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psycho-educational-behavioral component is provided. The
PIFS-ED has succeeded in reducing eating and co-morbid
symptoms among the children of mothers with EDs and has
improved parental coordination and support.This pioneering
preventive intervention program is designed to reduce the
negative effects of maternal mental disorder on the family’s
feeding practices and the functional outcomes of children, in
families in which the mother has an ED.
F60
Intelligence in eating disorders
Christina M Schilder, Sitara G Faasen, Unna N Danner,
Annemarie A van Elburg
Altrecht, Zeist, Netherlands
Purpose
Specific aspects of neurocognitive functioning, such
as central coherence and set shifting are increasingly studied
in eating disorders. Intelligence, a global measure of neuro-
cognitive functioning, is less extensively studied. This study
aims to investigate general intelligence, relative strengths
en weaknesses in the intelligence profile and associations
with Body Mass Index (BMI) and psychological co-morbidity
(anxiety and depression) in eating disorder patients.
Methods
Approximately 400 eating disorder patients (both adolescents
and adults) provided data on the Wechsler Intelligence Scale
(total IQ, Verbal IQ, Performance IQ and 11 subtest scores),
Beck Depression Inventory, State and Trait Anxiety Inven-
tory and BMI. Data collection took place as part of routine
psychological assessments before the start of treatment at
Altrecht Eating Disorders Rintveld.
Results
Data-analysis is
ongoing, the results will be available at the time of the con-
ference. Potential differences in general, verbal and perfor-
mance IQ between eating disorder patients and the general
population, and between different eating disorders, will be
presented. Furthermore, the influence of anxiety and depres-
sion on IQ and subscale scores will be examined, as well as
associations between IQ and BMI.
Conclusions
The relative
strengths and weaknesses in the intelligence profile of eating
disorder patients will be discussed, as well as implications for
further research and treatment.
F61
Evidence-based Treatments in Eating Disorders: How do
they relate to patient perceived treatment outcome
Lucy Serpell
1,3
, Blake Stobie
2
, Rachel van Schaick
1,4
1
University College London, London, United Kingdom,
2
South
London and Maudsley NHS Trust, London, United King-
dom,
3
North East London Foundation Trust, Essex, United
Kingdom,
4
Children and Young People’s Services, London
Borough of Hackney, London, United Kingdom
Purpose:
To investigate whether empirically-supported
psychological therapies (ESTs) are associated with higher
self-rated treatment outcomes in clients with Bulimia Nervosa
(BN).
Methods:
98 adults who had received psychological
therapy for BN completed a questionnaire which retrospec-
tively assessed the specific contents of their psychological
therapy and self-rated treatment outcomes.
Results:
Half
of participants recalled having received an EST. Cognitive
Behaviour Therapy for Bulimia Nervosa (CBT-BN, an EST)
was associated with higher self-rated treatment outcomes
than non-specialist cognitive-behavioural therapy. However,
self-rated treatment outcomes were similar overall between
ESTs and psychological therapies which currently have less
empirical support.
Conclusions:
The findings support the
perceived helpfulness of CBT-BN as it has been evaluated in
controlled research trials. Cognitive-behavioural therapies for
BN, as they are delivered in practice in the UK, are not nec-
essarily perceived as more beneficial by clients with BN than
psychological therapies which currently have less empirical
support.
F62
ME, YOU & US: A PROMISING NOVEL UNIVERSAL
INTERVENTION FOR PREVENTING BODY DISSATISFAC-
TION AND EATING PATHOLOGY IN UK SCHOOLS.
Helen Sharpe, Janet Treasure, Ulrike Schmidt
King’s College London, London, United Kingdom
Purpose: Universal teacher-delivered prevention offers a
valuable opportunity to create easily disseminatable interven-
tions that do not risk stigmatizing individuals by defining them
as being at risk. Me, You & Us is a novel 6 session interven-
tion developed by augmenting established media literacy
interventions with lessons targeting other risk factors for body
dissatisfaction and eating pathology: negative peer environ-
ments, depression and self esteem. The aim of this study was
to assess the effectiveness of this novel intervention in reduc-
ing risk factors for body dissatisfaction and eating pathology.
Methods: In a clustered randomized controlled trial, 437
female students from 3 schools were randomly assigned to
Me, You & Us or to curriculum as usual control. Body esteem,
media internalization, fat talk, friend support, depression and
self esteem were assessed at baseline, post-intervention and
3 month follow up. Results: Post-intervention results showed
significant improvements in body esteem, internalization and
self esteem in those receiving Me, You & Us compared to
controls. Three month follow up is due to be completed in
May 2012. Conclusions: This is a promising new universal
intervention combining established media literacy with mod-
ules that promote helpful peer relations and that use positive
psychology to combat depression and low self esteem. Initial
positive results suggest that this is an intervention that is
worth investigating and refining in future trials.
F63
PROMOTING HEALTH BEHAVIOR IN CHILDREN VIA
TEXT MESSAGING
Cátia B. Silva
1
, Daniel Fassnacht
2
, Kathina Ali
3
, Sónia
Gonçalves
4
, Paulo P. Machado
5
1
University of Minho, Braga, Portugal,
2
JCU singapore, Sin-
gapore, Singapore,
3
JCU singapore, Singapore, Singapore,
4
University of Minho, Braga, Portugal,
5
University of Minho,
Braga, Portugal
Several studies showed that technology enhanced mea-
sures could be a useful and innovating tool to promote heath
behaviors. In this study, a Short Message Service (SMS)
program was used to monitor three behaviors: fruit and
vegetable consumption, physical activity and screen time.
Based on the input (SMS) of each participant, the program
sent an automatic supporting feedback message. The aim of
this minimal intervention (eight weeks period) was to improve
all indicated behaviors. Testing feasibility, adherence and
satisfaction of the SMS system was also in the scope of the
study. Eight classes with a total of 160 children (age 8 to 10)
participated in this study and were randomly distributed into
an intervention group (with access to the program) and a con-
trol group (without access to the program). The adherence
was high with participants sending the monitoring SMS in
67% of the intervention days. Furthermore, high satisfaction
scores were reported (89.4% were satisfied with the pro-
gram). Significant results regarding fruit and vegetable con-
sumption were found, F (2,168) = 7.86, p<.01 indicating that
participants in the intervention group increased the amount
of fruit and vegetable intake over time. However, results for
physical activity, F(2,162)=0.93, p=.399, and screen time,
F(2,168)=1.40, p=.249 were non significant. Summarizing
the results, this minimal intervention demonstrated to be a
feasible program to increase fruit and vegetable consump-
tion. There seems to be a need to further investigate such
programs, as 32% of the children were overweight and 8%
obese.
POSTER SESSION 2 ABSTRACTS