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NCT Number: NCT04254068

Parent-Based Prevention (PBP) for Parents With Eating Disorders

Parents with eating disorders exhibit greater concerns and dilemmas about developing healthy habits in their children. Studies indicate that the offspring of parents with eating disorders have more developmental and interpersonal difficulties. Consequently, these parents should receive personalized care to enhance their parental capacity and support them in their decision making process. The Parent-Based Prevention of Eating Disorders (PBP) is a promising intervention that may help improve feeding and eating practices and children outcomes, by engaging both parents in a short-term program. This study aims to empirically evaluate the feasibility and acceptability of PBP over a wait-list control group (i.e., treatment-as-usual) in a Randomized Case Series Trial.

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Key information

Conditions

Eating Disorders Behavior Behavior, Animal Eating Behavior Feeding Behavior Feeding and Eating Disorders Mental Disorders Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms Signs and Symptoms Signs and Symptoms, Digestive

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Stanford University

Stanford, California, 94305, United States

About this study

A parental history of an eating disorder is linked with greater risk of eating and socio-emotional problems in the offspring, and more stressful parent-child interactions. Further, parenting concerns often exacerbate existing eating disorder symptoms in parents. Parent-Based Prevention (PBP-B) is a focused intervention aimed to support parents with eating disorders and their partners in developing healthy eating and lifestyle behaviors in their children. The program also focuses on reducing mealtime conflict and improving couple communication. This study tests the feasibility, acceptability and preliminary outcomes of the Parent-Based Prevention (PBP) program for these parents and their partners. Parents with any lifetime eating disorder diagnosis who have at least one child 1-5 years old will be randomized to receive PBP immediately or following a 16-week waitlist period. This study will investigate whether PBP is feasible, acceptable, and associated with improvement in short-term outcomes that predict long term risks of eating and weight disorders (e.g., parental cognition associated with feeding practices and child eating behaviors and socio-emotional symptoms). The study will collect important case series data that will inform the design of larger, adequately powered studies to test ways to reduce the likelihood of eating and weight difficulties in the offspring of parents with eating disorders.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

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

Inclusion criteria

  • A biological parent of a child between 1-5 years of age.
  • A lifetime diagnosis of an eating disorder.

Exclusion criteria

  • Current medical condition necessitating more intensive care to manage symptoms.

Treatment and study plan

Parent-based prevention

Behavioral

Parent-based prevention is a 12 session program for parents with eating disorders and their partners. Most sessions occur on a weekly basis, most of the sessions involve both partners.

Other names: PBP

Primary outcomes

  1. Feasibility of recruiting parents with a lifetime diagnosis of an eating disorder: Number of eligible participants that agree to participate in the study

    Time frame: Up to 48 months

    Number of eligible participants that agree to participate in the study

  2. Acceptability of the intervention: Client Satisfaction Questionnaire score

    Time frame: Week 12

    Mean Client Satisfaction Questionnaire score at end of treatment. Scores range on a Likert-like scale of 1-5, with higher scores indicative of greater satisfaction.

Secondary outcomes

  1. Parental feeding practices

    Time frame: Baseline and Week 12

    Change scores of the Child Feeding Questionnaire from baseline to end of treatment. Scores range on a Likert-like scale of 1-5, with higher scores indicative of the parent endorsing more frequent behaviors on the dimension measured.

  2. Child eating behaviors

    Time frame: Baseline and Week 12

    Change scores of the Children's Eating Behavior Questionnaire from baseline to end of treatment. Scores range on a Likert-like scale of 1-4, with higher scores indicative of greater endorsement of the behavior measured.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Stanford University

Other

Registry information

Official study title

Preventing Feeding and Eating Disorders in Children of Parents With Eating Disorders: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Acronym: PBP

Important dates

Study start
2014
Primary completion
2017
Study completion
2017
First posted
Feb 5, 2020
Registry last updated
May 27, 2020

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This listing is for discovery and informational purposes only. It is not medical advice, does not guarantee that a study is recruiting, and does not determine eligibility. Contact the study team and a qualified healthcare professional when considering participation.

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