Abstract

Y. VELLISCA, María et al. Reason for treatment abandonment from the perspective of the patient with an eating disorder. Univ. Psychol. [online]. 2016, vol.15, n.4, pp.1-9. ISSN 1657-9267.  https://doi.org/10.11144/Javeriana.upsy-15-4.matp.

Psychological and pharmacological treatments for eating disorder involve personal and health costs. In this paper we study the various reasons that may be associated to abandonment in both types of treatments in patients diagnosed with a disorder of eating behavior and the kind of neglect: neglect after evaluation, early and late abandonment. On the other hand, we analyze whether there is any relationship between the diagnosis and the type of abandonment. Various characteristics (age, sex, diagnosis, motives and types of neglect, and satisfaction with the unit eating disorder) in 212 patients treated at a specialized service in the treatment of eating disorder were examined during a period of two years. Our data support the hypothesis that the rate of abandonment of the most common treatments is delayed type, motivated by the improvement of the disorder of eating behavior, while no verified that there is some relationship between the diagnosis and the type of abandonment. Our results indicate that the reasons for dropping out are heterogeneous. You can set two different profiles of dropouts, one linked to improvement and to temporary disability, and other related tovarious reasons

Keywords : eating disorders; treatment discontinuation.

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