Table 1 Overview of criteria for recovery and duration of recovery. The articles are presented chronologically according to year of publication
Authors | Criteria | Duration of recovery |
|---|---|---|
Tchanturia et al., 2002 [10] | Criteria for AN in the past | Minimum 1 year |
BMI 19–24 | ||
Regular menstruation | ||
Normal eating patterns | ||
Tchanturia et al., 2004 [15] | Stable BMI | Minimum 1 year |
Regular periods | ||
No psychotropic medication | ||
Holliday et al., 2005 [16] | Normal weight | At least 1 year |
Regular menses | ||
Tchanturia et al., 2007 [17] | BMI between 20 and 25 | At least 1 year |
Regular menstruation | ||
Nakazato et al., 2009 [18] | History of AN diagnosis according to the DSM-IV | At least 1 year |
BMI between 18.5–24 | ||
Regular menstrual cycles | ||
Binge and purge behavior absent | ||
No prescribed psychotropic medication | ||
Lopez et al., 2009 [19] | BMI between 19 and 26 | In the current year |
No binging, purging, food restriction or excessive exercise | ||
Nakazato et al., 2010 [20] | History of AN diagnosis according to the DSM-IV | At least 1 year |
BMI between 18.5–24 | ||
Regular menstrual cycles | ||
Binge and purge behavior absent | ||
No prescribed psychotropic medication | ||
Roberts et al., 2010 [21] | Healthy BMI (> 17.5) | 1 year |
Regular periods | ||
No AN or BN behaviors | ||
Tenconi et al., 2010 [14] | Normal weight | At least 3 years |
Regular menses | ||
No ED symptoms and good social and interpersonal outcome | ||
Harrison et al., 2011 [13] | Restored regular menstruation | At least 1 year |
No scores above 4 on EDE-Q | ||
BMI > 18.5 | ||
Bühren et al., 2012 [12] | Patients were tested before and after weight rehabilitation | Mean duration of hospital treatment was 122 +/− 33 days, range: 57–193 days |
Danner et al., 2012 [22] | BMI > 18.5 and recovered menstrual cycle | At least 12 consecutive months |
EDE-Q and BDI not different from HC | ||
Favaro et al., 2012 [23] | Asymptomatic | At least 3 months |
Harrison et al., 2012 [24] | Restored regular menstruation | At least 1 year |
No scores above 4 on EDE-Q | ||
BMI > 18.5 | ||
Lindner et al., 2012 [25] | No DSM-IV criteria | At least 1 year |
BMI between 18.5 and 26 | ||
Regular menstrual cycles | ||
No ED specific cognitions | ||
Tchanturia et al., 2012 [26] | BMI > 18.5 | At least 1 year |
Restored menstruation | ||
Absence of ED behaviors | ||
Lindner et al., 2013 [27] | No DSM-IV criteria | At least 1 year |
BMI between 18.5 and 26 | ||
Regular menstrual cycles | ||
No ED specific cognitions | ||
Lindner et al., 2014 [28] | No DSM-IV criteria | At least 1 year |
BMI between 18.5 and 26 | ||
Regular menstrual cycles | ||
No ED specific cognitions | ||
Ritschel et al., 2015 [29] | If > 18 years old, BMI > 18.5 | At least 6 months |
If < 18 years old, BMI > 10th BMI percentile | ||
Menstruation | ||
No binge, purge or restrictive eating pattern | ||
Talbot et al., 2015 [9] | BMI ≥ 18.5 | Past 3 months (at minimum) |
No binging, purging, restricting and driven or compulsive exercise | ||
Scores on all subscales of EDE-Q within 1 SD of population | ||
norms | ||
Ely et al., 2016 [30] | Stable weight between 90 and 120% of ideal body weight | Prior 12 months |
Regular menstrual cycles | ||
Sultson et al., 2016 [31] | BMI > 18.5 | At least 12 months |
Recovered menstrual cycle | ||
No differences from HC on the EDE-Q | ||
Bentz et al., 2017 [11] | If > 16 years old, BMI > 18.5 | At least 1 year |
If 14–15 years old, BMI-percentile corrected for age > 25th percentile | ||
No present ED pathology | ||
Global EDE-Q score within 1 SD of non-AN mean | ||
MROAS ≥9 |