Table 1 Demographics
From: Silent witnesses: the experience of having a sibling with anorexia nervosa
Participant characteristics | |
Gender | 8 Female, 6 male |
Self-defined ethnicity | 12 White British, 1 Mixed Race, 1 British Asian |
Mean age (range) | 14.9 (11–19) years |
Birth order of participant | 6 Older than sibling in treatment 8 younger than sibling in treatment |
Characteristics of the sibling with an eating disorder | |
Gender of sibling in treatment | 14 Female, 0 male |
Mean age of siblings in treatment (range) | 15.4 (13–18) years |
Mean duration of siblings’ disorders (range) | 2.9 (1.7–4.8) years |