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Table 2 Patient characteristics

From: Meal support intervention for eating disorders: a mixed-methods systematic review

Author/s

Article type

N

Primary Diagnosis

Mean Body Mass Index (BMI) at Admission (kg/m2)

Age (years)

Sex

Anorexia Nervosa

Bulimia Nervosa

EDNOS

ARFID

Range

M

SD

1. Couturier and Mahmood (2009)

Quantitative

21

✓

   

NR

11.7–17.7

15.1

1.9

F (90%)

2. Kells et al. (2013)

Quantitative

52

✓

   

15.9

9.7–21.7

15.9

2.5

F (96%)

3. Kells et al. (2017)

Quantitative

Control = 52

Intervention = 56

✓

 

✓

 

15.9

16.1

NR

17.4

14.8

3.6

2.3

F (96%)

F (89%)

4. Taylor et al. (2021)

Quantitative

26

   

✓

NR

2–13

6

NR

F (15%)

5. Beukers et al. (2015)

Qualitative

9

✓

   

NR

12–18

NR

NR

NR

6. Hage et al. (2015)

Qualitative

NA

✓

   

14–15

16+

NR

NR

NR

7. Long et al. (2012a)

Qualitative

12

✓

   

NR

17.4–29.5

22.08

3.74

F (100%)

8. Watt and Dickens (2018)

Qualitative

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

9. Cairns et al. (2007)

Mixed methods

40

✓

✓

✓

 

NR

13–18

15.1

NR

NR

10. Long et al. (2012b)

Mixed methods

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

  1. Note. NR = not reported, NA = not applicable, F = female