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dc.contributor.authorCarter, O.
dc.contributor.authorPannekoek, Linda
dc.contributor.authorFursland, A.
dc.contributor.authorAllen, K.
dc.contributor.authorLampard, Amy
dc.contributor.authorByrne, S.
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-30T12:37:44Z
dc.date.available2017-01-30T12:37:44Z
dc.date.created2014-07-31T20:00:23Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.identifier.citationCarter, O. and Pannekoek, L. and Fursland, A. and Allen, K. and Lampard, A. and Byrne, S. 2012. Increased wait-list time predicts dropout from outpatient enhanced cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT-E) for eating disorders. Behaviour Research and Therapy. 50 (7-8): pp. 487-492.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/23534
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.brat.2012.03.003
dc.description.abstract

Between 30 and 70% of patients with eating disorders drop out from outpatient treatment. However, research has been unable to identify factors that consistently predict dropout from eating disorder treatment. Most studies have exclusively investigated the role that individual patient characteristics play in dropout and have ignored more process-based factors such as expectations about treatment, the therapeutic alliance, or time spent on a treatment waiting list. This study aimed to investigate the roles of both individual patient characteristics and process-based factors in dropout from outpatient treatment or eating disorders. The study involved data collected from consecutive eating disorder referrals to the only public specialist eating disorder service for youth and adults in Perth, Western Australia. The standard treatment provided at this service is Enhanced Cognitive Behaviour Therapy on an individual basis. The study involved 189 patients referred to the service between 2005 and 2010. Forty five percent of this sample dropped out of treatment. Results showed that, in this sample, two individual factors, lowest reported weight and the tendency to avoid affect, and one process-based factor, time spent on the wait list for treatment, were significant predictors of dropout. These findings are valuable because a process-based factor, such as wait-list time, may be easier to address and modify than a patient’s weight history or the trait of mood intolerance. Increased resources for eating disorder services may reduce waiting list times which would help to reduce dropout and maximize treatment outcomes.

dc.publisherElsevier Ltd
dc.subjectWaiting list
dc.subjectEating disorders
dc.subjectDropout
dc.subjectEnhanced cognitive behaviour therapy
dc.subjectOutpatient treatment
dc.titleIncreased wait-list time predicts dropout from outpatient enhanced cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT-E) for eating disorders
dc.typeJournal Article
dcterms.source.volume50
dcterms.source.startPage487
dcterms.source.endPage492
dcterms.source.issn0005-7967
dcterms.source.titleBehaviour Research and Therapy
curtin.departmentSchool of Psychology
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