Conceptualisation of severe and enduring anorexia nervosa: a qualitative meta-synthesis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Severe and enduring anorexia nervosa (SE-AN) is amongst the most impairing of all mental illnesses. Collective uncertainties about SE-AN nosology impacts treatment refinement. Qualitative research, particularly lived experience literature, can contribute to a process of revision and enrichment of understanding the SE-AN experience and further develop treatment interventions. Poor outcomes to date, as evidenced in clinical trials and mortality for people with SE-AN (1 in 20) demonstrate the need for research that informs conceptualisations and novel treatment directions. This interpretative, meta-ethnographic meta-synthesis aimed to bridge this gap.

Methods

A systematic search for qualitative studies that explored the AN experiences of people with a duration of gre

SUBMITTER: Kiely L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10439651 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature