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Table 5 Outcome measures at baseline, 6 and 12-month follow-up

From: Cost-effectiveness of specialist eating disorders services for children and adolescents with anorexia nervosa: a national surveillance study

 

Specialist

Generic

Unadjusteda

 

Adjustedab

 

Outcome measure

N

Mean (SD)

n

Mean (SD)

Mean difference

(95% CI)

p-value

Mean difference

(95% CI)

p-value

Baseline

 %mBMI

191

82.70 (11.10)

105

83.60 (9.90)

−0.90 (−3.46 to 1.66)

0.489

  

 CGAS

174

43.22 (14.40)

99

47.86 (13.29)

−4.64 (−8.11 to −1.17)

0.009

  

 HoNOSCA

45

21.04 (8.43)

16

14.88 (5.77)

6.17 (1.60 to 10.74)

0.009

  

6-months

 %mBMI

143

91.98 (8.51)

67

89.62 (12.89)

2.37 (−0.59 to 5.31)

0.116

2.58 (0.16 to 5.01)

0.037

 CGAS

115

58.94 (17.17)

55

63.27 (17.05)

−4.33 (−9.88 to 1.21)

0.125

0.49 (−5.14 to 6.12)

0.864

 HoNOSCA

17

9.47 (7.43)

16

11.88 (10.31)

−2.40 (−8.76 to 3.95)

0.446

−6.61 (−15.54 to 2.31)

0.140

12-months

 %mBMI

106

94.70 (10.61)

39

93.36 (9.46)

1.34 (−2.48 to 5.16)

0.489

0.09 (−3.54 to 3.73)

0.960

 CGAS

97

68.39 (17.95)

38

71.58 (21.41)

−3.19 (−10.37 to 4.00)

0.382

−0.65 (−8.26 to 6.96)

0.866

 HoNOSCA

12

7.42 (4.48)

7

13.57 (16.94)

−6.15 (−16.88 to 4.57)

0.243

−12.42 (−31.07 to 6.23)

0.171

  1. aStandard parametric tests; bAdjusted for baseline CGAS, baseline %mBMI, age, sex and region; %mBMI percentage of median expected BMI for age and sex (higher percentage, better outcome), CGAS Children’s Global Assessment Scale (scored between 1 and 100; higher score, better outcome), HoNOSCA Health of the Nation Outcome Score for Children and Adolescents (scored between 0 and 52; higher score, poorer outcome)