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

Table 7.

FBT plus CBT for children and adolescents with anorexia nervosa

Certainty assessment Impact Certainty Importance
№ of studies Study design Risk of bias Inconsistency Indirectness Imprecision Other considerations
Weight (assessed with: percent ideal body weight) Psychological Symptoms of ED (assessed with: EDE and EDI)
 3 Case series adding CBT to FBT very serious a,b not serious not serious not serious none Total n = 78. Three case series looked at a perfectionism module added to FBT, or an exposure component to FBT. Weight increased significantly. One case series looked at Acceptance-Based Separated Family Treatment (n = 47), and also noted weight improved to ideal weight in about 50% of cases from pre to post treatment (20 sessions over 24 weeks).

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VERY LOW

CRITICAL
very serious a,b not serious not serious not serious none In one study 2/3 in full remission, 1/3 in partial remission.

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VERY LOW

CRITICAL
very serious a,b not serious not serious not serious none Decreases in EDE scores and EDI scores reported.

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VERY LOW

CRITICAL
Perfectionism (assessed with: Child and Adolescent Perfectionism Scale)
 2 Case reports very serious a,b not serious not serious not serious none Two case reports (n = 9 total) report on decreased perfectionism scores with the addition of a CBT perfectionism module or the addition of acceptance-based strategies

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VERY LOW

IMPORTANT

Explanations

ano randomization

bno control condition

Bibliography:

Case Series - Hurst 2019 [72], Hildebrandt 2014 [70], Timko 2015 [71]

Case Reports - Hurst 2015 [74], Merwin 2013 [73]