title: Body weight as a prognostic factor for day hospital success in adolescents with anorexia nervosa.
abstract: For female adolescents with anorexia nervosa, body weight at admission as a predictor of treatment outcome in the day hospital setting was examined. A retrospective review of patient charts was completed to determine success or failure in the day hospital program based on weight above or below 85% of ideal body weight. There was not a greater risk of failure in the day hospital program for patients with ideal body weight below 85% compared to those patients with an ideal body weight of ≥ to 85%. Body weight did not predict day hospital success in adolescents with anorexia nervosa in this study.
authors.affiliation: a Department of Psychiatry, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry , The University of Western Ontario; and Children's Hospital, London Health Sciences Centre , London , Ontario , Canada.
authors.forename: Michelle
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ngo
authors.forename: Leanna
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Isserlin
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000856:Anorexia Nervosa / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D015992:Body Mass Index; D001835:Body Weight / Q000502:physiology*; D016208:Databases, Factual; D003631:Day Care, Medical; D005260:Female; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D011379:Prognosis; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D016896:Treatment Outcome