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Equine-assisted Therapy in the Management of Adolescent Patients With Severe Anorexia Nervosa: a Qualitative Study

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What is being collected

Data Collection

Collected from past medical records and data - Retrospective
Who is being recruted

Anorexia Nervosa

+ Feeding and Eating Disorders

+ Mental Disorders

From 13 to 25 Years
+9 Eligibility Criteria
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How is the trial designed

Cohort

Tracking disease incidence in order to identify risk factors and understand disease progression over time.
Observational
Study Start: November 2020
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Summary

Principal SponsorInstitut Mutualiste Montsouris
Last updated: January 28, 2026
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Study start date: November 2, 2020

Actual date on which the first participant was enrolled.

Background: Severe anorexia nervosa is a complex psychiatric pathology with limited therapeutic tools to reduce morbidity and mortality. Equine-assisted therapy could provide additional therapeutic benefits. Objectives : The investigators aimed to explore the effects of equine assisted therapy on the experience of adolescents with severe anorexia nervosa. Méthods : Using a qualitative approach based on Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis, the investigators conducted semi-structured interviews with nine participants who had taken part in equine-assisted therapy sessions.

Official TitleEquine-assisted Therapy in the Management of Adolescent Patients With Severe Anorexia Nervosa: a Qualitative Study
NCT06393491
Principal SponsorInstitut Mutualiste Montsouris
Last updated: January 28, 2026
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Protocol

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.
Design Details

9 patients to be enrolled

Total number of participants that the clinical trial aims to recruit.

Cohort

These studies follow a group of individuals with common characteristics (such as a condition or birth year) over a specific period to study health outcomes or exposures.

Eligibility

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria: person's general health condition or prior treatments.
Conditions
Criteria

Female

Biological sex of participants that are eligible to enroll.

From 13 to 25 Years

Range of ages for which participants are eligible to join.

Healthy volunteers not allowed

If individuals who are healthy and do not have the condition being studied can participate.

Conditions

Pathology

Anorexia NervosaFeeding and Eating DisordersMental Disorders

Criteria

7 inclusion criteria required to participate
fluent French
having participated in at least 2 equine-assisted therapy sessions
being or having been hospitalised between 2016 and 2022 in the psychiatric hospitalisation unit of the Institut Mutualiste Montsouris (Paris)
ICD 10 diagnosis F50.0/ F.50.1
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2 exclusion criteria prevent from participating
having been under the care of C. Lepy (resident) during hospitalisation at the Institut Mutualiste Montsouris (Paris)
refusal to participate on the part of the participant or the holder of parental authority.

Study Plan

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Study Objectives

Study Objectives

Primary Objectives

Study Centers

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This study has 1 location

Suspended

Institut Mutualiste Montsouris

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CompletedOne Study Center