Transition from an adolescent to an adult eating disorder treatment centre: A qualitative investigation of the experience of inpatients with anorexia nervosa and their carers using interpretative phenomenological analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

To capture the subjective experience of eating disorder patients and their immediate family members in the transition between adolescent and adult treatment services and to explore how both groups make sense of this specific experience.

Design

Qualitative study in the form of in-depth interviews using interpretative phenomenological analysis.

Settings

Participants were recruited from a university department of a large psychiatric hospital specialising in eating disorders between July 2021 and September 2022.

Participants

A convenience sample of 18 participants was recruited, including 12 patients aged 19-30 years (m = 22.5, SD = 3.8) and six of their respective caregivers.

Results

Four main themes were identified in relation to the participants' exp

SUBMITTER: Scanferla E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12547370 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature