Recruitment for an adolescent bulimia nervosa treatment study.
OBJECTIVE
This objective of this study was to investigate the recruitment rate for a clinical treatment trial for adolescents with bulimia nervosa.


METHODS
Recruitment rates for a 5-year randomized controlled trial for adolescent bulimia nervosa were analyzed.


RESULTS
Although the rate of randomization fluctuated over the course of the study, the overall rate of participants recruited was fairly consistent. The number of participants who were assessed for the study but who did not qualify, and the number of participants who qualified for the study but who chose not to join, were also consistent.


CONCLUSIONS
These findings suggest that it is feasible to recruit adolescents for a bulimia nervosa treatment trial. A better understanding of the reasons behind a participant's decision to stay in a treatment study versus discontinue a treatment study, as well as differences between adult and adolescent patients, could aid in the design of future treatment studies.
Hewell
Kristen
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Department of Psychiatry, The University of Chicago, 5841 South Maryland Avenue, MC 3077, Chicago, IL 60637, USA.
Hoste
Renee Rienecke
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le Grange
Daniel
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D015992:Body Mass Index; D052018:Bulimia Nervosa / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy*; D002648:Child; D039721:Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D018579:Patient Selection; D013997:Time Factors