Table 44 Behaviour therapy based inpatient treatment for children and adolescents with bulimia nervosa
From: Canadian practice guidelines for the treatment of children and adolescents with eating disorders
Certainty assessment | Impact | Certainty | Importance | ||||||
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№ of studies | Study design | Risk of bias | Inconsistency | Indirectness | Imprecision | Other considerations | |||
Change in weight (assessed with: Pre/post BMI) | |||||||||
1 | Case Series | very serious a | not serious | not serious | not serious | none | One case series, including 24 patients. Mean LOS was 9.9 wks (+/−3.5 wks). Weight decreased slightly over admission from mean BMI of 20.6 +/− 4.3 to 20.5 +/− 2.7. | ⨁◯◯◯ VERY LOW | IMPORTANT |