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Table 2 Eating disorder history

From: Lived experience perspectives on a definition of eating disorder recovery in a sample of predominantly white women: a mixed method study

Eating disorder

Frequency (%)

Diagnosed

59 (95.2%)

Anorexia nervosa

46 (74.2)

Binge-eating disorder

2 (3.2)

Bulimia nervosa

11 (17.7)

Other specified feeding or eating disorder (OSFED)—formerly eating disorder not otherwise specified (EDNOS)

9 (14.5)

Past treatment

60 (96.8)

Inpatient/residential

32 (51.6)

Medical hospitalization

28 (45.2)

Outpatient

43 (68.3)

Day hospital

24 (38.7)

Partial inpatient

12 (19.4)

Private practice

28 (45.2)

Current treatment

23 (37.1)

Inpatient/residential

1 (1.6)

Medical hospitalization

1 (1.6)

Outpatient

15 (24.2)

Day hospital

0 (0)

Partial inpatient

0 (0)

Private practice

11 (17.7%)

  1. Percentages for eating disorder diagnoses do not add up to 95.2% because participants endorsed more than one diagnosis