The outcome of Japanese anorexia nervosa patients treated with an inpatient therapy in an internal medicine unit.
Eat Weight Disord 2012;
17:e1-8. [PMID:
21997338 DOI:
10.3275/8034]
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Abstract
OBJECTIVE
To investigate the outcome of Japanese anorexia nervosa (AN) patients who were treated with the standard Japanese inpatient therapy.
METHOD
Of the 88 female AN patients treated with our inpatient therapy between January 1997 and December 2002, 67 (76.1%) who agreed to cooperate in this study were assessed by the Global Clinical Score (GCS) at admission and follow-up, 6.3±1.8 years after discharge. Their clinical characteristics at admission and discharge were also examined.
RESULTS
Four (6.0%) patients had died before follow-up. BMI was significantly increased during inpatient therapy. At follow-up, excellent, much improved, symptomatic, and poor outcomes on GCS were 57.1%, 14.3%, 14.3% and 14.3%, respectively. Younger age at admission and larger BMI at discharge were significantly associated with a better outcome.
DISCUSSION
This study shows the potential for the use of this method for the treatment of AN patients in countries without specialized eating disorder units.
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