Eating disorder patients with and without PTSD treated in residential care: discharge and 6-month follow-up results

Brewerton, Timothy D.; Gavidia, Ismael; Suro, Giulia; Perlman, Molly M.

doi:10.1186/s40337-023-00773-4

Journal of Eating Disorders

Table 2 Admission (ADM) to discharge (DC), DC to 6-month follow-up (FU), and ADM to FU descriptive statistics (mean (M), standard deviation (SD), effect sizes (Cohen’s d) and confidence intervals (CI) by provisional PTSD status

From: Eating disorder patients with and without PTSD treated in residential care: discharge and 6-month follow-up results

Symptom	Group	ADM, M(SD)	DC, M(SD)	FU, M(SD)	ADM-DC		DC-FU		ADM-FU
Symptom	Group	ADM, M(SD)	DC, M(SD)	FU, M(SD)	d (CI)	N	d (CI)	n	d (CI)	n
EDEQ global	PTSD +	4.42 (1.22)^a	2.71 (1.42)^b	3.08 (1.74)^c	1.32 (1.14, 1.50)^d	222	− 0.18 (− 0.38, 0.02)	96	0.90 (0.69, 1.12)^f	115
EDEQ global	PTSD −	3.48 (1.53)	2.00 (1.27)	2.34 (1.55)	1.12 (0.97, 1.26)^d	307	− 0.05 (− 0.22, 0.10)	142	0.80 (0.62, 0.97)^f	164
EDI-2 total score	PTSD +	123.08 (38.40)^a	88.55 (43.00)^b	92.99 (50.16)^c	0.91 (0.75, 1.06)^d	214	0.00 (− 0.20, 0.20)	92	0.74 (0.53, 0.95)^f	110
EDI-2 total score	PTSD −	87.03 (39.76)	61.14 (36.62)	66.32 (41.86)	0.76 (0.63, 0.88)^d	298	0.02 (− 0.14, 0.18)	137	0.63 (0.45, 0.79)^f	159
EDQOL total score	PTSD +	2.37 (0.57)^a	1.71 (0.77)^b	1.64 (0.86)^c	0.90 (0.74, 1.05)^d	216	0.10 (− 0.10, 0.30)	90	0.83 (0.61, 1.05)^f	108
EDQOL total score	PTSD −	1.87 (0.63)	1.25 (0.72)	1.20 (0.81)	0.92 (0.78, 1.06)^d	293	0.16 (− 0.01, 0.33)	133	0.74 (0.56, 0.91)^f	156
PCL-5	PTSD +	52.72 (11.38)^a	37.34 (18.65)^b	40.24 (21.02)^c	0.88 (0.72, 1.03)^d	220	− 0.09 (− .030, 0.10)	91	0.68 (0.47, 0.89)^f	109
PCL-5	PTSD −	19.89 (12.97)	15.46 (14.08)	15.83 (15.21)	0.32 (0.20, 0.44)^d	295	0.01 (− 0.16, 0.18)	126	0.22 (0.06, 0.38)^g	152
PHQ-9 depression	PTSD +	19.71 (4.86)^a	11.06 (6.57)^b	13.72 (7.78)^c	1.36 (1.17, 1.54)^d	221	− 0.30 (− 0.51, − 0.09)^e	93	0.79 (0.58, 1.00)^f	111
PHQ-9 depression	PTSD −	14.24 (6.24)	7.62 (5.52)	9.60 (7.24)	1.09 (0.95, 1.24)^d	301	− 0.24 (− 0.41, − 0.07)^e	134	0.61 (0.44, 0.78)^f	159
STAI state anxiety	PTSD +	66.29 (9.72)^a	56.27 (14.29)^b	56.68 (16.13)^c	0.80 (0.65, 0.96)^d	217	− 0.01 (− 0.21, 0.19)	91	0.69 (0.48, 0.89)^f	109
STAI state anxiety	PTSD −	57.13 (12.05)	47.52 (13.21)	48.92 (15.27)	0.68 (0.55, 0.80)^d	299	0.02 (− 0.14, 0.19)	133	0.55 (0.38, 0.72)^f	157
STAI trait anxiety	PTSD +	66.45 (8.35)^a	57.58 (12.10)^b	58.38 (14.25)^c	0.81 (0.66, 0.96)^d	217	− 0.07 (− 0.27, 0.13)	91	0.61 (0.40, 0.81)^f	110
STAI trait anxiety	PTSD −	56.83 (11.42)	49.54 (12.04)	51.24 (13.91)	0.68 (0.56, 0.81)^d	301	(− 0.14, 0.19)	133	0.43 (0.27, 0.59)^f	157

All statistically significant comparisons are in bold print for emphasis
^aIndependent samples t-tests between PTSD + and PTSD- groups at ADM (p ≤ .001)
^bIndependent samples t-tests between PTSD + and PTSD- groups at DC (p ≤ .001)
^cIndependent samples t-tests between PTSD + and PTSD- groups at FU (p ≤ .001)
^dPost-hoc t-tests between ADM and DC following mixed models analysis (p ≤ .001)
^ePost-hoc t-tests between DC and FU following mixed models analysis (p ≤ .01)
^fPost-hoc t-tests between ADM and FU following mixed models analysis (p ≤ .001)
^gPost-hoc t-tests between ADM and FU following mixed models analysis (p ≤ .01)

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