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Table 1 The family members’ general experiences with, and benefit of, family inpatient treatment

From: User satisfaction with family-based inpatient treatment for adolescent anorexia nervosa: retrospective views of patients and parents

 

Mean score ± SD

Patients /moth.b

Patients./fath.c

Moth./fath.d

General experiences with the treatmenta

Patients N = 34

Mothers N = 40

Fathers N = 20

P-valuee

Effect sizef

P-valuee

Effect sizef

P-valuee

Effect sizef

Mean general experiences with treatment score (item 1–12)

3.2 ± 1.0

3.7 ± 0.7

3.9 ± 0.5

0.001

0.6

0.029

0.9

0.457

0.3

 1. Did you have confidence in the clinicians’ professional competence?

3.3 ± 1.4

4.1 ± 0.8

4.2 ± 0.5

0.006

0.7

0.117

0.9

0.718

0.1

 2. Did the clinicians talk to you in a way that was easy to understand?

3.8 ± 1.0

4.4 ± 0.7

4.1 ± 0.6

0.001

0.7

0.236

0.4

0.579

0.5

 3. Did you get sufficient information about the illness/diagnosis?

3.6 ± 1.1

3.9 ± 0.9

3.9 ± 0.8

0.008

0.3

0.242

0.3

0.651

0.0

 4. Did you perceive the treatment as suited to your situation?

2.9 ± 1.4

3.5 ± 1.2

3.9 ± 0.9

0.009

0.5

0.034

0.8

0.311

0.4

 5. Were you involved in decisions regarding your/your child’s treatment?

2.9 ± 1.2

3.7 ± 1.1

3.5 ± 0.9

0.038

0.7

0.191

0.7

0.529

0.3

 6. Did you perceive the institution’s work as well organized?

3.4 ± 1.3

3.9 ± 1.0

3.9 ± 0.7

0.055

0.4

0.223

0.5

0.632

0.0

 7. Was the staff aware of siblings’ situation?g

2.4 ± 1.2

3.2 ± 1.0

3.7 ± 0.8

0.003

0.7

0.120

1.3

0.510

0.6

 8. Did the staff collaborate well with the parents?

3.4 ± 1.4

4.1 ± 0.8

4.1 ± 0.6

0.021

0.6

0.296

0.6

0.632

0.0

 9. Did the staff collaborate well among themselves?

3.6 ± 1.2

4.0 ± 0.9

4.0 ± 0.5

0.131

0.4

0.312

0.4

0.458

0.0

 10. Did the staff cooperate well with other public services?

3.2 ± 1.1

3.4 ± 1.0

3.8 ± 0.7

0.282

0.2

0.082

0.7

0.111

0.5

 11. Did you perceive that the institution prepared you for the time after discharge?

2.6 ± 1.4

3.0 ± 1.1

3.3 ± 0.9

0.142

0.3

0.468

0.6

0.718

0.3

 12. Overall, was the help and treatment you/ your child received satisfactory?

2.9 ± 1.3

3.7 ± 1.0

4.1 ± 0.9

< 0.001

0.7

0.001

1.3

0.333

0.6

Mean score on overall benefit of the treatment for family members (a-c)h

3.1 ± 1.0

3.3 ± 1.1

3.5 ± 1.1

0.019

0.2

0.046

0.4

0.913

0.2

 a) Overall benefit for the patient

3.0 ± 1.1

3.6 ± 1.1

3.6 ± 1.2

< 0.001

0.5

0.016

0.5

0.333

0.0

 b) Overall benefit for the parents

3.5 ± 1.1

3.6 ± 1.1

3.7 ± 1.0

0.147

0.1

0.795

0.2

0.331

0.1

 c) Overall benefit for siblingsg

2.7 ± 1.3

2.4 ± 1.3

3.0 ± 1.2

0.843

0.2

0.457

0.2

0.305

0.5

Mean score on benefit of 19 different treatment elementsg

3.0 ± 0.9

3.4 ± 0.9

3.4 ± 0.8

0.042

0.4

0.218

0.5

0.128

0.0

  1. a)Reply options: not at all, to a small extent, to a moderate extent, to a large extent, to a very large extent. Possible range:1–5, more satisfied the higher score, b) 31 pairs, c) 12 pairs, d)18 pairs, e)paired samples t-tests, f)Cohen’s d (small: 0.2. medium: 0.5, large: 0.8), g)applicable for n = 25 patients, n = 35 mothers and n = 19 fathers, h)reply options: no benefit, little benefit, some benefit, large benefit, very large benefit. Possible range:1–5, more satisfied the higher score