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

Table 3 Fulfillment of treatment goals

	Mean score ± SD			Patients /moth.^b		Patients./fath.^c		Moth./fath.^d
	Patients N = 34	Mothers N = 40	Fathers N = 20	P-value^e	Effect size^f	P-value^e	Effect size^f	P-value^e	Effect size^f
Mean goal fulfillment score (mean of the 10 potential goals)	2.1 ± 0.7	2.4 ± 0.6	2.6 ± 0.6	0.006	0.5	0.019	0.8	0.527	0.3
Potential treatment goals: Was the goal fulfilled?^a
1. To learn more about eating disorders	2.4 ± 0.9	2.8 ± 0.7	2.9 ± 0.6	0.094	0.5	0.045	0.7	0.775	0.2
2. To get help talking about painful experiences	2.3 ± 1.1	2.4 ± 0.7	2.6 ± 0.7	1.000	0.1	0.799	0.3	0.336	0.3
3. Learn to eat normally	2.3 ± 1.0	2.4 ± 0.9	2.4 ± 0.8	0.326	0.1	0.760	0.1	0.720	0.0
4. Learn to cope with unreasonable notions about food and body size	1.8 ± 0.7	2.3 ± 0.8	2.4 ± 0.9	0.008	0.7	0.081	0.7	0.190	0.1
5. Become more satisfied with myself and my body	1.5 ± 0.7	2.1 ± 0.8	2.3 ± 0.9	< 0.001	0.8	0.019	1.0	0.426	0.2
6. To get help to stand up for what I feel / she or he feels	2.0 ± 1.0	2.4 ± 0.7	2.6 ± 0.6	0.036	0.5	0.104	0.7	0.336	0.3
7. Reduce guilt and self-blame	1.7 ± 0.8	2.2 ± 0.7	2.3 ± 0.9	0.002	0.7	0.021	0.7	0.793	0.1
8. To get support in crisis situations	2.6 ± 1.1	2.8 ± 0.9	2.8 ± 1.0	0.231	0.2	0.321	0.2	0.613	001
9. Get help to cope with difficult feelings such as sadness, anxiety and anger	2.2 ± 1.0	2.4 ± 0.8	2.4 ± 0.7	0.183	0.2	0.563	0.2	1.000	0.0
10. To reduce conflicts in the family related to difficulties with eating	2.1 ± 0.9	2.5 ± 0.8	2.6 ± 0.8	0.004	0.5	0.049	0.6	0.673	0.1

^a) Range: 1–4, the higher score the more fulfilled^. Reply options: 1 = not at all, 2 = only to some extent, 3 = yes, mostly, 4 = yes, absolutely, ^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)

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