Development and Testing of a Peer-Coaching Model for the Treatment of Eating Disorders
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Summary
This project includes developing and testing a coaching approach during the treatment of eating disorders. It is expected that with the addition of support outside of regular treatment, caregivers will experience improvements in emotional taxation and patients will strengthen skills necessary for recovery. Twelve weeks of coaching will be incorporated into standard treatment. Randomization will occur placing participants into (1) parent coaching + patient educational materials or (2) parent educational materials + patient coaching.
Description
A total of 70 adolescents with eating disorders between the ages of 12-18 and their parents/caregivers will be enrolled in a randomized-controlled trial comparing parent coaching/patient education to parent education/patient coaching. Measures will include demographics, vitals, parent and patient self-efficacy, quality of life, illness related distress/impairment, and changes in eating disorder symptoms and severity. During a screening and consenting visit, participants will complete assessments including height, weight, demographics, and interview questions to determine inclusion/exclusion c…
Eligibility
- Age range
- 12–18 years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- No
Inclusion Criteria: * Ages 12 to 18 at entry to the study * DSM-5 Diagnosis of an eating disorder * Enrollment in treatment at the Center of Excellence for Eating and Weight Disorders Speak English * Have access to a phone with WiFi or a data plan * Parent and child/patient both willing to participate Exclusion Criteria: * Current or lifetime history of learning disorder or developmental disorder * Acute suicide risk
Interventions
- BehavioralParent Coaching and Patient Education
This group includes 12 weeks of eating disorder therapy provided to the patient. Outside of therapy, parents will have access to a coach and patients will have access to weekly educational material.
- BehavioralParent Education and Patient Coaching
This group includes 12 weeks of eating disorder therapy provided to the patient. Outside of therapy, parents will have access to weekly educational material and patients will have access to a coach.
Location
- Department of Psychiatry, Eating and Weight Disorders ProgramNew York, New York