Working with families of adults affected by eating disorders: uptake, key themes, and participant experiences of family involvement in outpatient treatment-as-usual

Table 1 Baseline demographic and clinical characteristics of participants

Demographic and clinical characteristics	Patients Treatment-as-usual only				Patients TAU + family involvement				Carers
	n	M	SD	Range	n	M	SD	Range	n	M	SD	Range
Age	11	34.64	14.67	19–56	24	27.63	8.52	18–53	22	51.32	15.51	22–71
Gender
Female	10				24				13 (59%)
Male	0				0				9 (41%)
Relationship
Mother									12 (55%)
Father									3 (14%)
Partner									7 (32%)
Currently living together									15 (68%)
Eating disorder diagnosis
Anorexia Nervosa	5				13
Bulimia Nervosa	3				4
Other specified feeding and ED	3				7
Body mass index		20.41	2.19	17.4–23.7		20.58	3.22	17–26.7
Eating disorder global (EDEQ)		4.26	0.93	2.45–5.82		3.88	1.30	0.9–5.54
Restraint		3.55	1.74	0.8–6.0		3.42	1.61	0–5.6
Eating concern		4.24	1.61	1.4–6		3.61	1.39	0.8–5.6
Shape concern		4.83	0.96	3.5–6		4.32	1.39	0.75–5.88
Weight concern		4.0	1.22	1.8–5.6		3.97	1.59	0.2–5.8
Clinical impairment (CIA)		31.27	10.89	11–48		34.46	8.03	14–48

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