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Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of sample

From: Outcomes of a rapid refeeding protocol in Adolescent Anorexia Nervosa

 

N (%) a or M (SD) b

Demographic characteristics

 

SCHN-W

WH

Total

Sample Size

52

26

78

Age (years)*

14.00 (.99)

16.17 (1.05)

14.84 (1.46)

Gender - Male

1 (1.92)

3 (11.54)

4 (5.13)

Ethnicity

   

 White

43 (82.69)

22 (84.62)

65 (83.33)

 Asian

9 (17.31)

0

9 (11.54)

 Other

0

4 (15.38)

4 (5.13)

Clinical characteristics at admission

Anorexia Nervosa subtype

   

 Restricting only

36 (69.23)

17 (65.38)

53 (67.95)

 Restricting with bulimic features

16 (30.77)

9 (34.62)

25 (32.05)

Excessive exercise

19 (36.54)

10 (38.46)

29 (37.18)

Duration of illness (months)

6.56 (4.37)

9.27 (7.97)

7.60 (6.16)

Previous hospitalizations

4 (7.69)

1 (3.85)

5 (6.41)

Percent expected body weight

78.88 (6.13)

77.54 (7.09)

78.37 (6.50)

Eating disorder examination global score

3.04 (1.12)

2.99 (1.13)

3.02 (1.12)

Treatment characteristics

Length of admission (days)

30.27 (16.24)

25.97 (13.46)

28.62 (15.28)

  1. aChi-square test for independence was conducted to compare group differences for categorical variables and no statistically significant differences were found at the .05 level. bIndependent-samples t-test was conducted to compare trial group mean differences for each continuous variable and no statistically significant differences were found at the .05 level unless otherwise noted. *Statistically significant difference at the p < .05 level.