Certainty assessment | Impact | Certainty | Importance | ||||||
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№ of studies | Study design | Risk of bias | Inconsistency | Indirectness | Imprecision | Other considerations | |||
Outcomes: Weight gain; EDE-Q | |||||||||
1 | case series | very seriousa,b | not serious | not serious | not serious | strong associationc | 1 case series with 19 families caring for adolescents with AN. At the end of the treatment (guided caregiver FBT training) and at follow-up, the adolescents experienced weight gain similar to clinician delivered FBT programs (large effect size) [107]. | ⨁⨁⨁◌ MODERATE | CRITICAL |
ED-related psychopathology (EDE-Q scores) for those with AN improved by the end of the treatment [107]. | |||||||||
1 | open trial | very seriousa,b | not serious | not serious | not serious | none | 1 pilot open trial with adolescents with, at risk, or at high-risk for AN (n = 12 diagnosed with AN, n = 12 at risk for AN, n = 22 at high risk for AN) [108]. At the end of the 6 family-based early intervention online sessions, adolescents remained stable or increased in ideal body weight (weight gain). | ⨁⨁◌◌ LOW | CRITICAL |