title: A pilot study on the effect of Basic Body Awareness Therapy in patients with eating disorders: a randomized controlled trial.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To analyse the feasibility of Basic Body Awareness Therapy in people with eating disorders.
  
  
  METHODS
  A randomized controlled trial; the assessors were not blinded to the group allocation.
  
  
  METHODS
  The eating disorders department within a hospital setting.
  
  
  METHODS
  Twenty-eight outpatients with eating disorders for less than five years.
  
  
  METHODS
  All patients received standard outpatient treatment. The intervention group (n = 14) also received Basic Body Awareness Therapy for seven weeks.
  
  
  METHODS
  Eating Disorder Inventory, Eating Attitude Test, Body Attitude Test and Quality of Life Scale SF-36.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Analysing the differences between both groups, significant differences were found in Eating Disorder Inventory (mean difference: 26.3; P = 0.015) and in its subscales 'drive to thinness' (P = 0.003), 'body dissatisfaction' (P = 0.025) and 'ineffectiveness' (P = 0.014). Also in Body Attitude Test (mean difference: 33.0; P = 0.012), Eating Attitude Test-40 (mean difference: 17.7; P = 0.039) and SF-36 in the section 'mental health' (mean difference: 13.0; P = 0.002).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This study has shown some effectiveness of Basic Body Awareness Therapy in improving some symptoms in outpatients with eating disorders. Further studies should include larger samples, double-blinded and placebo methodologies, and should focus on questions such as which eating disorder diagnoses benefit most from physical therapy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nursing and Physiotherapy, University of Almería, Spain. dcatalan@ual.es
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Catalan-Matamoros
authors.forename: Liv
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Helvik-Skjaerven
authors.forename: M Teresa
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Labajos-Manzanares
authors.forename: Alma
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Martínez-de-Salazar-Arboleas
authors.forename: Eduardo
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Sánchez-Guerrero
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000553:Ambulatory Care / Q000379:methods; D001828:Body Image; D015992:Body Mass Index; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D001068:Feeding and Eating Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010865:Pilot Projects; D011613:Psychotherapy / Q000379:methods*; D012016:Reference Values; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012647:Self-Assessment; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D013030:Spain; D018709:Statistics, Nonparametric; D013851:Thinness / Q000628:therapy; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D055815:Young Adult