Evaluation of a day treatment programme for eating disorders

Abstract

A day hospital treatment programme is described for eating disordered patients who would otherwise require inpatient treatment. The characteristics at presentation of 106 consecutive patients are described. Of patients completing the programme, 65 could be recruited for the outcome study. At presentation, 26 per cent ful®lled DSM-IV criteria for anorexia nervosa, 65 per cent for bulimia nervosa and 9 per cent had an eating disorder not otherwise speci®ed. The average length of treatment of all patients was 13 weeks. There was signi®cant weight gain among the anorectic patients and a signi®cant decrease in the average number of binges among the bulimic patients. Statistically signi®cant improvements over time for psychological, sexual and socioeconomic adjustment were also obtained. *

Day treatment programme for patients with eating disorders: randomized controlled trial

“…The study also revealed statistically significant decreases in binging and purging behaviours in BN patients, as well as in weight gain in AN patients in the DTP group. These results are consistent with the report of Gerlinghoff et al. (1998).…”

“…The study also revealed statistically significant decreases in binging and purging behaviours in BN patients, as well as in weight gain in AN patients in the DTP group. These results are consistent with the report of Gerlinghoff et al (1998). Some statistically significant differences between the DTP and the routine outpatient programme would have contributed to the improvements seen in the DTP group.…”

A novel approach to treating eating disorders in a day‐hospital treatment program

“…Participation in day‐hospital treatment was found to be associated with increases in weight for patients with AN and BN, reductions in the number of binge‐eating, purging and exercise episodes, and improvements in eating attitudes, drive for thinness, bulimic, depression and anxiety symptoms. These findings are consistent with international treatment outcome studies 12–19 . A further encouraging outcome of the present study is that by 12 weeks of treatment a significant proportion of patients had stepped down to outpatient treatment as a result of their improvements.…”

“…These findings are consistent with international treatment outcome studies. [12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19] A further encouraging outcome of the present study is that by 12 weeks of treatment a significant proportion of patients had stepped down to outpatient treatment as a result of their improvements.…”

The effectiveness of a day program for the treatment of adolescent anorexia nervosa

“…Mean BMI at pre‐treatment for the total sample was 16.51 (SD = 1.46); average length of illness was 1.25 years (SD = 1.09); mean age at onset was 13.83 (SD = 1.77). These are similar to the pre‐treatment characteristics of patients published in other DP evaluations 30, 32…”