Long-Term Outcome and Mortality in Adolescent Girls 8 Years After Treatment for Anorexia Nervosa.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Assessment of the longer-term outcome of anorexia nervosa (AN) in female adolescent inpatients (N = 132).

Method

A follow-up (mean 8.2 years) after treatment was conducted. A subsample of 39 patients with at least 10 years of follow-up (mean 14 years) was defined.

Results

Over the 8-year follow-up period, the body mass index (BMI) increased from 14.33 (1.65) to 19.04 kg/m² (2.97; t[112] = 17.33, p < 0.001, d = 1.63), and BMI percentiles increased from 0.50 (1.14) to 24.96 (26.81; t[112] = 9.83, p < 0.001, d = 0.92). Remission was found in 32.5% (8-year total sample) and 48.6% (14-year subsample). In the 8-year total sample, 15.1% still had AN or had relapsed (8.1% in the 14-year subsample). A cross-over from AN to binge-eating disorder was rare. T

SUBMITTER: Quadflieg N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11629067 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature