Therapists' experiences with a new treatment combining physical exercise and dietary therapy (the PED-t) for eating disorders: an interview study in a randomised controlled trial at the Norwegian School of Sport Sciences.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The aim of the current study is to explore how therapists running a guided physical exercise and dietary therapy programme (PED-t) experience their contribution to the treatment of patients with bulimia nervosa and binge eating disorder.

Methods

Ten therapists running the PED-t were semistructurally interviewed and the transcribed interviews were analysed using a systematic text condensation approach.

Setting

The study was run within the context of a randomised controlled trial at the Norwegian School of Sport Sciences.

Results

The therapists experienced their knowledge about physical exercise and nutrition as important and useful, and that they could share their knowledge with the patients in different ways and with confidence in their own role. The

SUBMITTER: Bakland M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5781022 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature