Harrison, Amy;
Folk, Rebecca;
Proud, Faye;
Webb, Jessica;
Oyeleye, Oyenike;
Bryan, Danielle Clark;
Webb, Joyce;
... Treasure, Janet; + view all
(2022)
A description of virtual skills workshops for supporters of loved ones with eating disorders: Indicators of benefit and acceptability, clinical reflections and consideration of neurodiversity.
European Eating Disorders Review
10.1002/erv.2939.
(In press).
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Abstract
Objective: Providing information and support to those supporting a loved one with an eating disorder is a key part of evidence-based service provision. We report on how we took our workshops for supporters online during the Covid-19 Pandemic when country-side physical distancing restrictions meant we were unable to work face to face. Methods: We outline the structure of an eight-session 2-h workshop series delivered fortnightly facilitated by a multidisciplinary team of clinicians, researchers and experts by experience. We use a repeated-measures design to understand the possible benefits of the workshops on supporter skills (n = 76). Results: Measured using the Caregiver Skills Scale, we observed small-sized improvements in the overall skills (D = 0.43) of n = 17 supporters who provided data at the end of the intervention. Supporters gave largely positive feedback on the virtual format. They particularly liked the opportunity to interact with other supporters. As facilitators, we overcome our initial anxiety around workshop delivery using a new platform and reflected that having more time to cover key information and for skills practice over a period of 16 weeks offered opportunities to develop and reflect on new skill together as a group. We were also able to work with larger groups of supporters, as several barriers to access were removed. Conclusions: As the workshops reached a larger number of supporters than through face to face delivery and were of benefit to those who reported on their skills, we plan to continue offering workshops to supporters online in future.
| Type: | Article |
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| Title: | A description of virtual skills workshops for supporters of loved ones with eating disorders: Indicators of benefit and acceptability, clinical reflections and consideration of neurodiversity |
| Location: | England |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1002/erv.2939 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1002/erv.2939 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | © 2022 The Authors. European Eating Disorders Review published by Eating Disorders Association and John Wiley & Sons Ltd. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited and is not used for commercial purposes. |
| Keywords: | Social Sciences, Psychology, Clinical, Psychology, anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, carers, eating disorders, motivational interviewing, psychoeducation, AUTISM-SPECTRUM QUOTIENT, ANOREXIA-NERVOSA, TRAINING WORKSHOPS, CARE, CAREGIVERS, BURDEN, WORK |
| UCL classification: | UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education > IOE - Psychology and Human Development UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education UCL |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10153381 |
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