Peer mentoring for eating disorders: evaluation of a pilot program.
| Title: | Peer mentoring for eating disorders: evaluation of a pilot program. |
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| Authors: | Beveridge J; Eating Disorders Victoria, Melbourne, Australia.; Phillipou A; 2Centre for Mental Health, Swinburne University of Technology, Hawthorn, PO Box 218 (H99), Melbourne, Victoria 3122 Australia.; 3Department of Psychiatry, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia.; 4Department of Mental Health, St Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia.; 5Department of Mental Health, Austin Health, Melbourne, Australia.; Edwards K; Eating Disorders Victoria, Melbourne, Australia.; Hobday A; Eating Disorders Victoria, Melbourne, Australia.; Hilton K; Eating Disorders Victoria, Melbourne, Australia.; Wyett C; Eating Disorders Victoria, Melbourne, Australia.; Saw A; Eating Disorders Victoria, Melbourne, Australia.; Graham G; Eating Disorders Victoria, Melbourne, Australia.; Castle D; 3Department of Psychiatry, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia.; 4Department of Mental Health, St Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia.; Brennan L; 6School of Psychology, Australian Catholic University, Melbourne, Australia.; Harrison P; 4Department of Mental Health, St Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia.; de Gier R; 5Department of Mental Health, Austin Health, Melbourne, Australia.; Warren N; 7School of Social Sciences, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.; Hanly F; 6School of Psychology, Australian Catholic University, Melbourne, Australia.; Torrens-Witherow B; 6School of Psychology, Australian Catholic University, Melbourne, Australia.; Newton JR; 3Department of Psychiatry, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia.; 4Department of Mental Health, St Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia.; 5Department of Mental Health, Austin Health, Melbourne, Australia.; 8Peninsula Mental Health Service, Peninsula Health, Melbourne, Australia. |
| Corporate Authors: | Steering group committee |
| Source: | Pilot and feasibility studies [Pilot Feasibility Stud] 2018 Apr 18; Vol. 4, pp. 75. Date of Electronic Publication: 2018 Apr 18 (Print Publication: 2018). |
| Publication Type: | Journal Article |
| Language: | English |
| Journal Info: | Publisher: BioMed Central Country of Publication: England NLM ID: 101676536 Publication Model: eCollection Cited Medium: Print ISSN: 2055-5784 (Print) Linking ISSN: 20555784 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Pilot Feasibility Stud Subsets: PubMed not MEDLINE |
| Imprint Name(s): | Original Publication: London : BioMed Central, [2015]- |
| Abstract: | Background: Eating disorders are serious psychiatric illnesses that are often associated with poor quality of life and low long-term recovery rates. Peer mentor programs have been found to improve psychiatric symptoms and quality of life in other mental illnesses, and a small number of studies have suggested that eating disorder patients may benefit from such programs. The aim of this study is to assess the efficacy of a peer mentor program for individuals with eating disorders in terms of improving symptomatology and quality of life.; Methods: Up to 30 individuals with a past history of an eating disorder will be recruited to mentor 30 individuals with a current eating disorder. Mentoring will involve 13 sessions (held approximately every 2 weeks), of up to 3 h each, over 6 months.; Discussion: This pilot proof-of-concept feasibility study will inform the efficacy of a peer mentoring program on improving eating disorder symptomatology and quality of life, and will inform future randomised controlled trials.; Trial Registration: Australian and New Zealand Clinical Trials Registration Number: ACTRN12617001412325. The date of registration (retrospective): 05/10/2017. |
| Competing Interests: | Ethics approval was obtained from the Austin Health Human Research Ethics Committee (HREC/16/Austin/415) and the St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne Human Research Ethics Committee (HREC 204/16). Written informed consent is required for all participants.The authors declare that they have no competing interests.Springer Nature remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. |
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| Contributed Indexing: | Investigator: J Beveridge; K Edwards; A Hobday; C Wyett; A Saw; P Harrison; R de Gier; R Newon; Keywords: Eating disorders; Peer mentor; Peer work; Quality of life; Treatment |
| Entry Date(s): | Date Created: 20180512 Latest Revision: 20220408 |
| Update Code: | 20260130 |
| PubMed Central ID: | PMC5934861 |
| DOI: | 10.1186/s40814-018-0268-6 |
| PMID: | 29750119 |
| Database: | MEDLINE |
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