Table 21 Dialectical behavioural therapy for eating disorders
From: Canadian practice guidelines for the treatment of children and adolescents with eating disorders
| Certainty assessment | Impact | Certainty | Importance | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| № of studies | Study design | Risk of bias | Inconsistency | Indirectness | Imprecision | Other considerations | |||
| Binge Frequency (assessed with: number per month) Purge Frequency | |||||||||
| 2 | Case Series | very serious a | not serious | not serious | not serious | none | Two case series and one case report for a total of 22 patients (10 EDNOS, 6 AN, 6 BN) reported a significant decrease in binge frequency. Reduction in vomiting pre and post treatment. | ⨁◯◯◯ VERY LOW | IMPORTANT |
| very serious a | not serious | not serious | not serious | none | There were decreases in psychological symptoms. | ⨁◯◯◯ VERY LOW | IMPORTANT | ||
| very serious a | not serious | not serious | not serious | none | A decrease in self harm also noted. | ⨁◯◯◯ VERY LOW | IMPORTANT | ||
| Binge Frequency, EDE scores | |||||||||
| 1 | Case Report | very serious a | not serious | not serious | not serious | none | N = 1 female with BED – decreased frequency of binge episodes | ⨁◯◯◯ VERY LOW | IMPORTANT |
| very serious a | not serious | not serious | not serious | none | improvement in EDE scores. | ⨁◯◯◯ VERY LOW | IMPORTANT | ||