Titel:	Internet-Based Motivation Program for Women With Eating Disorders: Eating Disorder Pathology and Depressive Mood Predict Dropout
Autor(en):	von Brachel, Ruth Hötzel, Katrin Hirschfeld, Gerrit Rieger, Elizabeth Schmidt, Ulrike Kosfelder, Joachim Hechler, Tanja Schulte, Dietmar Vocks, Silja
Zusammenfassung:	Background: One of the main problems of Internet-delivered interventions for a range of disorders is the high dropout rate, yet little is known about the factors associated with this. We recently developed and tested a Web-based 6-session program to enhance motivation to change for women with anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, or related subthreshold eating pathology. Objective: The aim of the present study was to identify predictors of dropout from this Web program. Methods: A total of 179 women took part in the study. We used survival analyses (Cox regression) to investigate the predictive effect of eating disorder pathology (assessed by the Eating Disorders Examination-Questionnaire; EDE-Q), depressive mood (Hopkins Symptom Checklist), motivation to change (University of Rhode Island Change Assessment Scale; URICA), and participants’ age at dropout. To identify predictors, we used the least absolute shrinkage and selection operator (LASSO) method. Results: The dropout rate was 50.8% (91/179) and was equally distributed across the 6 treatment sessions. The LASSO analysis revealed that higher scores on the Shape Concerns subscale of the EDE-Q, a higher frequency of binge eating episodes and vomiting, as well as higher depression scores significantly increased the probability of dropout. However, we did not find anyeffect of the URICA or age on dropout. Conclusions: Women with more severe eating disorder pathology and depressive mood had a higher likelihood of dropping out from a Web-based motivational enhancement program. Interventions such as ours need to address the specific needs of women with more severe eating disorder pathology and depressive mood and offer them additional support to prevent them from prematurely discontinuing treatment.
Bibliografische Angaben:	Journal of Medical Internet Research 16(3):e92 2014 ; Toronto : JMIR Publications
URL:	https://osnadocs.ub.uni-osnabrueck.de/handle/urn:nbn:de:gbv:700-2016081114844
Schlagworte:	attrition; web-based treatment; eHealth; eating disorders; motivation to change; anorexia nervosa; bulimia nervosa; bootstrapping; survival analysis
Erscheinungsdatum:	11-Aug-2016
Lizenzbezeichnung:	Namensnennung 3.0 Unported
URL der Lizenz:	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
Publikationstyp:	Einzelbeitrag in einer wissenschaftlichen Zeitschrift [article]
Enthalten in den Sammlungen:	FB08 - Hochschulschriften

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