From: Canadian practice guidelines for the treatment of children and adolescents with eating disorders
Certainty assessment | Impact | Certainty | Importance | ||||||
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№ of studies | Study design | Risk of bias | Inconsistency | Indirectness | Imprecision | Other considerations | |||
Binge Purge Frequency (assessed with: frequency diary), Psychological symptoms (EDE) | |||||||||
1 | Case control | serious a | not serious | not serious | not serious | none | One 15 yo female treated with FBT alone, compared to one 15 yo female treated with FBT and CBT (1 h sessions were split into 30 min of FBT and 30 min of CBT). Both improved significantly - BP episodes decreased from 10 to 12 episodes per week to 0. | ⨁◯◯◯ VERY LOW | IMPORTANT |
serious a | not serious | not serious | not serious | none | EDE scores were collected at end of this CBT plus FBT compared to FBT alone study (n = 2). EDE scores were similar in these two patients and demonstrated normal scores (in remission). | ⨁◯◯◯ VERY LOW | IMPORTANT |