Beyond Refeeding: The Effect of Including a Dietitian in Eating Disorder Treatment. A Systematic Review.

ABSTRACT: Eating disorders are potentially life-threatening mental health disorders that require management by a multidisciplinary team including medical, psychological and dietetic specialties. This review systematically evaluated the available literature to determine the effect of including a dietitian in outpatient eating disorder (ED) treatment, and to contribute to the understanding of a dietitian's role in ED treatment. Six databases and Google Scholar were searched for articles that compared treatment outcomes for individuals receiving specialist dietetic treatment with outcomes for those receiving any comparative treatment. Studies needed to be controlled trials where outcomes were measured by a validated instrument (PROSPERO CRD42021224126). The searches returned 16,327 articles, of which 1

SUBMITTER: Yang Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8706437 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature