Outcomes at 1-year follow-up
| Paediatrics | Child and adolescent psychiatry | |||||
| Baseline | Follow-up | P value | Baseline | Follow-up | P value | |
| n (%) | n (%) | |||||
| Absence of food groups | 116 (63.7) | 47 (48.5) | 0.005 | 55 (46.6) | 18 (23.7) | 0.025 |
| Nutritional deficiency | 90 (52.9) | 31 (32.0) | 0.001 | 51 (47.7) | 18 (25.4) | 0.022 |
| Tube feeding | 22 (11.7) | 15 (14.2) | 0.999 | 12 (9.3) | 4 (4.9) | 0.480 |
| Distress with eating | 134 (75.7) | 68 (69.4) | 0.377 | 95 (77.2) | 31 (43.1) | 0.001 |
| Reported weight loss | 119 (65.0) | 41 (41.0) | <0.001 | 99 (76.7) | 27 (39.1) | <0.001 |
| Inability to eat with others | 95 (57.9) | 45 (54.9) | 0.999 | 58 (55.8) | 24 (36.4) | 0.022 |
| Avoidance of social | 100 (67.6) | 48 (62.3) | 0.239 | 77 (75.5) | 31 (50.8) | 0.001 |
| Lack of appetite | 90 (53.3) | 42 (45.7) | 0.216 | 59 (50.9) | 16 (26.2) | 0.022 |
| Lack of interest | 134 (77.0) | 68 (73.1) | 0.999 | 78 (61.9) | 26 (41.3) | 0.080 |
| Difficulty with practicalities | 88 (52.4) | 35 (46.7) | 0.453 | 51 (45.9) | 10 (16.7) | 0.002 |
| Sensory characteristics | 132 (76.3) | 71 (81.6) | 0.606 | 89 (76.7) | 31 (57.6) | 0.006 |
| Fear of consequences | 45 (30.6) | 16 (22.5) | 0.190 | 64 (54.2) | 16 (25.8) | 0.024 |
| Rigid eating | 122 (70.5) | 58 (69.9) | 0.502 | 72 (66.1) | 21 (35.0) | 0.001 |
| Mean (SD) | P value | Mean (SD) | P value | |||
| SDS height | −0.35 (1.67) | −0.41 (1.59) | 0.541 | −0.29 (1.20) | −0.36 (1.23) | 0.244 |
| SDS weight | −0.95 (1.83) | −0.83 (1.91) | 0.058 | −1.63 (1.28) | −1.55 (1.25) | 0.123 |
| BMI | 16.14 (3.51) | 16.82 (3.90) | 0.001 | 15.43 (2.36) | 15.87 (2.40) | 0.005 |
| SDS BMI | −1.02 (1.72) | −0.78 (1.90) | 0.027 | −2.14 (1.48) | −1.90 (1.48) | 0.004 |
In bold, results were statistically significant at a p value <0.05.
BMI, body mass index; SDS, SD score.