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Table 2 Changes in eating pathology and anxiety/depression over the 12 weeks treatment for G-CBT group (n = 35) and IOT group (n = 35), assessed using Friedman tests and Wilcoxon signed-rank test

From: The effect of group cognitive behavior therapy on Chinese patients with anorexia nervosa: an open label trial

 

Start of treatment

4 Weeks

End of treatment

Friedman tests

χ2

p

Multiple comparison (Wilcoxon signed-rank test) [p < .05]

BMI

      

G-CBT group

16.14 (14.34,16.98)

16.42 (15.22, 17.57)

17.14 (15.91, 17.96)

39.985

.000

SoT < 4 W < EoT

IOT group

14.69 (12.90, 16.53)

14.87 (13.17, 16.90)

16.44 (14.15, 17.60)

35.717

.000

SoT < 4 W < EoT

EDE-Q 6.0 restraint

      

G-CBT group

1.00 (0.00, 3.20)

0.20 (0.00, 0.80)

0.00 (0.00, 0.60)

28.727

.000

SoT > 4 W = EoT

IOT group

1.40 (0.20, 3.20)

0.40 (0.00, 1.20)

0.20 (0.00, 1.00)

24.440

.000

SoT > 4 W = EoT

EDE-Q 6.0 eating concern

      

G-CBT group

1.00 (0.40, 3.60)

0.80 (0.00, 2.00)

0.20 (0.00, 1.00)

29.290

.000

SoT > 4 W > EoT

IOT group

1.20 (0.40, 3.20)

0.40 (0.20, 1.60)

0.60 (0.00, 1.20)

28.358

.000

SoT > 4 W = EoT

EDE-Q 6.0 shape concern

      

G-CBT group

1.40 (0.60, 2.80)

0.60 (0.00, 1.80)

0.40 (0.00, 1.20)

24.442

.000

SoT > 4 W > EoT

IOT group

2.00 (0.80, 2.80)

1.20 (0.40, 2.00)

1.20 (0.20, 1.80)

13.441

.001

SoT > 4 W = EoT

EDE-Q 6.0 weight concern

      

G-CBT group

1.88 (0.75, 3.88)

0.88 (0.25, 2.63)

0.63 (0.25, 1.13)

24.434

.000

SoT > 4 W > EoT

IOT group

2.38 (0.88, 3.88)

1.38 (0.50, 2.38)

1.25 (0.25, 2.25)

23.074

.000

SoT > 4 W = EoT

EDE-Q 6.0 global

      

G-CBT group

1.79 (0.59, 3.42)

0.67 (0.16, 1.61)

0.36 (0.13, 1.00)

21.561

.000

SoT > 4 W > EoT

IOT group

1.84 (0.79, 3.02)

0.81 (0.31, 1.74)

0.66 (0.21, 1.46)

33.132

.000

SoT > 4 W = EoT

BDI-II

      

G-CBT group

9.00 (2.00, 17.00)

4.00 (1.00, 13.00)

4.00 (0.00, 14.00)

17.770

.000

SoT > 4 W = EoT

IOT group

15.00 (11.00, 20.00)

6.00 (0.00, 16.00)

8.00 (2.00, 12.00)

23.412

.000

SoT > 4 W = EoT

BAI

      

G-CBT group

7.00 (1.00, 10.00)

2.00 (1.00, 10.00)

2.00 (0.00, 9.00)

7.604

.022

SoT > 4 W = EoT

IOT group

5.00 (2.00, 13.00)

3.00 (1.00, 10.00)

3.00 (0.00, 5.00)

12.365

.002

SoT > 4 W = EoT

  1. G-CBT, group cognitive behavior therapy; IOT, individual outpatient treatment; BMI, body mass index; EDE-Q 6.0, Eating Disorder Questionnaire 6.0; BDI-II, Beck Depression Inventory-II; BAI,eck Anxiety Inventory; SoT, Start of Treatment; EoT, End of Treatment