Table 12 Family therapy (dynamic) for children and adolescents with Anorexia Nervosa
From: Canadian practice guidelines for the treatment of children and adolescents with eating disorders
Certainty assessment | Impact | Certainty | Importance | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
№ of studies | Study design | Risk of bias | Inconsistency | Indirectness | Imprecision | Other considerations | |||
RCT - Good Outcome (assessed with: Morgan Russell) | |||||||||
1 | randomised trials | not serious | not serious | not serious | not serious | none | one RCT involving 60 adolescents randomized to TAU or TAU plus Family Therapy looking at family dynamics. 12/30 had a good outcome in the FT group compared to 5/30 in the TAU group (p < 0.05). | ⨁⨁⨁⨁ HIGH | CRITICAL |
Weight (assessed with: kg) | |||||||||
3 | Case Reports | very serious a,b | not serious | not serious | not serious | none | three case reports looking at 4 female patients (one set of twins) treated with family therapy (one solution focused). Weight improved in all cases. | ⨁◯◯◯ VERY LOW | IMPORTANT |