Caregivers in anorexia nervosa: is grief underlying parental burden?

"Declarations Conflict of interestThe authors have no relevant financial or non-financial interests to disclose. Ethical approvalThis study was part of a larger longitudinal multi-centered study named EVHAN (Evaluation of Hospitalization for AN, Eudract number: 2007-A01110-53, registered in Clinical trials). It was performed in line with the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki. The study protocol was approved by the Ile-de-France III Ethics Committee and the Commission Nationale de l’Informatique et des Libertés. Consent to participateWritten informed consent was appropriately obtained from each participant before inclusion, and from the parents of those who were under 18 years of age. All individual participants included in the study gave written consent. Consent to publishThe authors affirm that all individual participants provided informed consent for publication in a journal article. Conflict of interest The authors have no relevant financial or non-financial interests to disclose."

"Funding No funding was received to assist with the preparation of this manuscript. The EVHAN study was supported by grants from the French Ministry of Health (PHRCN 2007, 2011 AOM11197; ANR Jeune chercheur) and from CNAM-TS, Fondation de France, Fondation MGEN, EHESP, AP-HP, CIFRE, and Contrats d’interface INSERM. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript."