Journal article
Does attrition during follow-up bias outcome data in studies of eating disorders?
Eating behaviors : an international journal, v 11(1), pp 40-44
2010
PMID: 19962119
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Abstract
Attrition is a pervasive problem in eating disorders research. This study examined whether those who do and do not respond to follow-up assessments differ before or during treatment. Participants (
N
=
268) receiving residential eating disorders treatment were categorized according to those who did (“responders,”
n
=
152) and did not (“non-responders,”
n
=
116) complete a one-month follow-up assessment. Among participants diagnosed with bulimia nervosa (
n
=
136), responders exhibited significantly higher scores than non-responders at intake on restraint, weight concern, eating concerns, body dissatisfaction, drive for thinness, and depressive symptoms, and had significantly less improvement in eating concerns during treatment. Among participants with anorexia nervosa (
n
=
132), there were no significant differences between responders and non-responders at intake or in treatment improvement. Research on bulimia nervosa treatment based on responders to follow-up assessments may underestimate the amount of improvement that patients experience.
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- Title
- Does attrition during follow-up bias outcome data in studies of eating disorders?
- Creators
- Amy M Neeren - Department of Psychology, Drexel University, 245 N. 15th St., MS 626, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19102, United StatesMeghan L Butryn - Department of Psychology, Drexel University, 245 N. 15th St., MS 626, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19102, United StatesMichael R Lowe - Department of Psychology, Drexel University, 245 N. 15th St., MS 626, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19102, United StatesAntonia P O'Planick - The Renfrew Center of Philadelphia, 475 Spring Lane, Philadelphia, PA 19128, United StatesDoug W Bunnell - The Renfrew Center of Philadelphia, 475 Spring Lane, Philadelphia, PA 19128, United StatesSusan M Ice - The Renfrew Center of Philadelphia, 475 Spring Lane, Philadelphia, PA 19128, United States
- Publication Details
- Eating behaviors : an international journal, v 11(1), pp 40-44
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Psychological and Brain Sciences (Psychology); Center for Weight, Eating and Lifestyle Science (WELL) [Historical]
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000275021500007
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-70749135593
- Other Identifier
- 991014878112104721
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- Psychiatry
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