Peer mentorship as an adjunct intervention for the treatment of eating disorders: A pilot randomized trial.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Peer mentorship has been shown to be helpful for other mental health conditions, but it has been understudied for patients with eating disorders. The goal of the present study was to evaluate the feasibility and efficacy of peer mentorship for individuals with eating disorders by conducting a randomized controlled trial (RCT).

Trial design

Parallel three-arm pilot RCT with 1:1:1 allocation to peer mentorship, social support mentorship (active comparison intervention), and waiting list.

Method

Sixty outpatients with anorexia nervosa (AN), bulimia nervosa (BN), or binge-eating disorder (BED) were randomly assigned to a condition. Outcome measures, including eating disorder symptoms and general psychopathology, were completed at baseline, mid-, and postinterven

SUBMITTER: Ranzenhofer LM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7383944 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature