One Hundred Referrals to an Eating Disorders Service: Progress and Service Consumption Over a 2–4 Year Period

Cluster analysis of key diagnostic variables from two independent samples of eating-disorder patients: evidence for a consistent pattern

“…Mean scores on clinical and demographic characteristics were very similar to another cohort of consecutive referrals to the same service previously published (Button et al 1997). For some years the service has collected and electronically recorded standard clinical information on all patients assessed.…”

Premature termination of treatment for anorexia nervosa: Differences between patient‐initiated and staff‐initiated discharge

“…For those in the PTT‐SID group, median survival time was 104 days (95% CI 33.44–174.56). Log rank (Mantel‐Cox) analysis confirmed a significant difference in survival distributions between the PID and SID categorizations of PTT: χ (1, N = 52) = 20.430, p < .0005.…”

“…There were no significant differences found between sites with regards to discharge data (weight change, p = .660; discharge BMI, p = .196; treatment length, p = .271). Differences were however identified in the PTT rate across sites: χ (3, 90) = 9.60, p = .022. The association was of weak to moderate strength: φ = 0.327.…”

“…The effect size was small ( d = 0.268). The PID participants were also more likely to have been previously admitted to treatment under the Mental Health Act, with 41.7% ( n = 12) having previously been sectioned, compared with 12.6% ( n = 2) of those in the SID group ( χ (1, N = 52) = 4.282, p = .039). No other significant differences were detected between groups.…”

“…In support of this are the high rates of premature termination of treatment (PTT) documented in the literature. PTT rates as high as 50% are not uncommon . A recent multi‐site study of specialist eating disorder centres in the UK reported average PTT rates of 57.8% .…”