ArticleJournal of eating disorders2019
User satisfaction with family-based inpatient treatment for adolescent anorexia nervosa: retrospective views of patients and parents.
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- Adolescent Patient Perspectives on Family-Based Treatment: A Pilot Study.The International journal of eating disorders · 2025Article
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- Fathers in the spotlight: parental burden and the effectiveness of a parental skills training for anorexia nervosa in mother-father dyads.Eating and weight disorders : EWD · 2023Article
- Satisfaction with in-patient child and adolescent psychiatric treatment: development and psychometric properties of the BEST questionnaires for adolescents and for parents.Child and adolescent psychiatry and mental health · 2021Article
- Feasibility and acceptability of home treatment as an add-on to family based therapy for adolescents with anorexia nervosa. A case series.The International journal of eating disorders · 2021Article
- Parental experiences with their child's eating disorder treatment journey.Journal of eating disorders · 2021Article
- Exploring alternatives for adolescent anorexia nervosa: adolescent and parent treatment (APT) as a novel intervention prospect.Journal of eating disorders · 2021Article
- Family members' reflections upon a family-based inpatient treatment program for adolescent anorexia nervosa: a thematic analysis.Journal of eating disorders · 2021Article
- Current Therapeutic Approaches to Anorexia Nervosa: State of the Art.Clinical therapeutics · 2021Review
- External support and personal agency - young persons' reports on recovery after family-based inpatient treatment for anorexia nervosa: a qualitative descriptive study.Journal of eating disorders · 2020Article
- Physical restraint during inpatient treatment of adolescent anorexia nervosa: frequency, clinical correlates, and associations with outcome at five-year follow-up.Journal of eating disorders · 2020Article
- Adolescent and Parent Experience of Care at a Family-Based Treatment Service for Eating Disorders.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2020Article
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Abstract
backgroundResearch is scarce on patient and parent satisfaction with family-based treatment for adolescent anorexia nervosa (AN), especially family-based treatment adapted to inpatient settings. The purpose of this study was to describe and compare patient and parent satisfaction with an inpatient family-based treatment program for adolescent AN, and to investigate whether the level of satisfaction with treatment was associated with eating disorder outcome.
methodsFormer patients and their parents were contacted approximately five years (4.5 ± 1.7, range: 1.3-7.0) after discharge from family-based inpatient treatment. Ninety-four participants (patients:
resultsOverall, mothers and fathers reported a high level of satisfaction with treatment, while the former patients' satisfaction was moderate. There were no significant differences between treatment satisfaction scores for mothers and fathers. However, the former patients' treatment satisfaction scores were significantly lower than the parents' scores on several of the items. Correlations between eating disorder outcome parameters and treatment satisfaction were small, except for fathers' satisfaction with treatment and weight outcome at follow-up. DISCUSSION: Family-based treatment adapted to inpatient settings is a novel treatment approach for adolescents with AN that require hospitalization. Inclusion and empowerment of parents are considered crucial in outpatient family-based treatment, but may be just as important in inpatient programs. Mothers and fathers alike reported high levels of satisfaction with treatment, which may constitute an important factor in the success of family-based treatment.
conclusionFamily-based inpatient treatment for adolescents with severe AN who have failed to respond to outpatient treatment seemed to be highly valued by parents and viewed by adolescents as acceptable. Parental satisfaction with their child's treatment is likely to be an important factor for treatment implementation and adherence both in outpatient and inpatient settings.
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