Abstract
Background: Anorexia nervosa (AN) is a debilitating psychiatric disorder associated with many adverse health complications and psychiatric comorbidity. Literature review suggests that existing evidence for AN treatment in adults is weak, and no empirically supported treatment has been reliably established. The primary objective of this study is to gain knowledge about the effectiveness of enhanced cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT-E) for anorexia nervosa delivered in a public hospital setting. Baseline predictors of treatment outcome and dropout are studied. Furthermore, blood and stool samples for a general biobank to be able to initiate research on possible pathophysiological mechanisms underlying anorexia nervosa.
 Methods: This study was based on a Quasi-experimental one-group pre-test and post-test research design. In this study, 60 adolescent girls were included. The sampling technique used in this study was the nonprobability convenience method of sampling. Data was collected by using questionnaires.
 Results: In the pre-test, 14(28%) of the adolescent girl had poor knowledge, 68% of them had average, and 4% of them had a good level of knowledge score. The minimum score in pre-test was three, and the maximum score was 11; the mean score for the pre-test was 6.88 ± 2.04with a mean percentage score of 34.40 ±10.23, whereas in post-test, 8(16%) of the adolescent girl had average knowledge, 70% of them had good, and 14% of them had an excellent level of knowledge score.
 Conclusion: Thus, it is concluded that the planned teaching on the prevention of anorexia nervosa among adolescent girls effectively improved the knowledge.
Highlights
Anorexia nervosa (AN) continues to have a severe prognosis despite considerable efforts to improve its treatment
The minimum score in pre-test was three, and the maximum score was 11; the mean score for the pre-test was 6.88 ± 2.04with a mean percentage score of 34.40 ±10.23, whereas in post-test, 8(16%) of the adolescent girl had average knowledge, 70% of them had good, and 14% of them had an excellent level of knowledge score
The study shows that in the pre-test, 14(28%) of the adolescent girls had poor knowledge, 68% had average, and 4% had a good level of knowledge score
Summary
Anorexia nervosa (AN) continues to have a severe prognosis despite considerable efforts to improve its treatment. Some studies report a better prognosis than later-onset AN, whereas others say that pre-menarche onset has a poorer outcome. Blood and stool samples for a general biobank to be able to initiate research on possible pathophysiological mechanisms underlying anorexia nervosa. A national survey found that one teenage girl in 8 and 4% of teenage boys had severe symptoms of anorexia nervosa and bulimia and that onethird of both adolescent boys and girls have engaged in food binges. There will be collected blood and stool samples for a general biobank to initiate research on possible pathophysiological mechanisms underlying AN [7]
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