Cognitive behavioural therapy for eating disorders: how do clinician characteristics impact on treatment fidelity?

Table 1 Demographic variables of final sample (n = 100) and treatment fidelity correlation

Variable	Final sample	Treatment fidelity correlations^b
Mean age years (SD)	36.29 (9.04)	−.048
Gender, n (%)		–
Female	95 (95)
Male	5 (5)
Location, n (%)		–
Australia	99 (99)
New Zealand	1 (1)
Ethnic background, n (%)		–
White/Caucasian	90 (90)
Other	10 (10)
Country completed training, n (%)		–
Australia & New Zealand	97 (97)
Other	3 (3)
Professional Title, n (%)^a		−.227*
Registered Psychologist	39 (39)
Clinical Psychologist	61 (61)
Employment status, n (%)^a		.036
Full-time	56 (56)
Part-time	44 (44)
Mean Training years (SD)	7.43 (9.49)	.063
Mean eating disordered clients % (SD)	33.11 (33.08)	.435**

**Correlation is significant at the .01 level (two-tailed); *Correlation is significant at the .05 level (two-tailed)
^aPoint-biserial correlation between dichotomous and interval scales. Dichotomous variable coding:
Professional title (Clinical Psychologist = 0, General Psychologist = 1); Employment status (Full-time = 0, Part-time = 1)
^bSome sample sizes were unequal and therefore unable to permit meaningful statistical comparisons

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