Longitudinal Effects of Residential Treatment for Eating Disorders: Symptom Trajectories and Predictors of Functional Outcomes.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Residential treatment for eating disorders addresses the gap between inpatient and outpatient care, but evidence for longer-term and functional outcomes remains limited. The current study examined both clinical and functional outcomes from admission to a 6-month follow-up from Australia's first residential service for eating disorders.

Method

Measures of eating disorder symptoms, body mass index (BMI), anxiety, depression, general and eating disorder-specific health-related quality of life (HRQoL), and functional disability were completed at pretreatment, posttreatment, and 3- and 6-month follow-ups by 81 individuals with eating disorders (M _age = 25.78 years).

Results

Linear mixed effects modeling found that change in outcomes over time was best

SUBMITTER: Day S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12232342 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature