Implementing family based treatment in a child and youth eating disorder program: impact on admissions
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Hayley Thompson
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Heather Green
Abstract
Objectives
Anorexia Nervosa (AN) treatment is frequently associated with high costs often due to the use of hospitalization. In Family Based Treatment (FBT) a main goal is to manage recovery of AN in the home environment rather than relying on lengthy hospital admissions. This study examined whether the use of hospitalization altered following the introduction of FBT to a youth eating disorders program in 2009.
Method
This study compared retrospective data of 71 female adolescent patients diagnosed with AN: 10 who received treatment as usual prior to the implementation of FBT; 10 who were treated immediately after FBT implementation; and a further 51 adolescents who received FBT since 2009.
Results
Results indicate that since the implementation of FBT there was a significant reduction in admissions to the medical ward and a significant reduction in cumulative length of stay on both the psychiatric and medical wards in adolescents presenting with AN.
Acknowledgments
This research was conducted as part of a Master in Clinical Psychology degree for Hayley Thompson at Griffith University, Gold Coast, Australia. No sponsor or grant was sought for this research
Research funding: None declared.
Author contributions: All authors have accepted responsibility for the entire content of this manuscript and approved its submission.
Competing interests: Authors state no conflict of interest.
Informed consent: The Institutional Review Board determined that informed consent from individuals included in this study was not required.
Ethical approval: The local Institutional Review Board reviewed and approved the study HREC/16/QGC/107.
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