Purpose: The aim of the study was to examine the effects of meal supervision, provided by health professionals, volunteers or family members, on anthropometric, nutritional, psychological, and behavioural outcomes in patients with eating disorders (EDs). Methods: The present systematic review was performed according to the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) statement. The last search was conducted in three databases (PubMed, Scopus, and the Cochrane library). Inclusion criteria considered paediatric and adult patients suffering from EDs, regardless of ethnicity, and treated in different therapeutic settings. The quality of the studies was evaluated using the Newcastle Ottawa Scale (NOS) adapted for cross-sectional studies and Version 2 of the Cochrane risk-of-bias assessment tool for randomised trials. Results: 3282 articles were retrieved, out of which only 6 met the eligibility criteria. A marked heterogeneity in definitions and approaches to supervised mealtime was observed. This variability emerged in the methodologies used in the supervised meal, and in the reference values for the outcome measures that were used, such as the analysis of different parameters. Based on these observations, mealtime assistance provided to patients with EDs shows an overall positive effect on eating behaviour and dysfunctional attitudes. Future research should be prompted to provide a thorough definition of a structured procedure for meal assistance to be potentially and systematically included in the nutritional rehabilitation protocols for patients with EDs. Level of evidence: Level IV systematic reviews of uncontrolled trials.

Effects of mealtime assistance in the nutritional rehabilitation of eating disorders / Lacalaprice, Doriana; Mocini, Edoardo; Frigerio, Francesco; Minnetti, Marianna; Piciocchi, Claudia; Donini, Lorenzo Maria; Poggiogalle, Eleonora. - In: EATING AND WEIGHT DISORDERS. - ISSN 1590-1262. - 28:1(2023), p. 73. [10.1007/s40519-023-01605-9]

Effects of mealtime assistance in the nutritional rehabilitation of eating disorders

Mocini, Edoardo
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Frigerio, Francesco;Minnetti, Marianna;Piciocchi, Claudia;Donini, Lorenzo Maria
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Poggiogalle, Eleonora
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2023

Abstract

Purpose: The aim of the study was to examine the effects of meal supervision, provided by health professionals, volunteers or family members, on anthropometric, nutritional, psychological, and behavioural outcomes in patients with eating disorders (EDs). Methods: The present systematic review was performed according to the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) statement. The last search was conducted in three databases (PubMed, Scopus, and the Cochrane library). Inclusion criteria considered paediatric and adult patients suffering from EDs, regardless of ethnicity, and treated in different therapeutic settings. The quality of the studies was evaluated using the Newcastle Ottawa Scale (NOS) adapted for cross-sectional studies and Version 2 of the Cochrane risk-of-bias assessment tool for randomised trials. Results: 3282 articles were retrieved, out of which only 6 met the eligibility criteria. A marked heterogeneity in definitions and approaches to supervised mealtime was observed. This variability emerged in the methodologies used in the supervised meal, and in the reference values for the outcome measures that were used, such as the analysis of different parameters. Based on these observations, mealtime assistance provided to patients with EDs shows an overall positive effect on eating behaviour and dysfunctional attitudes. Future research should be prompted to provide a thorough definition of a structured procedure for meal assistance to be potentially and systematically included in the nutritional rehabilitation protocols for patients with EDs. Level of evidence: Level IV systematic reviews of uncontrolled trials.
2023
Eating disorders; Eating disorders treatments; Eating psychopathology; Mealtime assistance; Nutritional therapy
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Effects of mealtime assistance in the nutritional rehabilitation of eating disorders / Lacalaprice, Doriana; Mocini, Edoardo; Frigerio, Francesco; Minnetti, Marianna; Piciocchi, Claudia; Donini, Lorenzo Maria; Poggiogalle, Eleonora. - In: EATING AND WEIGHT DISORDERS. - ISSN 1590-1262. - 28:1(2023), p. 73. [10.1007/s40519-023-01605-9]
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