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. 2020 Feb 1;8:4. doi: 10.1186/s40337-020-0277-8

Table 18.

Cognitive behavioural therapy for ARFID

Certainty assessment Impact Certainty Importance
№ of studies Study design Risk of bias Inconsistency Indirectness Imprecision Other considerations
Avoidance of Food (assessed with: clinical impression)
 12 Case Reports very serious a,b not serious not serious not serious none 28 cases are described in which various cognitive behavioural strategies including systematic desensitization (17), hypnosis (6) and EMDR (4) were used. Patients were aged 3 to 16 years (12 male, 16 female). Improvement in food avoidance behaviour was reported in all cases.

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VERY LOW

IMPORTANT
Telemedicine - Increased food variety (assessed with: bites of nonpreferred food)
 1 Case Report very serious a,b not serious not serious not serious none Case report with CBT delivered by teleconsultation to parents of 8 year old boy with ARFID. Increased frequency of bites of nonpreferred food was noted.

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VERY LOW

IMPORTANT

Explanations

ano randomization

bno control condition

Bibliography:

Case Reports - Murphy 2016 [125], Fischer 2015 [124], Nock 2002 [119], Okada 2007 [122], Ciyiltepe 2006 [121], de Roos 2008 [123], Culbert 1996 [117], Siegel 1982 [115], Reid 2016 [126], Chatoor 1988 [116], Chorpita 1997 [118], Bloomfield 2018 [127], Bailly 2003 [120]