Determinants of direct and indirect costs in anorexia nervosa

Abstract

Costs resulting from health care utilization and productivity loss are substantial, although the sample studied had not received sufficient treatment. Future research should analyze the development of costs over time.

Correlates of health related quality of life in anorexia nervosa

“…Health related quality of life (HRQoL) is an important patient related outcome in clinical trials and health care research . Its consideration in anorexia nervosa (AN) is of particular importance in light of the severe somatic consequences of AN .…”

The role of self‐esteem in the treatment of patients with anorexia nervosa – A systematic review and meta‐analysis

“…Depending on the use of passive versus active weight control behaviors, a restrictive subtype (AN-R) and a binge-purge subtype (AN-BP) may be distinguished (WHO, 2016). On a societal level, the disorder has been reported to produce direct costs comparable to that of schizophrenia (Stuhldreher et al, 2015). For affected individuals and their relatives, AN appears as a malign developmental influence (Lindstedt, Kjellin, & Gustafsson, 2017).…”

Intensive treatment for adults with anorexia nervosa: The cost of weight restoration

“…In anorexia nervosa (AN), chronicity and adult status are associated with worse prognosis, and no outpatient intervention normalizes weight in a majority of adult patients (Guarda, 2008). AN has one of the highest treatment costs of any psychiatric disorder Striegel-Moore et al, 2000;Stuhldreher et al, 2015), largely due to the high cost of hospitalization [inpatient (IP), or residential] for nutritional rehabilitation. Correlational data support a dose response relationship between discharge body mass index (BMI) from intensive treatment and relapse (Friedman et al, 2016;Kaplan et al, 2009;Rigaud et al, 2011;Steinhausen et al, 2008Steinhausen et al, , 2009.…”