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Implementing Virtual Parent Support Groups for Eating Disorders Across Canada (vPLPSG Trial)

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Waitlist Available

Led By Jennifer Couturier, MD MSc

Research Sponsored by McMaster University

Eligibility Criteria Checklist

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Must have

Timeline

Screening 3 weeks

Treatment Varies

Follow Up baseline and 3 months later

Awards & highlights

No Placebo-Only Group

Summary

This trial is researching the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on children with eating disorders and their families, as well as the feasibility of virtual parent-led peer support groups to help mitigate the impact of the pandemic.

Eligible Conditions

Eating Disorders
Anorexia nervosa

Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks3 visits

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~ baseline and 3 months later

Screening ~ 3 weeks

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~baseline and 3 months later

This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and baseline and 3 months later for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

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Primary study objectives

Parent, youth, clinician, and administrator perspectives on and experiences with the COVID-19 pandemic and children, youth, and families with eating disorders

Parent, youth, clinician, and administrator perspectives on factors important for implementing and sustaining virtual parent-led peer support groups

Parent, youth, clinician, and administrator perspectives on virtual parent-led peer support groups to help mitigate the negative effects of COVID-19 on children, youth, and families with eating disorders across Canada

Secondary study objectives

Change in number of parents who remain in the support group (Retention Rate)

Change in self-reported needs as a parent of a child with an eating disorder

Change in self-reported parental burden

+6 more

Other study objectives

Parent Peer Support Provider experiences

Parent participant experiences

Awards & Highlights

No Placebo-Only Group

All patients enrolled in this study will receive some form of active treatment.

Trial Design

1Treatment groups

Experimental Treatment

Group I: Stakeholder Perspectives and Virtual Parent-Led Peer Support GroupExperimental Treatment1 Intervention

Qualitative interviews regarding the impact of COVID-19 will be conducted with youth who have an eating disorder (ED), parents of youth who have an ED, ED clinicians and ED program administrators, as well as get their perspectives on parent-led peer support groups. Three parent-led peer support groups will be started, including psychoeducation in a virtual group setting for parents who have a child or adolescent with an eating disorder.

Treatment

First Studied

Drug Approval Stage

How many patients have taken this drug

Support Group for Caregivers

2021

Completed Early Phase 1

~40

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