OBJECTIVE: A comparison of the efficacy of a novel treatment method for anorexia nervosa (AN), the Mandometer treatment (MT), with treatment as usual (TAU). METHOD: During treatment data were collected to determine weight recovery and outcome as assessed by the Morgan Russell Outcome Assessment Schedule (MROAS). RESULTS: After treatment 63% of the MT group and 85% of the TAU group had reached a normal weight level and both MT and TAU showed a good outcome on the MROAS (75 and 71%, respectively). After two years more MT than TAU patients were still in treatment and more MT patients had relapsed. DISCUSSION: The outcome for both treatments in our study were similar and comparable with, if not better than outcome data of other AN studies. MT is not superior to TAU in outcome results and in relapse rate during the first two years following admission for AN treatment.
OBJECTIVE: A comparison of the efficacy of a novel treatment method for anorexia nervosa (AN), the Mandometer treatment (MT), with treatment as usual (TAU). METHOD: During treatment data were collected to determine weight recovery and outcome as assessed by the Morgan Russell Outcome Assessment Schedule (MROAS). RESULTS: After treatment 63% of the MT group and 85% of the TAU group had reached a normal weight level and both MT and TAU showed a good outcome on the MROAS (75 and 71%, respectively). After two years more MT than TAU patients were still in treatment and more MT patients had relapsed. DISCUSSION: The outcome for both treatments in our study were similar and comparable with, if not better than outcome data of other AN studies. MT is not superior to TAU in outcome results and in relapse rate during the first two years following admission for AN treatment.
Authors: Astrid Dempfle; Beate Herpertz-Dahlmann; Nina Timmesfeld; Reinhild Schwarte; Karin M Egberts; Ernst Pfeiffer; Christian Fleischhaker; Christoph Wewetzer; Katharina Bühren Journal: BMC Psychiatry Date: 2013-11-15 Impact factor: 3.630
Authors: David R Kolar; Katharina Bühren; Beate Herpertz-Dahlmann; Katja Becker; Karin Egberts; Stefan Ehrlich; Christian Fleischhaker; Alexander von Gontard; Freia Hahn; Michael Huss; Charlotte Jaite; Michael Kaess; Tanja Legenbauer; Tobias J Renner; Veit Roessner; Ulrike Schulze; Judith Sinzig; Ida Wessing; Johannes Hebebrand; Manuel Föcker; Ekkehart Jenetzky Journal: PLoS One Date: 2018-09-11 Impact factor: 3.240