Speech Groups for Children Living With a Sibling Who Suffers From Anorexia Nervosa
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- What is being studied
- The protocol lists: sibling group.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Anorexia Nervosa. Basic parameters: 8 years — 18 years · All.
- What needs checking
- Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
- Where it takes place
- France
- Next step
- Save the trial, show it to the treating physician, and confirm current recruitment with the study center. Costs, documents and travel →
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Official title
Sibling Group for Children and Teenagers Living With a Sibling Who Suffers From Anorexia Nervosa: a Pilot Acceptability Study
Overview
Anorexia nervosa (AN) is a complex mental disease with a huge impact on the patient's siblings life and well-being. Based on literature, group interventions for siblings of children suffering from a chronic disease could provide an effective support. A few have been studied, and even fewer exist for siblings of children with AN.
Detailed description
AN has a significant impact on nuclear family (parents and siblings). An emerging literature highlights the need for a particular attention to siblings. Despite this evidence, research and clinical applications still lack in this area. Indeed, most of health services in AN offer support for patients, family, parents, but only few specific support for siblings, although positive outcomes of sibling group interventions were reported in other somatic and psychic disabilities.
Noting the gap between the need and the lack of specific support, the study hypothesis is that the poor diffusion of these interventions in AN might result from a low acceptability. The study propose to explore acceptability to adapt and improve group intervention for siblings of children and teenagers receiving care for anorexia nervosa.
The study is a mixed-method pilot study assessing the acceptability of a group intervention by including a maximum of 24 siblings of children suffering from AN, aged from 8 to 18, across three group sessions, each consisting of 4 meetings. All participants will be invited to fulfill two different auto-questionnaires about their quality of life (before and after group session) and the intervention's acceptability (after group session).
Quantitative data will be complemented with qualitative data, collected from individual semi-structured interviews with a targeted sampling among group participants.
Interventions
- Other sibling group
The group will be based on a systemic model and led by two child psychiatrists trained in family and multi-family therapy, who will not subsequently be involved in the data analysis. It will consist of 4 sessions of 1h30, spread over a period of 2 months, with a maximum of 8 participants per session. The first 3 sessions will be spaced 15 days apart, and the last session will take place 3 weeks apart from the third session. The characteristics of the group (frequency, duration, number of sessio
Primary outcome measures
- Group ACCEPTABILITY [Time frame: after attending group sessions, maximum 3 months after baseline]
Secondary outcome measures (2)
- Impact of the groups on quality of life [Time frame: baseline]
- impact of the groups on quality of life [Time frame: after attending group sessions, maximum 3 months after baseline]
Eligibility criteria
- inclusion criteria : Sibling presenting a DSM (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual)-5 of Mental Disorders diagnosis of AN, and engaged in inpatient or outpatient healthcare
- exclusion criteria :
- (1) Opposition from the participant and/or from their legal representatives.
- (2) Non-fluent French speaker
- (3) Clinical presentation not compatible with the group sessions
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Study design
- Observational model
- Other
Study locations
France · 1 center
- UH Toulouse — Toulouse
Identifiers
NCT: NCT06528158 · RC31/24/0181