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Table 2 Description of ED patients with depression compared to ED patients without depression

From: Description of patients with eating disorders by general practitioners: a cohort study and focus on co-management with depression

 

ED Patients with depression (n = 423)

ED Patients without depression (n = 887)

Comparison

(X square or t-test)

N (% women)

372 (87.94)

711 (80.16)

X2 = 12.12

p < 0.001

Type of parameters

Mean

Standard deviation

Median

Range

Mean

Standard deviation

Median

Range

Age of first management for ED (years)

38.32

19.30

33.00

12–96

33.70

21.31

26.00

8–103

t = 3.65

p < 0.001

Total number of visits

50.14

49.63

35.00

1–337

22.85

33.07

11.00

1–362

t = 11.09

p < 0.001

Total number of CR

99.34

155.20

54.00

2–1916

44.73

107.90

15.00

1–1439

t = 6.97

p < 0.001

Number of visits with ED CR

3.75

6.63

1.00

1–71

2.60

6.62

1.00

1–132

t = 2.83

p < 0.005

Total duration of overall management (weeks)

352.70

211.90

341.00

0–762

243.30

219.70

191.00

0–785

t = 8.22

p < 0.001

Duration of ED follow up (weeks)

29.01

65.07

0.00

0–520

16.37

61.58

0.00

0–677

t = 3.86

p < 0.001

  1. ED Eating disorders, CR Consultation result, N number