title: The course of illness following inpatient treatment of adults with longstanding eating disorders: a 5-year follow-up.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The objectives of this article were to study the course and outcome of longstanding eating disorders (ED) 5 years after completing treatment and to identify subgroups of patients with different course and outcome.
  
  
  METHODS
  A total of 77 patients with a mean age of 30 years were assessed at the beginning and end of in-patient therapy and at 1-, 2- and 5-year follow-up, respectively.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Of the 90% who participated in the 5-year follow-up, 46 patients (61%) had improved, and 30 (39%) did not meet diagnostic criteria for an ED. Cluster analysis identified a group of patient with no improvement over time.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Overall, the course is favourable, but a subgroup of patients with no improvement over time may need intensified treatment efforts.
authors.affiliation: Modum Bad, Research Institute, Vikersund, Norway. karianne.vrabel@modum-bad.no
authors.forename: Karianne R
authors.initials: KR
authors.lastname: Vrabel
authors.forename: Jan H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Rosenvinge
authors.forename: Asle
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hoffart
authors.forename: Egil W
authors.initials: EW
authors.lastname: Martinsen
authors.forename: Oyvind
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Rø
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000856:Anorexia Nervosa / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000534:rehabilitation; D052018:Bulimia Nervosa / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000534:rehabilitation; D018450:Disease Progression; D001068:Feeding and Eating Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006760:Hospitalization / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D013997:Time Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome