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Title: Evaluation of a Skills-Based Program for Carers & Families of patients with Moderate to Severe Anorexia Nervosa
Creator(s): Mawdsley, Emma
Symon, Lesley
Biggs, Camilla
Heggie, Kirsten
Simpson, Susan
Rutherford, Alasdair
McNicol, Stacey
Contact Email: alasdair.rutherford@stir.ac.uk
Keywords: Anorexia Nervosa
Carer Burden
Carer Intervention
Schema Therapy
Date Available: 30-Sep-2025
Citation: Mawdsley, E; Symon, L; Biggs, C; Heggie, K; Simpson, S; Rutherford, A; McNicol, S (2025): Evaluation of a Skills-Based Program for Carers & Families of patients with Moderate to Severe Anorexia Nervosa. University of Stirling. Dataset. http://hdl.handle.net/11667/263
Publisher: University of Stirling
Dataset Description (Abstract): This study evaluated a specialist intervention for carers of adults with moderate to severe anorexia (MS-AN), where the individuals may have suffered from the illness for several years and/or experience additional complex mental or physical health diagnoses alongside their eating disorder. A 12-session online group programme was developed to target the specific needs of parents and partners in their role as carers for individuals with MS-AN. The programme provided an opportunity for carers to gain an in-depth understanding of MS-AN and their own iexperience of burnout through the lens of ‘parts’ of self, including coping mechanisms that emerge in response to unmet emotional needs. A range of therapeutic tools were incorporated to facilitate healthy coping and to enhance communication with the person with MS-AN. Baseline demographic information was collected from both patients and carers, as well as several self-report measures which were then completed again mid-intervention (6-weeks), post-intervention, and at 3-months follow-up. Carers also completed questionnaires pre- and post-session for each of the 12 sessions, which included self-report measures about quality of life, relationship with patient, and session helpfulness.
Dataset Description (TOC): all_sessions_carers.dta is a dataset containing the pre- and post-session questionnaire data from carers. anms_working_080425 is a dataset containing carers baseline, , mid-, post-intervention, and follow-up responses. anms_patients_240425 is a dataset containing patient baseline, mid-, post-intervention, and follow-up responses.
Type: dataset
Contract/Grant Title: Evaluation of a Skills-Based Program for Carers & Families of patients with Moderate to Severe Anorexia Nervosa
Funder(s): Other
Contract/Grant Number: TCS/22/05
FV1421
Worktribe Project ID: 1808979
Geographic Location(s): Scotland
Time Period: 2023-2025
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/11667/263
Rights: Rights covered by the standard CC-BY 4.0 licence: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Affiliation(s) of Dataset Creator(s): University of Stirling (Sociology, Social Policy & Criminology)
NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde
NHS Forth Valley
NHS Lothian

Files in This Item:
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anms_patients_240425.dtaBaseline, mid-, post-intervention and 3-month follow-up patient data159.98 kBStata .dtaView/Open
anms_working_080425.dtaBaseline, mid-, post-intervention and 3-month follow-up carer data136.7 kBStata .dta fileView/Open
allsessions_carers.dtaPre- and Post-session data for carers125.12 kBStata .dta fileView/Open


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