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Table 1 List of activities proposed during the multidisciplinary inpatient intensive rehabilitation treatment

From: Short-term effects of a multidisciplinary inpatient intensive rehabilitation treatment on body image in anorexia nervosa

Activity

Frequency

Duration

Notes

Individual psychological consultation

1/week

45 min

Specialized psychologists provide support for psychological distress, and eating pathology

In-group psychotherapy

2/week

1 h

Specialized psychologists provide support on a group basis working on the disease, trauma, psychological distress, and eating pathology

Dance movement therapy

1/week

1 h

A specialized psychologist provides an intervention based on Dance Movement Therapy to improve BI perception

Body image therapy

2/week

30 min

Specialized physiotherapists provide interventions to work on BI distortion

Physiotherapy

5/week

30 min

Specialized physiotherapists provide tailored physiotherapy treatments

Low-intensity physical activities

3/week

30 min

Specialized physiotherapists provide gentle gymnastic sessions

Nutritional counseling—individual

1/week

30/45 min

Specialized dieticians provide dietary assessment, evaluation of nutrient intake and adequacy, nutritional status, anthropometric measures, eating patterns, and nutritional history

Nutritional counseling—group

1/week

1 h

Group intervention provided by a specialized dietician relative to healthy eating, general nutrition, and core food groups

Assisted meals

breakfast, snack, lunch, snack, dinner, snack

30 min to 1 h

Participants eat all together supervised by a dietician