A qualitative study on the multi-level process of resilience development for adults recovering from eating disorders

Table 1 Demographic information on client and clinician groups

	Client group (n = 15)	Clinician group (n = 15)
Gender
Male	2 (13%)	5 (33%)
Female	13 (87%)	10 (67%)
Ethnicity
Caucasian	15 (100%)	15 (100%)
Age (in years)	28.67 (11.13)	42.60 (8.23)
Age range (in years)	19–54	32–58
Age Dx was received (in years)	21.00 (7.20)
Years living with Dx	9.17 (9.51)
Dx received
AN	7 (47%)
BN	5 (33%)
AN + BN^a	1 (7%)
UFED	2 (13%)
Living situation
Family of origin	8 (52%)
Friends	3 (20%)
Family of choice	1 (7%)
Living alone	1 (7%)
Single parent living with children	1 (7%)
Family of origin and family of choice in same house	1 (7%)
Employment status
Student	6 (40%)
Employed	6 (40%)
Unemployed but otherwise occupied^b	3 (20%)
Comorbid diagnoses^c
Depressive disorder	7
Anxiety disorder	5
Borderline personality disorder	3
Obsessive compulsive disorder	2
Psychosis	1
Mental health discipline
Nursing		5 (33%)
Psychology		4 (27%)
Dietetics		3 (20%)
Psychiatry		2 (13%)
Social work		1 (7%)

Data in years are in the form of mean (SD). All other data are in the form of n (%)
Dx Diagnosis, AN Anorexia nervosa, BN Bulimia nervosa, BED Binge-eating disorder, UFED Unspecified feeding or eating disorder
^aAN + BN refers to participants who have received lifetime diagnoses of both disorders, referred to as “diagnostic cross-over” in the DSM-V (pp.347)
^bUnemployed but otherwise occupied included individuals who care for family members, retirees and homemakers
^cPercentages were not ascertained for individual comorbid disorders as some participants fell into more than one comorbid category. Eight participants from the client sample (53.3%) reported having one or more comorbid disorders

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