Pathways to eating disorder care: A European multicenter study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The aim of this study was to assess barriers and facilitators in the pathways toward specialist care for eating disorders (EDs).

Methods

Eleven ED services located in seven European countries recruited patients with an ED. Clinicians administered an adapted version of the World Health Organization "Encounter Form," a standardized tool to assess the pathways to care. The unadjusted overall time needed to access the ED unit was described using the Kaplan-Meier curve.

Results

Four-hundred-nine patients were recruited. The median time between the onset of the current ED episode and the access to a specialized ED care was 2 years. Most of the participants did not directly access the specialist ED unit: primary "points of access" to care were mental health profes

SUBMITTER: Monteleone AM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10228357 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature