From efficacy to effectiveness: child and adolescent eating disorder treatments in the real world (Part 2): 7-year follow-up.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Eating disorders are often characterised as disabling, chronic or relapsing conditions with high mortality rates. This study reports follow-up outcomes for patients seen at the Maudsley Centre for Child and Adolescent Eating Disorders (MCCAED), whose end of treatment outcomes are reported in a separate paper.

Methods

Three-hundred-and-fifty-seven former patients, who received evidence-based treatment for an eating disorder as a child or adolescent in MCCAED between 2009 and 2014 were eligible to participate. Current contact information was available for 290, of whom 149 (51.4%) consented to follow-up. Participants were sent links to online questionnaires, with additional demographic information extracted from medical records. Descriptive analyses of key socioecono

SUBMITTER: Stewart CS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8817149 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature