Institute of Psychosocial Medicine and Psychotherapy, University Hospital, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, Jena, Germany.
Prev Med. 2011 Feb;52(2):152-8. doi: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2010.11.022. Epub 2010 Dec 13.
Anorexia nervosa ('AN') is notoriously difficult to treat, has high mortality rates, and has a prevalence peak in 15-year-old girls. We developed a German school-based intervention program ('PriMa') for the primary prevention of AN in preadolescent girls and assessed the effects in a sample of Thuringian girls.
Intervention involved nine guided lessons with special posters and group discussions. A parallel controlled trial with pre-post measurements and a three-month follow-up was conducted in 92 Thuringian schools (n=1553 girls) in 2007 and 2008. Primary outcomes were conspicuous eating behavior, body self esteem, and AN-related knowledge.
After adjusting for the girls' ages and the type of school, we observed significant improvements in the areas of knowledge (d=.24) and body self esteem (d=.29), but not for eating behavior.
The PriMa intervention provides an efficient and practical model to increase AN-related protection factors.
神经性厌食症(“AN”)的治疗极具难度,死亡率高,且高发人群为 15 岁少女。我们为青春期前少女开发了一种德国基于学校的干预项目(“PriMa”),用于原发性预防神经性厌食症,并在图林根州的少女群体中评估了该项目的效果。
干预措施包括九节有专门海报和小组讨论的指导课程。2007 年至 2008 年,我们在 92 所图林根州学校(n=1553 名少女)中进行了一项具有前后测量和三个月随访的平行对照试验。主要结果是明显的进食行为、身体自尊和与 AN 相关的知识。
在调整了女孩的年龄和学校类型后,我们观察到在知识领域(d=.24)和身体自尊(d=.29)方面有显著改善,但在进食行为方面没有改善。
PriMa 干预提供了一种有效且实用的模式,可以增加与 AN 相关的保护因素。