Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing Health Coach-Delivered Smartphone-Guided Self-Help With Standard Care for Adults With Binge Eating. Hildebrandt, T., Michaeledes, A., Mayhew, M., Greif, R., Sysko, R., Toro-Ramos, T., & DeBar, L. The American journal of psychiatry, 177(2):134–142, February, 2020. Place: United States
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OBJECTIVE: Cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) has shown efficacy in the treatment of eating disorders. The authors conducted a randomized controlled telemedicine trial of CBT-guided self-help (CBT-GSH) assisted with a smartphone app, Noom Monitor, for binge eating with or without purging. They hypothesized that coach-delivered CBT-GSH telemedicine sessions plus Noom Monitor would yield greater reductions in symptoms of binge eating, purging, and eating disorders compared with standard care. METHODS: Fifty-two-week outcomes for CBT-GSH plus Noom Monitor (N=114) were compared with outcomes for standard care (N=111) among members of an integrated health care system in the Pacific Northwest. Patients in the health system who met inclusion criteria were ≥18 years old, had a body mass index ≥18.5, met criteria for DSM-5 binge eating disorder or bulimia nervosa, had 12 months of continuous health care enrollment in Kaiser Permanente Northwest, and had a personal smartphone. Participants received eight CBT-GSH telemedicine sessions over 12 weeks administered by health coaches, and outcomes were assessed at baseline and at weeks 4, 8, 12, 26, and 52. The use of available treatment offered within the Kaiser Permanente health care system was permitted for participants assigned to standard care. RESULTS: Participants who received CBT-GSH plus Noom Monitor reported significant reductions in objective binge-eating days (β=-0.66, 95% CI=-1.06, -0.25; Cohen's d=-1.46, 95% CI=-4.63, -1.09) and achieved higher rates of remission (56.7% compared with 30%; number needed to treat=3.74) at 52 weeks compared with participants in standard care, none of whom received any eating disorder treatment during the intervention period (baseline and weeks 1-12). Similar patterns emerged for compensatory behaviors (vomiting, use of laxatives, and excessive exercise; 76.3% compared with 56.8%; number needed to treat=5.11), eating disorder symptoms (body shape, weight, eating concerns, and dietary restraint), and clinical impairment (Cohen's d=-10.07, -2.15). CONCLUSIONS: These results suggest that CBT-GSH plus Noom Monitor delivered via telemedicine by routine-practice health coaches in a nonacademic health care system yields reductions in symptoms and impairment over 52 weeks compared with standard care.
@article{hildebrandt_randomized_2020,
	title = {Randomized {Controlled} {Trial} {Comparing} {Health} {Coach}-{Delivered} {Smartphone}-{Guided} {Self}-{Help} {With} {Standard} {Care} for {Adults} {With} {Binge} {Eating}.},
	volume = {177},
	issn = {1535-7228 0002-953X},
	doi = {10/ghsrqp},
	abstract = {OBJECTIVE: Cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) has shown efficacy in the treatment of eating disorders. The authors conducted a randomized controlled telemedicine trial  of CBT-guided self-help (CBT-GSH) assisted with a smartphone app, Noom Monitor, for  binge eating with or without purging. They hypothesized that coach-delivered CBT-GSH  telemedicine sessions plus Noom Monitor would yield greater reductions in symptoms  of binge eating, purging, and eating disorders compared with standard care. METHODS:  Fifty-two-week outcomes for CBT-GSH plus Noom Monitor (N=114) were compared with  outcomes for standard care (N=111) among members of an integrated health care system  in the Pacific Northwest. Patients in the health system who met inclusion criteria  were ≥18 years old, had a body mass index ≥18.5, met criteria for DSM-5 binge eating  disorder or bulimia nervosa, had 12 months of continuous health care enrollment in  Kaiser Permanente Northwest, and had a personal smartphone. Participants received  eight CBT-GSH telemedicine sessions over 12 weeks administered by health coaches,  and outcomes were assessed at baseline and at weeks 4, 8, 12, 26, and 52. The use of  available treatment offered within the Kaiser Permanente health care system was  permitted for participants assigned to standard care. RESULTS: Participants who  received CBT-GSH plus Noom Monitor reported significant reductions in objective  binge-eating days (β=-0.66, 95\% CI=-1.06, -0.25; Cohen's d=-1.46, 95\% CI=-4.63,  -1.09) and achieved higher rates of remission (56.7\% compared with 30\%; number  needed to treat=3.74) at 52 weeks compared with participants in standard care, none  of whom received any eating disorder treatment during the intervention period  (baseline and weeks 1-12). Similar patterns emerged for compensatory behaviors  (vomiting, use of laxatives, and excessive exercise; 76.3\% compared with 56.8\%;  number needed to treat=5.11), eating disorder symptoms (body shape, weight, eating  concerns, and dietary restraint), and clinical impairment (Cohen's d=-10.07, -2.15).  CONCLUSIONS: These results suggest that CBT-GSH plus Noom Monitor delivered via  telemedicine by routine-practice health coaches in a nonacademic health care system  yields reductions in symptoms and impairment over 52 weeks compared with standard  care.},
	language = {eng},
	number = {2},
	journal = {The American journal of psychiatry},
	author = {Hildebrandt, Tom and Michaeledes, Andreas and Mayhew, Meghan and Greif, Rebecca and Sysko, Robyn and Toro-Ramos, Tatiana and DeBar, Lynn},
	month = feb,
	year = {2020},
	pmid = {32008396},
	note = {Place: United States},
	keywords = {*Cognitive, *Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, *Computers, *Eating Disorders, *Gender Differences, *Metabolism, *Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, *Smartphone, Adolescent, Adult, Binge-Eating Disorder/*therapy, Female, Humans, Male, Mentoring, Middle Aged, Telemedicine/*methods, Young Adult},
	pages = {134--142},
}

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