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Table 1 Clinician, young person and parent ratings of engagement and treatment experience

From: Is this the ‘new normal’? A mixed method investigation of young person, parent and clinician experience of online eating disorder treatment during the COVID-19 pandemic

Clinicians

 

Pre-lockdown

Post lockdown

 
 

Mdn. (IQR)

Mdn. (IQR)

Test statistics

Engagement with YP (N = 170)

8 (2.75)

8 (3)

z = −1.36, p = .17

Engagement with parents (N = 156)

8 (3)

8 (2)

z = −0.51, p = .61

 

EP

NP

 
 

N

Mdn. (IQR)

N

Mdn. (IQR)

 

Engagement with YP

128

8 (3)

63

7 (3)

U = 3794.00, p = 0.50

Engagement with parents

119

7 (3)

57

8 (2)

U = 3121.50, p = 0.39

Young people

 

EP (N = 32)

NP (N = 21)

 
 

Mdn. (IQR)

Mdn. (IQR)

 

Overall experience

5.0 (2)

6.0 (3)

U = 258.00, p = 0.15

Feel understood

5.0 (3)

6.0 (1)

U = 229.00, p = 0.08

Address important issues

5.0 (2)

6.0 (2)

U = 160.50, p = 0.002**

Impact of Technology

2.5 (2)

4.0 (3)

U = 242.00, p = 0.08

Benefited from online

5.0 (3)

7.0 (3)

U = 126.00, p = 0.02*

Parents

 

EP (N = 35)

NP (N = 35)

 
 

Mdn. (IQR)

Mdn. (IQR)

 

Overall experience

6.0 (2)

6.0 (3)

U = 651.00, p = 0.64

Feel understood

7.0 (1)

6.0 (1)

U = 656.00, p = 0.57

Address important issues

6.0 (2)

6.0 (2)

U = 758.50, p = 0.12

Impact of Technology

4.0 (4)

4.0 (2)

U = 643.00, p = 0.88

Benefited from online

6.5 (2)

7.0 (2)

U = 368.00, p = 0.50

  1. Abbreviations: EP established patients, Mdn. median, IQR interquartile range, NP new patients, YP young person
  2. * = p < .05; ** = p < .01