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Table 6 Proportion of individuals who felt that the model was appropriate

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

Views on Bardone-Cone et al. (2010a) model

Frequency (%)

Agreement with full recovery criteria

Yes

8 (12.9)

Some are but some are not

35 (56.5)

No

19 (30.6)

Feasibility of full recovery criteria

Yes

45 (72.6)

No

12 (19.4)

Agreement with partial recovery criteria

Yes

14 (22.6)

Some are but some are not

26 (41. 9)

No

22 (35.5)

Sufficiency of the three domains included (weight, behaviour, thoughts)

Yes

19 (30.6)

No

43 (69.4)

If no, what should be added?

Moving away from eating disorder

3 (4.8)

Relationship with food

8 (12.9)

Relationship with activity/exercise

2 (3.2)

Daily living

11 (17.7)

Impact on other areas/quality of life

8 (12.9)

Social functioning

7 (11.3)

Emotional functioning

8 (12.9)

Self-perception and acceptance

5 (8.1)

Effective coping

3 (4.8)

More headspace

2 (3.2)

Identity outside of ED

3 (4.8)

Physical/biological functioning

3 (4.8)

Understanding of ED

2 (3.2)

Perception of recovery status

2 (3.2)

  1. Percentages for whether full recovery criteria are possible do not add up to 100% because not all participants indicated this in their responses. The ‘what should be added’ categories were generated post-hoc based on participants qualitative responses