Annika H. Davidsen vart ph.d. á Københavns Universitet
Mánadagin 4. apríl vardi Annika Helgadóttir Davidsen ph.d. ritgerð sína við Psykologisk Institut á Københavns Universitet. Ritgerðin er um royndir við bólkaviðgerð fyri etingarólag. Ritgerðin kallast: “Group psychotherapy for eating disorders: A randomized clinical trial and a pre-treatment moderator and mediation analysis”
Arbeiðið hevur verið gjørt á Psykoterapeutisk Center Stolpegård og á Institut for Psykologi, Københavns Universitet.
Vegleiðarar hava verið:
Marianne Lau, dr.med. yvirlækni á Psykoterapeutisk Center Stolpegård
Mette Waaddegaard, ph.d. yvirlækni á Psykoterapeutisk Center Stolpegård
Stig Bernt Poulsen, lektari á Institut for Psykologi, Københavns Universitet.
Í metingarnevndini vóru:
Jan Nielsen, lektari á Institut for Psykologi, Københavns Universitet, formaður
Rolf Holmqvist, professari við Linköpings Universitet
Kim de Jong, lektari við Universiteit Leiden
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Samandráttur
The aim of this thesis was twofold. First, I wanted to examine the effect of client feedback on treatment attendance and outcome in group psychotherapy for eating disorders. Second, I wanted to contribute to the relatively scarce body of research on the consequences of an eating disorder on functionality.
Firstly, we conducted a randomized clinical trial and included 159 adult participants diagnosed with bulimia nervosa, binge eating disorder, or eating disorder not otherwise specified according to DSM-IV. Eighty participants were allocated to the experimental group, and 79 participants were allocated to the control group. In both groups, the participants received 20-25 weekly group psychotherapy sessions. In the experimental group, participants gave and received feedback about the therapy progress and alliance, measured before and after each session using the Outcome Rating Scale and the Group Session Rating Scale. Results showed that feedback had neither a significant effect on the rate of attendance (p = 0.96), nor did it improve outcome (p values > 0.05). The results point to the importance of organizational flexibility, and to the therapists’ view of the usefulness of the feedback measures.
Secondly, I examined duration of illness and body mass index as possible moderators of the relationship between eating disorder severity and functional impairment, as well as psychological distress as a possible mediator of this relationship. The same 159 patients were included in this study. Overall, this study established a link between eating disorder severity, psychological distress and functional impairment indicating that both eating disorder severity and psychological distress.
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