Table 4 Questions asked in the interview and included in the current analysis
Qualitative questions |
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Some people talk about full and partial recovery. In research, full recovery is if your body weight is in the normal range, you have not engaged in ANY eating disorder behaviours (e.g., binge eating, purging) in the past three months, and you also have minimal ED thoughts (e.g., feeling fat, guilty about eating) |
1. What are your thoughts on full recovery? How appropriate is it to talk about full recovery? |
2. Is it possible to be fully recovered from an eating disorder? |
Partial recovery is if your body weight is in the normal range and you have not engaged in ANY eating disorder behaviours (e.g., binge eating, purging) in the past three months, but you still have ED thoughts |
3. What are your thoughts on partial recovery? How appropriate is it to talk about partial recovery? |
These criteria talk about weight, behaviours, and thoughts |
4. Is there anything missing from these criteria? |