Adolescent utilization of eating disorder higher level of care: roles of family-based treatment adherence and demographic factors.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Outpatient family-based treatment (FBT) is effective in treating restrictive eating disorders among adolescents. However, little is known about whether FBT reduces higher level of care (HLOC) utilization or if utilization of HLOC is associated with patient characteristics. This study examined associations between utilization of eating disorder related care (HLOC and outpatient treatment) and reported adherence to FBT and patient characteristics in a large integrated health system.

Methods

This retrospective cohort study examined 4101 adolescents who received care for restrictive eating disorders at Kaiser Permanente Northern California. A survey was sent to each medical center to identify treatment teams as high FBT adherence (hFBT) and low FBT adherence (lFBT). O

SUBMITTER: Lau JS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10835916 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature