ArticleJournal of eating disorders2019
"Our daily life was mainly comprised of eating and sitting:" a qualitative analysis of adolescents' experiences of inpatient eating disorder treatment in China.
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- Investigating service users' perspectives of eating disorder services: A meta-synthesis.Clinical psychology & psychotherapy · 2022Pooled it
- Relapse in Eating Disorders: A Systematic Review and Thematic Synthesis of Individuals' Experiences.Clinical psychology & psychotherapyPooled it
- Stepping into day treatment approach versus inpatient treatment for adults with anorexia nervosa: the DAISIES RCT.Health technology assessment (Winchester, England) · 2025Trial
- Existing in a Battle Zone - The Lived Experience of Adolescents Subjected to Hospital Compulsory Care Due to Severe Anorexia Nervosa.Child psychiatry and human development · 2026Article
- Exploring the self-perceived causes of eating disorders among Chinese social media users with self-reported eating disorders.Journal of eating disorders · 2024Article
- Improving adult inpatient eating disorder treatment: perspectives of a sample of individuals in Canada with lived experience.Journal of eating disorders · 2024Article
- Views and experiences of eating disorders treatments in East Asia: a meta-synthesis.Journal of eating disorders · 2024Review
- Discordant conceptualisations of eating disorder recovery and their influence on the construct of terminality.Journal of eating disorders · 2024Article
- Inaccessibility of care and inequitable conceptions of suffering: a collective response to the construction of "terminal" anorexia nervosa.Journal of eating disorders · 2023Article
- Living and leaving a life of coercion: a qualitative interview study of patients with anorexia nervosa and multiple involuntary treatment events.Journal of eating disorders · 2023Article
- Clinicians' perspectives on supporting individuals with severe anorexia nervosa in specialist eating disorder intensive treatment settings.Journal of eating disorders · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundSome individuals with Eating Disorders (EDs) require hospitalization to stabilize and improve life-threatening physical complications. The experiences of those receiving inpatient treatment for EDs are well-documented in western samples, but less is known about the experiences of those in China, the world's most populous country in which the incidence of EDs may be increasing.
methodsThis qualitative study aimed to use Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis to understand the experiences of four adolescents receiving inpatient treatment for EDs in China. Individual, semi-structured interviews were conducted.
resultsFour themes emerged from the data: perceptions of the treatment received, peer influences during admission, the impact of treatment on wellbeing and participants' sense of self.
conclusionsThis is the first published study on the experience of Chinese participants with EDs. Their experiences share commonalities with those reported by participants in Western studies and also illuminate differences in how EDs are understood and managed in inpatient settings in China. Cross-cultural collaborations will be important to share knowledge and practice.
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