Epidemiology of eating disorders in primary care in children and young people: a Clinical Practice Research Datalink study in England.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Examination of current temporal trends and clinical management patterns of eating disorders (ED) in primary care is lacking. We aimed to calculate annual incidence rates of EDs in primary care by age, sex and deprivation. We also explored the care received through referrals, psychotropic prescriptions and associated secondary care service use.

Participants and settings

A retrospective electronic cohort study was conducted using the Clinical Practice Research Datalink in those aged 11-24 years between 2004 and 2014 in England (n=1 135 038).

Results

A total of 4775 individuals with a first ever recorded ED diagnosis were identified. The crude incidence rate was 100.1 per 100 000 person years at risk (95% CI 97.2 to 102.9). Incidence rates were highest in fema

SUBMITTER: Wood S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6688704 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature