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Area of Science:

  • Clinical Psychology
  • Psychiatry
  • Nutritional Science

Background:

  • Eating disorder (ED) treatment frequently involves setting expected body weights (EBWs).
  • Current practices for determining EBWs across different EDs and clinician perspectives are not well understood.
  • This study investigates how clinicians determine EBWs in ED treatment.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To explore clinician experiences and perspectives on determining expected body weights (EBWs) in eating disorder (ED) treatment.
  • To examine the frequency of different EBW determination approaches across various ED diagnoses and age groups.
  • To identify challenges and training needs related to EBW determination among ED clinicians.

Main Methods:

  • Convergent mixed methods design integrating qualitative interviews and quantitative surveys.
  • Semi-structured interviews with 24 multidisciplinary ED clinicians.
  • Anonymous online survey of 161 multidisciplinary ED clinicians.

Main Results:

  • Clinicians commonly use individualized approaches and involve nutrition and medical professionals in EBW determination.
  • Limited access to premorbid data presents a significant challenge.
  • While clinicians report determining EBWs for all patients, quantitative data show primary application for youth with anorexia nervosa and atypical anorexia nervosa.

Conclusions:

  • EBW determination practices in ED treatment are variable regarding methodology and patient population.
  • There is a need for evidence-based guidelines to standardize EBW determination.
  • Improved consistency in EBW setting could enhance eating disorder treatment outcomes.