.Neuropsychiatrie : Klinik, Diagnostik, Therapie und Rehabilitation : Organ der Gesellschaft Osterreichischer Nervenarzte und Psychiater · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundResearch suggests that people with anorexia nervosa (AN) experience subjective hypersensitivity to external sensations that may require consideration in treatment. These difficulties may be particularly pronounced in people with AN and high autistic traits. The purpose of this pilot study was to explore the use of a brief screening tool to assess sensory sensitivity in individuals receiving treatment for AN, and to assess if self-rated sensitivity in AN is related to autistic traits.
methods47 individuals receiving treatment for AN completed a brief sensory screening tool and self-rated their autistic traits. Individuals were also asked to give qualitative feedback on the screening tool.
resultsPeople with AN and high autistic traits rated themselves as more hypersensitive compared to people with AN and low autistic traits. Feedback surrounding the use of the screener was positive.
conclusionsThe results of this study suggest that the use of this screener may be beneficial in eating disorder settings to help adjust and calibrate treatment to personal needs, although further research and psychometric evaluation around the clinical use of the screener is required. The finding that people with AN and high autistic traits may experience elevated hypersensitivity also warrants further exploration in future research.
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