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Table 1 Participant demographic and clinical characteristics

From: Quality of life as a vulnerability and recovery factor in eating disorders: a community-based study

 

Symptomatic (n = 13)

Improved (n = 6)

P

Demographics

 Age (M, SD)

40.7 (6.0)

39.3 (14.0)

.210

 BMI (M, SD)

31.81 (9.78)

27.65 (6.10)

.291

Employment, n (%)

  

.683

 Unemployed/sick

4 (30.8)

1 (16.7)

 

 Part-Time Work

2 (15.4)

2 (33.3)

 

 Full-Time Work/Study

7 (53.9)

2 (33.3)

 

 Childcare

-

1 (16.7)

 

Education, n (%)

  

.834

 University

7 (53.9)

4 (66.6)

 

 Trade

2 (15.4)

-

 

 High School

4 (30.8)

2 (33.3)

 

Marital Status, n (%)

  

.732

 Married/Defacto

9 (69.3)

5 (83.4)

 

 Divorced

2 (15.4)

1 (16.7)

 

 Single

2 (15.4)

-

 

Children, n (%)

  

.128

 Has children

8 (61.5)

6 (100.0)

 

 No children

5 (38.5)

-

 

Eating Disorder Symptoms

 EDE-Q Restraint, M (SD)

3.78 (1.35)

1.83 (1.47)

.017

 EDE-Q Eating Concern, M (SD)

3.48 (0.75)

0.50 (0.73)

< .001

 EDE-Q Weight Concern, M (SD)

4.77 (0.59)

1.93 (0.96)

< .001

 EDE-Q Shape Concern, M (SD)

5.12 (0.52)

1.77 (1.23)

< .001

 EDE-Q Global, M (SD)

4.29 (0.25)

1.51 (0.93)

< .001

 Objective Binge Eating, n (%)

5 (39)

1 (17)

.605

 Subjective Binge Eating, n (%)

8 (62)

0 (0)

.018

 Purging, n (%)

3 (23)

0 (0)

.517

 Driven Exercise, n (%)

3 (23)

2 (33)

1.000

Health-Related Quality of Life

 Physical, M (SD)

32.66 (9.27)

52.27 (6.45)

< .001

 Mental, M (SD)

30.41 (7.29)

51.15 (9.14)

< .001

Psychological Distress

 K-10, M (SD)

28.46 (7.53)

12.17 (1.94)

< .001

  1. Note. n = 1 symptomatic participant with missing BMI and SF-12 data; Objective binge eating, subjective binge eating, and purging defined as > 4 episodes reported over the past 28 days; Driven exercise defined as >20 episodes over the past 28 days