Nursing interventions in the treatment of Avoidant restrictive food intake disorder (ARFID)
Laine, Tomi (2025)
2025
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Background: Avoidant restrictive food intake disorder shortened as ARFID is a more newer eating disorder, introduced in DSM-5 in May of 2013. Due to its short history so far, the interventions for it have been researched actively and is ongoing. As an eating disorder it is not exactly understood very well yet.
Aim: To bring forward this newer eating disorder to the forefront of discussions and gain insight as to the nursing interventions that can be used to treat patients that are diagnosed with ARFID.
Method: Literature review was implemented as the method. Three different scientific databases were used for the data search, which included CINAHL, PubMed and Google Scholar. Nine different articles were included for analysis following the assessment and critical appraisal method. The selected observations were examined using a content analysis.
Results: The results determined that there is a lot of progress made on the interventions available for nurses, but with the lack of clinical case studies done on the subject there is still progress to be made on official evidence-based nursing interventions.
Conclusion: By researching and conducting clinical case studies, official evidence based interventions can be created and used in treating patients with ARFID. With these developments nurses will be able to understand ARFID better as an eating disorder while also conducting better care to patients.
Aim: To bring forward this newer eating disorder to the forefront of discussions and gain insight as to the nursing interventions that can be used to treat patients that are diagnosed with ARFID.
Method: Literature review was implemented as the method. Three different scientific databases were used for the data search, which included CINAHL, PubMed and Google Scholar. Nine different articles were included for analysis following the assessment and critical appraisal method. The selected observations were examined using a content analysis.
Results: The results determined that there is a lot of progress made on the interventions available for nurses, but with the lack of clinical case studies done on the subject there is still progress to be made on official evidence-based nursing interventions.
Conclusion: By researching and conducting clinical case studies, official evidence based interventions can be created and used in treating patients with ARFID. With these developments nurses will be able to understand ARFID better as an eating disorder while also conducting better care to patients.