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ArticleBMC psychology2023

Family connections in the treatment of relatives of people with eating disorders and personality disorders: study protocol of a randomized control trial.

Verónica Guillén, Antonio Arnal, Sandra Pérez, Joaquín Garcia-Alandete, Isabel Fernandez-Felipe, Antoni Grau, Cristina Botella, José Heliodoro Marco

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Article in BMC psychology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05404035 ("Family Connections" an Intervention for Caregivers of People With Eating Disorders and Personality Disorders), which is not on this map. Cited by 1 paper.

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"Family Connections" an Intervention for Caregivers of People With Eating Disorders and Personality Disorders: Study Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial.

TypeinterventionalSponsorUniversity of ValenciaRan2022 to 2024Enrolled124ConditionsRelativesArmsFamily Connections for relatives of people with eating disorders and personality disorders, Optimized Treatment As Usual
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Verónica GuillénUniversidad de Valencia, Facultad de Psicología, Departamento de Personalidad, Evaluación y Tratamiento Psicológico, Avda. Blasco Ibañez, 21, CP 46010, Valencia, Spain. veronica.guillen@uv.es.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2247-5210
Antonio ArnalUniversidad de Valencia, Facultad de Psicología, Departamento de Personalidad, Evaluación y Tratamiento Psicológico, Avda. Blasco Ibañez, 21, CP 46010, Valencia, Spain.
Sandra PérezUniversidad de Valencia, Facultad de Psicología, Departamento de Personalidad, Evaluación y Tratamiento Psicológico, Avda. Blasco Ibañez, 21, CP 46010, Valencia, Spain.
Joaquín Garcia-AlandeteUniversidad de Valencia, Facultad de Psicología, Departamento de Personalidad, Evaluación y Tratamiento Psicológico, Avda. Blasco Ibañez, 21, CP 46010, Valencia, Spain.
Isabel Fernandez-FelipeUniversitat Jaume I de Castelló, Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Avda Sos Baynat, S/N, Castellón de la Plana, Castellón, Spain.
Antoni GrauIta-Salud Mental, Especialistas en Salud Mental, C/Tavern, 61, 08006, Barcelona, Spain.
Cristina BotellaCiber Fisiopatologia Obesidad y Nutrición (CB06/03), Instituto Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain.
José Heliodoro MarcoUniversidad de Valencia, Facultad de Psicología, Departamento de Personalidad, Evaluación y Tratamiento Psicológico, Avda. Blasco Ibañez, 21, CP 46010, Valencia, Spain.
Universitat de València · ESUniversitat Jaume I · ES

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Abstract

backgroundEating disorders (EDs) are serious disorders that significantly affect not only the lives of patients, but also those of their family members who often experience high levels of burden, suffering and helplessness. If, in addition to ED, the patient has a personality disorder (PD), the psychological distress experienced by family members can be devastating. However, few treatments have been developed for family members of people with ED and PD. Family Connections (FC) is a programme that has been shown to be effective for family members of people with borderline personality disorder. The overall aims of this work are: (a) to adapt FC for application to family members of patients with BPD-PD (FC: ED-PD); (b) to analyse, in a randomised controlled clinical trial, the efficacy of this programme in a Spanish population, compared to a control condition consisting of treatment as usual optimised treatment (TAU-O); (c) to analyse the feasibility of the intervention protocol; (d) to analyse whether the changes that may occur in relatives are related to improvements in the family climate and/or improvements observed in patients; and (e) to analyse the perceptions and opinions of relatives and patients about the two intervention protocols.

methodsThe study uses a two-arm randomised controlled clinical trial with two experimental conditions: adaptation of FC programme (FC: ED-PD) or Treatment as usual optimised (TAU-O). Participants will be family members of patients who meet DSM-5 criteria for ED and PD or dysfunctional personality traits. Participants will be assessed before and after treatment and at one-year follow-up. The intention-to-treat principle will be used when analysing the data. DISCUSSION: The results obtained are expected to confirm the effectiveness of the programme and its good acceptance by family members. Trial registration ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT05404035. Accepted: May 2022.

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Borderline Personality DisorderFeeding and Eating DisordersFamilyHumansPersonality DisordersRandomized Controlled Trials as TopicTreatment OutcomeCaregiversDialectical behavior therapyEating disordersFamily connectionsPersonality disorders

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