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Table 2 Participant Demographics

From: “I’m not a teenager, I’m 22. Why can’t I snap out of it?”: a qualitative exploration of seeking help for a first-episode eating disorder during emerging adulthood

 

Interviewed

(N = 14)

Declined / DNR to Interview Request

(N = 31)

Age (at first specialist contact)

M = 20.86 (SD = 1.99)

20.16 (2.46)

DUED (months)

M = 21.50 (SD = 10.55)

19.37 (9.42)

BMI (at first specialist contact)

M = 18.87 (SD = 3.23)

20.47 (5.23)

EDE-Q total score (at first specialist contact)

M = 4.53 (SD = 0.72)*

3.78 (1.23)*

Gender

93% female (N = 13)

94% female (N = 29)

Eating Disorder Diagnosis

 AN

5 (35.71%)

11 (35.48%)

 BN

5 (35.71%)

10 (32.26%)

 BED

1 (7.14%)

1 (3.23%)

 OSFED

3 (21.43%)

9 (29.03%)

Ethnicity

 White

10 (71.43%)

18 (58.06%)

 Asian

0 (0%)

3 (9.68%)

 Black

0 (0%)

2 (6.45%)

 Mixed

2 (14.29%)

3 (9.68%)

 Unspecified

2 (14.29%)

5 (16.13%)

Occupation

 Student

7 (50.0%)

17 (54.83%)

 Employed

7 (50.0%)

10 (32.26%)

 Unemployed

0 (0%)

2 (6.45%)

 Unknown

0 (0%)

2 (6.45%)

Living Situation

 With family

5 (35.71%)

19 (61.29%)

 With peers

7 (50.0%)

8 (25.80%)

 With partner

0 (0%)

2 (6.45%)

 Alone

0 (0%)

2 (6.45%)

 Other / Unspecified

2 (14.29%)

0 (0%)

  1.  * These figures were significantly different at p < 0.05
  2. Abbreviations: AN anorexia nervosa, BMI body mass index, BN bulimia nervosa, DNR did not respond, DUED duration of untreated eating disorder, EDE-Q Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire, OSFED other specified feeding or eating disorder, M mean, SD standard deviation