Enhancing quality of life in people with disordered eating using an online self-help programme

Table 4 Comparison of health assessment scores of participants with disordered eating from baseline to 1-, 3- and 6-month follow-ups using one-way repeated measures ANOVA

N=34	Time 1 (baseline)	Time 2 (1-month FU)	Time 3 (3-month FU)	Time 4 (6-month FU)	F	Partial eta squared	P value
	Mean ± s.d.	Mean ± s.d.	Mean ± s.d.	Mean ± s.d.
SF-36v2*	45.60±15.84	50.23±19.58	55.72±22.41	59.23±24.27	4.93	0.323	0.007
*PCS*	59.67±21.05	61.34±24.38	64.15±24.17	68.95±25.34	2.30	0.182	0.097
Physical functioning	79.71±21.46	79.56±25.74	82.06±23.59	82.35±20.12	0.26	0.025	0.852
Physical role functioning	57.32±33.57	57.18±33.87	62.94±29.68	69.29±32.93	1.80	0.148	0.168
Bodily pain	59.71±25.72	63.35±25.93	61.38±29.90	70.38±29.31	2.01	0.162	0.134
General health	41.94±29.26	45.26±28.59	50.24±30.17	53.76±31.06	2.51	0.196	0.077
*MCS*	31.54±13.81	39.12±18.78	47.28±24.18	49.51±26.70	8.40	0.448	<0.001
Vitality	27.18±20.58	32.29±22.36	36.00±27.29	38.53±27.65	2.61	0.202	0.069
Social functioning	29.38±21.17	38.94±26.60	49.71±31.25	50.03±32.03	5.78	0.359	0.003
Emotional role functioning	34.29±22.51	46.56±23.79	56.65±24.95	59.76±32.34	9.40	0.476	<0.001
Mental health	35.29±14.92	38.68±17.42	46.76±23.25	49.71±23.90	6.40	0.382	0.002
Global EDE-Q5	4.63±0.83	3.99±1.25	3.34±1.53	3.26±1.72	12.52	0.540	<0.001
EDI-3	17.44±3.44	16.08±4.67	14.45±5.68	13.43±5.92	11.05	0.517	<0.001
BDI-II	37.29±12.48	31.71±15.33	26.26±16.60	23.82±17.43	8.53	0.452	<0.001
BAI	20.63±10.47	19.34±11.99	18.17±13.53	16.94±14.09	1.07	0.091	0.377
MSCARED	3.18±0.90	3.53±1.05	3.91±1.22	4.03±1.38	4.57	0.307	0.009

FU, follow up; s.d., standard deviation.
SF-36v2*, Mean score of physical and mental health domains of the 36-item Short Form Health Survey version 2.
PCS, SF-36 Physical Component Summary scale; MCS, SF-36 Mental Component Summary scale.
EDE-Q5, Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire version 5; EDI-3, Eating Disorder Inventory version 3.
BDI-II, Beck Depression Inventory version 2; BAI, Beck Anxiety Inventory.
MSCARED, The Motivational Stages of Change for Adolescents Recovering from an Eating Disorder.

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