Engelsk titel: And then what happened? A 5-year follow-up of eating disorder patients
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Författare:
Isomaa, Rasmus
;
Isomaa, Anna-Lisa
Email: rasmus.isomaa@abo.fi
Språk: Eng
Antal referenser: 26
Dokumenttyp:
Artikel
UI-nummer: 14103687
Sammanfattning
Background: Eating disorders (EDs) show a varying course and outcome. Within 10 years,
between half and three-quarters of patients recover from their disorder. There is, however, a
lack of consensus in how to defi ne recovery. Aims: The aim of the present naturalistic study
was to assess clinical and full recovery in ED patients 5 years after initiated treatment at a
specialized outpatient unit for EDs. Methods: Data was collected at three time points: after the
investigation period (T1), at the end of treatment (T2) and 5 years after the beginning of
treatment (T3). Data at T1 and T2 were collected from patient records, and at T3 using a
questionnaire. The number of participants was 71 and response rate 78%. Results: At T3, the
proportion in clinical recovery was 83.1%, with no signifi cant differences between diagnostic
groups. The proportion in full recovery, i.e. in addition to a subjective account of being fully
recovered, presenting no physical, behavioural or psychological ED symptoms, was 40.8%.
Conclusions: For most ED patients, outpatient treatment is suffi cient to enable recovery.
How to defi ne and measure recovery still warrants discussion.