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EATING AND WEIGHT DISORDERS-STUDIES ON ANOREXIA BULIMIA AND OBESITY
Volume 23, Issue 5, Pages 645-651Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s40519-017-0415-8
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Eating disorders; Inpatient treatment; Adolescents; Weight restoration; Weight curve
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ObjectiveTo investigate the predictive value of weight restoration trajectories for relapse within the first year after discharge from inpatient treatment among adolescents with AN.MethodsForty four inpatient adolescents (5 boys, 39 girls) aged 11-18 (M 14.85, SD 1.87) diagnosed with anorexia were assessed at admission and discharge from a general hospital inpatient ward. Re-hospitalizations within 1year of discharge were recorded. Factors assessed included 1/BMI at admission, 2/BMI at discharge, 3/percent from target weight (PFTW) at discharge, 4/length of hospitalization, and 5/a weight restoration trajectory measuring weight drops during inpatient weight restoration (rates of negative cubic variation in body weight (NCV).ResultsLogistic regression indicated that negative cubic variation rates (NCV) predicted re-hospitalization. PFTW was found only marginally significant.ConclusionVariations in weight restoration during inpatient treatment may be used to identify patients at risk for relapse. NCV can alert clinicians to initiate early relapse prevention interventions before discharge.Level of Evidence Level III, cohort study.
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