Yoga in the Treatment of Eating Disorders: a Randomized Trial (TEP)

University of Minnesota (UMN)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Bulimia Nervosa; Anorexia Nervosa

Treatments: Behavioral: yoga

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02191995

1405S51026

Details and patient eligibility

About

Yoga facilitates the treatment of eating disorders by decreasing symptom severity over time.

Enrollment: 38 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• admitted to the Anna Westin House treatment facility of the Emily Program in MN during timeframe study is being run

Exclusion criteria

• declines participation in study

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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38 participants in 2 patient groups

body awareness yoga

Experimental group

Description:

body awareness yoga session prior to breakfast meal

Treatment:

Behavioral: yoga

Control Arm

No Intervention group

Description:

No intervention