Digital Intervention Trial Targets Treatment Motivation During Eating Disorder Waitlists — Canadian RCT Tests Mobile App Solution
247 Health News Editorial
·15 May 2026
·4 min read
·clinical-trialsCanadian researchers are testing whether a mobile app delivering motivational interviewing can maintain treatment motivation in women with eating disorders during waitlist periods. The randomised trial evaluates MI-Coach: ED across British Columbia's provincial eating disorder services.
Originally reported by ClinicalTrials.gov
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