ArticleJournal of eating disorders2025
What is day programme treatment for anorexia nervosa really like? Part 2: A reflexive thematic analysis of feedback from caregivers.
Article in Journal of eating disorders, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
4 citing papers in PubMed.
- Changes in Parental Well-Being Following Intensive Day Programme Treatment for Restrictive Eating Disorders in Adolescents.European eating disorders review : the journal of the Eating Disorders Association · 2026Article
- Clinician's Experience of Working with an Intensive Outpatient Programme for Child and Adolescent Eating Disorders-A Reflexive Thematic Analysis.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- The mediating role of social connectedness between inflexibility, the suppression of emotional expression, and symptoms of eating disorders and depression in adolescents with restrictive eating disorders referred for radically open dialectical behaviour therapy (RO DBT).Journal of eating disorders · 2025Article
- What factors do parents/caregivers think impact change in family therapy for anorexia nervosa?: a qualitative study.Journal of eating disorders · 2025Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
6 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
backgroundA significant proportion of young people do not respond to NICE recommended treatment for anorexia nervosa: Family Therapy (FT-AN). Evidence is building for the effectiveness of day programmes as an alternative to inpatient admissions for young people whom traditional community treatment has not benefited. One day programme that has been found to be effective is the Intensive Treatment Programme (ITP) of the Maudsley Centre for Child & Adolescent Eating Disorders in London, UK. However, limited data are available on how caregivers of young people attending experience such a day programme.
methodAnonymous feedback was completed via online survey by 64 caregivers over a 5-year period (2018-2023) on discharge from ITP.
resultsFive main themes emerged: (1) Clarity and consistency are key; (2) Skills and practical support; (3) Collaborative relationships; (4) Layers of change; (5) It wasn't all great.
conclusionsExpanding our understanding of caregiver experiences is important given the FT-AN model holds expectations that "the family is needed as a resource" and that caregivers should "take a lead in managing their child's eating". It is hoped that increased understanding will lead to services continuing to improve the support they provide.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.