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SynthesisTrauma, violence & abuse2024

A Systematic Review of the Effect of PTSD and Trauma on Treatment Outcomes for Eating Disorders.

Sinead Day, Phillipa Hay, Wadad Kathy Tannous, Scott J Fatt, Deborah Mitchison

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Synthesis in Trauma, violence & abuse, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 38 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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38citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
17.9field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

38 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 57 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Sinead DayTranslational Health Research Institute, Western Sydney University, Penrith, NSW, Australia.ORCID 0000-0001-7634-035X
Phillipa HayTranslational Health Research Institute, School of Medicine, Western Sydney University, Penrith, NSW, Australia.ORCID 0000-0003-0296-6856
Wadad Kathy TannousTranslational Health Research Institute, School of Business, Western Sydney University, Penrith, NSW, Australia.
Scott J FattTranslational Health Research Institute, Western Sydney University, Penrith, NSW, Australia.
Deborah MitchisonTranslational Health Research Institute, Western Sydney University, Penrith, NSW, Australia.
Translational Research Institute · AUCamden and Campbelltown Hospitals · AU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

There is growing evidence of prior experiences of trauma and trauma-related symptoms among people with eating disorders; however, there is little understanding as to how post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and exposure to traumatic events affect treatment outcomes. Without this knowledge, eating disorder clinicians are unable to tailor treatment to ensure good outcomes for the large percentage of this population that is affected by PTSD and trauma. This systematic review aimed to identify how PTSD and trauma exposure influence outcomes in eating disorder treatment. Systematic searches of PsycINFO, MEDLINE, PubMed, and Scopus databases identified 16 articles that met the inclusion criteria. The results indicated a negative effect on rates of eating disorder treatment completion and eating disorder psychopathology posttreatment. These findings were evident across studies that investigated the impact of a history of traumatic events as well as studies that investigated the impact of the presence of trauma-related symptoms seen in PTSD. Several methodological limitations were identified in the literature. These include: heterogeneous and unstandardized measures of PTSD and trauma, high attrition rates with follow-up, and insufficient data to enable comparisons by treatment setting, diagnostic presentation, and type of trauma exposure. The findings of this review have implications for future research and clinical care, including the importance of considering PTSD and trauma in assessment, treatment planning, and provision of both trauma-informed care and trauma-focused treatments for individuals with eating disorders.

Indexed as

Feeding and Eating DisordersStress Disorders, Post-TraumaticHumansPsychopathologyTreatment Outcomeeating disordersoutcomesPTSDtraumatreatment

Identifiers

PMID37125723
PMCPMC10913314
OpenAlexW4367055827

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