Table 1 Socio-demographic and clinical characteristics
Patients' socio-demographic and clinical characteristics (N = 109) | |
 Gender, F, % (N) | 98.2 (107) |
 Age, M (SD) | 24.6 (9.6) |
 Duration of the illness, months, M (SD) | 70.8 (77.9) |
 BMI, kg/m2, M (SD) | 15.6 (3.9) |
 Age of onset, M (SD) | 18.6 (7.2) |
Caregivers' socio-demographic characteristics (N = 150) | |
 Gender, F, % (N) | 65.3 (98) |
 Age, M (SD) | 51.1 (12.0) |
Relationship with the patient, % (N) | |
 Mother | 60.7 (91) |
 Father | 22.7 (34) |
 Spouse | 9.3 (14) |
 Sibling | 4.7 (7) |
 Child | 2.0 (3) |
 Partner | 0.7 (1) |
Diagnosis of patients being cared for by Caregivers (N = 150), % (N) | |
 Anorexia nervosa restricting type (AN-R) | 53.3 (80) |
 Anorexia nervosa binge-eating/purging (AN-BP) | 34.7 (52) |
 Bulimia nervosa (BN) | 10.0 (15) |
 Binge-eating disorder (BED) | 1.3 (2) |
 Others | 0.7 (1) |