Predictors of dropout from in-patient treatment of eating disorders: An italian experience
| Autor: | Vera Vinci, S. Catellani, Silvia Ferrari, E. De Bernardis, Luca Pingani, F. Arnone, G. Ziosi, G. Turrini, Marco Rigatelli |
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| Rok vydání: | 2012 |
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Male medicine.medical_specialty Patient Dropouts Feeding and Eating Disorders Interpersonal relationship Risk Factors Clinical history Surveys and Questionnaires medicine Retrospective analysis Humans In patient Psychiatry Dropout (neural networks) Retrospective Studies business.industry Dropout medicine.disease Adeherence Test (assessment) Hospitalization Substance abuse Eating disorders Predictive factors Risk factors Psychiatry and Mental health Clinical Psychology Italy Female business Clinical psychology |
| Zdroj: | Scopus-Elsevier |
| ISSN: | 1590-1262 1124-4909 |
| Popis: | INTRODUCTION: The aim of the study was to examine possible risk factors for dropout from in-patient treatment for eating disorders (ED). MATERIALS AND METHODS: The present study consisted of a retrospective analysis of clinical and non-clinical available information about 186 patients suffering from ED consecutively admitted into the Villa Maria Luigia Private Hospital (Parma, Italy) in a three-year period (01/01/2006–31/12/2009). Sociodemographics, clinical history and current features, and results to the following psychometric instruments were analysed: Eating Disorder Questionnaire (EDQ), Predisposing, On-set and Maintaining risk factors list for Eating Disorders, Eating Disorders Inventory-II, Body Uneasiness Test and SCL-90. RESULTS: Of the 186 patients, 46 (24.7%) voluntarily left the treatment program prematurely. Predictive factors included poor educational and professional achievements, parents’ divorcing, parents’ history of substance abuse and difficulties in interpersonal relationships. DISCUSSION: Dropout is a multifactorial phenomenon with deep clinical consequences: the recognition of possible risk factors may support the choice of specific therapeutic strategies to improve the treatment of ED and its outcomes. |
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