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NCT Number: NCT06393491

Equine-assisted Therapy and Anorexia Nervosa

Background: Severe anorexia nervosa is a complex psychiatric pathology with limited therapeutic tools to reduce morbidity and mortality. Equine-assisted therapy could provide additional therapeutic benefits.

Objectives : The investigators aimed to explore the effects of equine assisted therapy on the experience of adolescents with severe anorexia nervosa.

Méthods : Using a qualitative approach based on Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis, the investigators conducted semi-structured interviews with nine participants who had taken part in equine-assisted therapy sessions.

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Key information

Conditions

Anorexia Nervosa Equine-assisted Therapy Feeding and Eating Disorders Mental Disorders

Age range

13 year–25 year

Sex eligibility

Female

Study type

Observational

Primary location

Institut Mutualiste Montsouris

Paris, 75014, France

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • having participated in at least 2 equine-assisted therapy sessions
  • being or having been hospitalised between 2016 and 2022 in the psychiatric hospitalisation unit of the Institut Mutualiste Montsouris (Paris)
  • ICD 10 diagnosis F50.0/ F.50.1
  • female gender
  • age between 13 and 25
  • fluent French
  • consent (including parents if minor participant)

Exclusion criteria

  • having been under the care of C. Lepy (resident) during hospitalisation at the Institut Mutualiste Montsouris (Paris)
  • refusal to participate on the part of the participant or the holder of parental authority.

Treatment and study plan

Primary outcomes

  1. Semi-structured face-to-face interviews of patients was carried out using the Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) method.

    Time frame: Between November 2020 and May 2022, when participants had completed at least 2 sessions of equine-assisted therapy during a hospitalization for anorexia nervosa

    Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) method : this method explores people's perception of experience and how they make sense of it.

    IPA is based on three epistemological foundations: phenomenology, hermeneutics and ideography. The phenomenological approach seeks to explore the participant's understanding of the world. Hermeneutics assumes the interpretive dimensions of the results, both in the participant's access to their own experience, and in the researcher's access to the participant's perception of the world.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Institut Mutualiste Montsouris

Other

Registry information

Official study title

Equine-assisted Therapy in the Management of Adolescent Patients With Severe Anorexia Nervosa: a Qualitative Study

Important dates

Study start
2020
Primary completion
2022
Study completion
2022
First posted
May 1, 2024
Registry last updated
May 1, 2024

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