Emergency medicine physicians’ knowledge and perceptions of training, education, and resources in eating disorders

Table 3 Physicians’ agreement to usefulness of additional education and training on eating disorder-related topics

Topics	Disagree		Neutral		Agree		Total
Topics	n	%	n	%	n	%	Total
Assessment of patients with eating disorders in the ED	3	2.0	19	12.9	125	85.0	147
Medical complications	3	2.0	21	14.3	123	83.7	147
Suggested criteria for hospital admission	3	2.1	22	15.2	120	82.8	145
Resources for patients with eating disorders	4	2.7	29	19.6	115	77.7	148
Treatment options after ED discharge	5	3.4	30	20.3	113	76.4	148
Adult eating disorders	4	2.7	33	22.3	111	75.0	148
Pediatric eating disorders	7	4.7	31	20.9	110	74.3	148
Diagnosis of eating disorders	7	4.8	31	21.1	109	74.1	147
Diabulimia	9	6.1	50	34.0	88	59.9	147
SCOFF questionnaire for screening	18	12.3	43	29.5	85	58.2	146
Bulimia nervosa	12	8.2	52	35.4	83	56.5	147
Severe and enduring anorexia nervosa	18	12.4	47	32.4	80	55.2	145
Anorexia nervosa restrictive type	18	12.2	50	33.8	80	54.1	148
Anorexia nervosa binge-purge subtype	18	12.3	50	34.2	78	53.4	146
Binge eating disorder	18	12.3	52	35.6	76	52.1	146
Orthorexia	17	11.6	61	41.5	69	46.9	147
Avoidant/ restrictive food intake disorder	16	10.9	63	42.9	68	46.3	147
Other specified feeding or eating disorder	19	13.0	61	41.8	66	45.2	146
Food addiction	24	16.2	60	40.5	64	43.2	148

Abbreviations: ED Emergency Department, SCOFF Questionnaire Sick, Control, One, Fat, Food

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