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Table 1 Clinical and Demographic Information about the parent participants and their children

From: Correction to: Parental experiences with their child’s eating disorder treatment journey

Demographics and clinical presentation

Sample characteristics

Parent and child relationship

Parent 1: Father of a 12-year-old boy

Parent 2: Mother of an 18-year-old boy

Parent 3: Mother of an 11-year-old boy

Parent 4: Mother of a 16-year-old girl

Parent 5: Mother of a 14-year-old girl

Parent 6: Father of a 14-year-old boy

Parent 7: Father of a 17-year-old girl

Parent 8: Mother of a 14-year-old girl

Parent 9: Father of an 11-year-old boy

Parent 10: Mother of a 15-year old girl

Initial treatment of child

Outpatient services: n = 2

Day treatment: n = 4

Inpatient: n = 4

Treatments accessed at BC Children’s Hospital Eating Disorders Program

Outpatient + day treatment: n = 3

Outpatient + inpatient: n = 3

Day treatment + inpatient: n = 2

Inpatient: n = 2

Parents/caregivers living with child

Both parents: n = 7

1 parent and partner/step-parent: n = 2

Mother: n = 1

Age of child (at time of interview)

Age of parent

M = 14.64 years (SD = 2.49)

M = 44.8 years (SD = 5.07)+

% median Body Mass Index (mBMI)

 Start of treatment

M = 84.94 (SD = 9.06)

 End of treatment

M = 96.67 (SD = 11.45)

Duration of tertiary-level treatment

M = 10.77 months (SD = 7.49)

Range = 3.09–26.53 months

  1. +Parent age was available for only 5 of the 10 parent participants, as only some parents participated in the larger prospective study and completed measures including a demographic questionnaire