Phillipa Hay|Jonathan Mond|Susan J. Paxton|Bradley M. Rodgers|Anita Darby|Cathy Owen
What are the effects of providing evidence-based information on eating disorders and their treatments? A randomized controlled trial in a symptomatic community sample
James Cook University|La Trobe University|La Trobe University|Australian National University|James Cook University|Australian National University
hypothesize reason infrequent uptake treatments people eating disorders poor knowledge treatments outcomes eating disorders edmental health literacy edmhl aim test putative health benefits brief edmhl interventionin communitybased twophase survey 122 young women mean age 285 sd 63 years ed symptoms meeting dsmiv criteria clinical severity randomized receive either brief edmhl intervention comprising information efficacious treatments reputable selfhelp books go information andor services information local mental health services given feedback scores measures ed symptoms quality life edmhl ed symptoms healthrelated quality life assessed prior intervention 6 12month followupone hundred two participants 84 completed followup 12 months symptomatic improvement changes specific aspects edmhl namely less pessimism difficult eds treat improved recognition knowledge well increased help seeking observed groups differences groups uncommon compared control participants intervention group improved healthrelated quality lifea brief communitybased intervention aimed improve knowledge beliefs eds treatments may valuable first step improving healthrelated outcomes people ed research needed