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- Clinical Trial NCT04564170
Eating Disorders and Autism Spectrum Disorders
Characterization and Relationship Between Eating Disorders and Autism Spectrum Disorders.
Study Overview
Status
Conditions
Detailed Description
The first author who suggested that eating disorders (EAD) and autism spectrum disorders (ASD) share common features was Christopher Gilberg in 1980. Currently it is known that patients with ED have social impairment, which is also a risk marker to develop ED, eating disturbances are overrepresented in ASD, ED and ASD have common behavioural features such as rigidity, perfectionism, and harm avoidance; and common cognitive profiles such as inflexibility, high attention to detail, high scores in systemizing profiles and poor results in advanced theory of mind tests. This relationship is also supported by similar neural phenotypes such as atypical structure and function in social brain regions found in both disorders.
The aim of the present study is to explore the relationship between ED and ASD traits in a sample of Spanish participants diagnosed with AN, bulimia nervosa (BN), binge-eating disorder (BED) and other eating disorders (OED). Specifically, the investigators aim to explore possible differences within the different ED and its particular transdiagnostic features in association with autistic traits.
The sample will consist of 90 patients with ED and 45 healthy controls (HC) without any current or lifetime history of mental disorder, both groups will be compared regarding ED and ASD features. Also patients will be reassessed in a 5 year follow up.
Study Type
Enrollment (Anticipated)
Contacts and Locations
Study Contact
- Name: cristina carmona
- Phone Number: 650003427
- Email: ccarmonaf@santpau.cat
Study Contact Backup
- Name: CEIM Sant Pau
- Phone Number: +34935537813
- Email: ceimsantpau@santpau.ca
Study Locations
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Barcelona, Spain, 08041
- Recruiting
- Cristina Carmona
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Contact:
- cristina carmona
- Phone Number: 650003427
- Email: ccarmonaf@santpau.cat
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Contact:
- cristina carmona
- Phone Number: +34935537813
- Email: CDelgadoE@santpau.cat
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Participation Criteria
Eligibility Criteria
Ages Eligible for Study
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Genders Eligible for Study
Sampling Method
Study Population
Description
Inclusion Criteria:
- Being Diagnosed with ED
Exclusion Criteria:
- language or intellectual impairment
Study Plan
How is the study designed?
Design Details
Cohorts and Interventions
Group / Cohort |
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ED
Patients with Eating Disorders
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HC
Healthy Controls without eating disorders
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What is the study measuring?
Primary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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Autism Spectrum Quotient
Time Frame: one year
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A self report measure of autism traits.
Its values range from 0 to 50.
Higher scores mean higher autistic traits.
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one year
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Eating Disorders Inventory
Time Frame: one year
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A self report measure of Eating Disorders characteristics.
Its values range from 0 to 192, higher values mean higher eating disorders symptomatology.
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one year
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Secondary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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Bulimic Investigatory Test Edinburgh
Time Frame: one year
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A self report measure of bulimic symptoms where higher scores mean more bulimic symptomatology.
Scores range from 0 and 78.
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one year
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Quality of Life Enjoyment and Satisfaction Questionnaire
Time Frame: one year
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The Quality of Life Enjoyment and Satisfaction Questionnaire (Q-LES-Q) is a self-report measure designed to enable investigators to easily obtain sensitive measures of the degree of enjoyment and satisfaction experienced by subjects in various areas of daily functioning.
Its values range from 93 to 465.
Higher values mean higher quality of life.
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one year
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Beck Depression Inventory
Time Frame: one year
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a self report measure of depression symptomatology.
Scores rang form 0 to 63, higher scores mean more depressive symptomatology.
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one year
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Scale Unawareness of Mental Disorders.
Time Frame: one year
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A scale to asess awareness of mental disorders where higher punctuation mean higher levels of unawareness of the disorder.
Scores range from 20 to 100.
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one year
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Body Shape Questionnaire
Time Frame: one year
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A a self-report measure of the body shape preoccupations typical of bulimia nervosa and anorexia nervosa.
Higher scores mean higher concern with shape.
Score range from 34 to 204.
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one year
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Rosenberg Self -Esteem Scale
Time Frame: one year
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A self report measure of self esteem.
Its scores range from 10 to 40 where higher scores mean higher self -esteem
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one year
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State Trait Anxiety Inventory
Time Frame: one year
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A self report measure of anxiety symptomatology.
It has two scores one for state of anxiety and another for trait of anxiety, each subscale values range from 0 to 60, higher scores mean higher state or trait of anxiety.
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one year
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Inventory of interpersonal problems personality disorder
Time Frame: one year
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A self report measure which is used to identify problems associated with particular personality disorders.
Its values range from 0 to 256, higher scores mean higher interpersonal problems.
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one year
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Collaborators and Investigators
Publications and helpful links
General Publications
- Khalsa SS, Portnoff LC, McCurdy-McKinnon D, Feusner JD. What happens after treatment? A systematic review of relapse, remission, and recovery in anorexia nervosa. J Eat Disord. 2017 Jun 14;5:20. doi: 10.1186/s40337-017-0145-3. eCollection 2017.
- Atienza, F., Moreno, Y., & Balaguer, I. (2000). Escala de autoestima de Rosenberg. Recuperado de: https://www. uv. es/uipd/cuestionarios/accesolibre/EAR.
- Beck, A. T., Steer, R. A., & Brown, G. K. (1996). BDI-II: Beck depression inventory. Pearson.
- Bentz M, Jepsen JRM, Pedersen T, Bulik CM, Pedersen L, Pagsberg AK, Plessen KJ. Impairment of Social Function in Young Females With Recent-Onset Anorexia Nervosa and Recovered Individuals. J Adolesc Health. 2017 Jan;60(1):23-32. doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2016.08.011. Epub 2016 Oct 27.
- Cooper, P. J., Taylor, M. J., Cooper, Z., & Fairbum, C. G. (1987). The development and validation of the Body Shape Questionnaire. International Journal of eating disorders, 6(4), 485-494.
- First, M. B. (2015). DSM-5 : Manual de diagnóstico diferencial (DSM-V). Editorial Médica Panamericana.
- Huke V, Turk J, Saeidi S, Kent A, Morgan JF. Autism spectrum disorders in eating disorder populations: a systematic review. Eur Eat Disord Rev. 2013 Sep;21(5):345-51. doi: 10.1002/erv.2244. Epub 2013 Jul 31.
- Nielsen S, Anckarsater H, Gillberg C, Gillberg C, Rastam M, Wentz E. Effects of autism spectrum disorders on outcome in teenage-onset anorexia nervosa evaluated by the Morgan-Russell outcome assessment schedule: a controlled community-based study. Mol Autism. 2015 Mar 8;6:14. doi: 10.1186/s13229-015-0013-4. eCollection 2015.
- Oldershaw A, Treasure J, Hambrook D, Tchanturia K, Schmidt U. Is anorexia nervosa a version of autism spectrum disorders? Eur Eat Disord Rev. 2011 Nov-Dec;19(6):462-74. doi: 10.1002/erv.1069. Epub 2011 Jan 30.
- Spielberger, C. D., Gorsuch, R. L., Lushene, R. E., Vagg, P. R., & Jacobs, G. A. (1970). Manual for the state-trait inventory. Consulting Psychologists, Palo Alto, California.
- Westwood H, Eisler I, Mandy W, Leppanen J, Treasure J, Tchanturia K. Using the Autism-Spectrum Quotient to Measure Autistic Traits in Anorexia Nervosa: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. J Autism Dev Disord. 2016 Mar;46(3):964-77. doi: 10.1007/s10803-015-2641-0.
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Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria
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More Information
Terms related to this study
Additional Relevant MeSH Terms
Other Study ID Numbers
- IIBSP-TCA-2020-11
Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)
Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?
Drug and device information, study documents
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