Reasons for admission and variance of body weight at referral in female inpatients with anorexia nervosa in Germany.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Body mass index (BMI) at hospital admission in patients with anorexia nervosa (AN) represents a prognostic marker for mortality, chronicity and future body weight. The current study focused on the associations between BMI standard deviation score (BMI-SDS) at admission and reasons for seeking inpatient treatment. Further interest was given to the relationship between premorbid weight and weight at admission, as well as the effect of both weight at referral and reasons for admission on treatment outcome.

Methods

Data ascertained in the German Register of Children and Adolescents with AN were analysed to assess the parental and patient overlap for 23 predefined reasons for admission, using factor analyses and regressions models.

Results

Complete parent-patien

SUBMITTER: Peters T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8697455 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature