BodyWise: evaluating a pilot body image group for patients with anorexia nervosa.
Body image disturbance can be enduring and distressing to individuals with eating disorders and effective treatments remain limited. This pilot study evaluated a group-based treatment-BodyWise-developed for use in full and partial hospitalization with patients with anorexia nervosa at low weight. A partial crossover waitlist design was used. BodyWise (N = 50) versus treatment as usual (N = 40) were compared on standardized measures of body image disturbance. Results demonstrated significant improvement in the group compared to treatment as usual for the primary outcome measure (Eating Disorder Examination-Questionnaire Shape Concern subscale) and other manifestations of body image disturbance including body checking and body image quality of life. BodyWise appeared acceptable to participants, and was easy to deliver within the pragmatics of a busy eating disorder service. There is potential for its wider dissemination as a precursor to more active body image interventions.
Eating Disorders Service, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK; Section of Eating Disorders, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College, London.
Victoria A
VA
Mountford
Amy
A
Brown
Bryony
B
Bamford
Saeideh
S
Saeidi
John F
JF
Morgan
Hubert
H
Lacey
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000856:Anorexia Nervosa / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D001828:Body Image / Q000523:psychology*; D015992:Body Mass Index; D015928:Cognitive Behavioral Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D010555:Personality Inventory / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D010865:Pilot Projects; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011788:Quality of Life; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013851:Thinness / Q000523:psychology
anorexia nervosa; body image disturbance; in-patient; low weight; treatment