Development and validation of a progress monitoring tool tailored for use in intensive eating disorder treatment.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Despite calls for routine use of progress and outcome monitoring in private and intensive treatment centres for eating disorders (EDs), existing measures have limited relevance to these supervised treatment settings. This study sought to develop and validate the progress monitoring tool for eating disorders, a multidimensional measure for progress monitoring in the context of intensive ED treatment.

Method

Thirty-seven items were generated by a team of content experts, clinicians, and administrative staff from the target treatment setting. Adolescent and adult females (N = 531) seeking residential ED treatment completed the items at admission as part of the clinic's routine assessment battery; 83% were retained for repeat assessment at discharge. Exploratory factor

SUBMITTER: Espel-Huynh H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7086406 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature