ReviewJournal of eating disorders2022
Patient perspectives on premature termination of eating disorder treatment: a systematic review and qualitative synthesis.
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- A Program-Led Motivational App (MI-Coach: ED) for Eating Disorder Waitlists: Findings From a Feasibility and Acceptability Pilot Trial.The International journal of eating disorders · 2026Article
- Real-Time Cardiac Biofeedback Intervention: Experiences of Patient and Public Involvement in a Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of participatory medicine · 2026Article
- Can methods that focus on eating behaviour and individual agency improve success rates in eating disorder recovery?Journal of eating disorders · 2026Article
- Ketamine for treatment resistant depression in individuals with eating disorders: a comparison study.Journal of eating disorders · 2025Article
- The Relationship Between Therapeutic Alliance, Early Symptom Change, and Outcome Among In-Patients With Anorexia Nervosa.The International journal of eating disorders · 2025Article
- Experts' wisdom: challenges, rewards, key clinician characteristics, and advice in eating disorder treatment.Journal of eating disorders · 2025Article
- What does taking olanzapine mean to young people with anorexia nervosa and their families? Findings from the OPEN feasibility trial.Journal of eating disorders · 2025Article
- The journey of playing: a qualitative evaluation of 'Maze Out,' a serious game for eating disorders.Journal of eating disorders · 2025Article
- Premature termination of eating disorder treatment - a qualitative study of therapist perspectives.Journal of eating disorders · 2025Article
- Patient and carer feedback and engagement with ECHOMANTRA, a digital guided intervention for anorexia nervosa.European eating disorders review : the journal of the Eating Disorders Association · 2025Article
- Experiences of intensive treatment for people with eating disorders: a systematic review and thematic 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
- Autopsy of a failed trial part 1: A qualitative investigation of clinician's views on and experiences of the implementation of the DAISIES trial in UK-based intensive eating disorder services.European eating disorders review : the journal of the Eating Disorders Association · 2023Article
- A systematic review of people's lived experiences of inpatient treatment for anorexia nervosa: living in a "bubble".Journal of eating disorders · 2023Article
- Eating disorder outcomes: findings from a rapid review of over a decade of research.Journal of eating disorders · 2023Article
- How immersive virtual reality can become a key tool to advance research and psychotherapy of eating and weight disorders.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundHigh rates of premature treatment termination are a well-reported issue in eating disorder treatment, and present a significant barrier for treatment effectiveness and longer term health outcomes of patients with eating disorders. Understanding patient perspectives on this phenomenon is essential in improving treatment completion rates and informing research and intervention development. The aim of this review is to synthesise qualitative literature on patient perspectives of premature termination of eating disorder treatment and to summarise the key issues leading to discontinuation of treatment.
methodsA systematic review of 1222 articles was conducted to identify studies using qualitative methods to investigate patient experiences of prematurely terminating eating disorder treatment. Ten articles were included in the review, with thematic synthesis used to analyse the primary research and develop overarching analytical themes.
resultsConflict around enmeshment of eating disorder with identity, and lack of support with reconstructing a sense of self without the eating disorder; challenges of managing pressures of social and clinical relationships while feeling unheard and misunderstood by both; expectations and disappointments around treatment; and dissatisfaction with progress were key themes behind premature termination of treatment.
conclusionsThe findings of this review demonstrate the key issues influencing the decision to end treatment early, highlighting the contribution of individual, environmental, and service-level factors. Implications of these factors are discussed and suggestions raised for future research and service development.
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