Table 2.
Summary of household economic outcomes in the study population
| Overall | Anorexia Nervosa | Bulimia Nervosa | Other | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n = 90 | n = 49 | n = 15 | n = 26 | |||||
| Household economic outcomes | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % |
| Economic hardship | 87 | 96.7% | 48 | 98.0% | 14 | 93.3% | 25 | 96.2% |
| Could not pay for | ||||||||
| Utilities | 26 | 29.5% | 14 | 29.2% | 4 | 26.7% | 8 | 32.0% |
| Rent/mortgage | 14 | 15.9% | 8 | 16.7% | 3 | 20.0% | 3 | 12.0% |
| Car payments | 19 | 21.6% | 13 | 27.1% | 1 | 6.7% | 5 | 20.0% |
| Minimum credit card payment | 19 | 21.6% | 12 | 25.0% | 2 | 13.3% | 5 | 20.0% |
| Medications | 22 | 25.3% | 15 | 31.3% | 3 | 20.0% | 4 | 16.7% |
| Medical/health appointments | 39 | 44.3% | 22 | 45.8% | 5 | 33.3% | 12 | 48.0% |
| Health insurance | 13 | 14.9% | 7 | 14.9% | 2 | 13.3% | 4 | 16.0% |
| Dental appointments | 27 | 31.0% | 17 | 36.2% | 2 | 13.3% | 8 | 32.0% |
| Transport | 14 | 16.3% | 10 | 21.7% | 1 | 6.7% | 3 | 12.0% |
| Food | 22 | 25.0% | 13 | 27.1% | 4 | 36.7% | 5 | 20.0% |
| Did not attend medical appointments | 30 | 34.5% | 16 | 34.0% | 5 | 33.3% | 9 | 36.0% |
| Did not fill prescriptions | 23 | 26.1% | 15 | 31.3% | 4 | 26.7% | 4 | 16.0% |
| Unable to heat home | 13 | 14.8% | 8 | 16.7% | 2 | 13.3% | 3 | 12.0% |
| Did you do use any of these strategies because you were short on money? | ||||||||
| Reduced home loan payments | 5 | 5.7% | 1 | 2.1% | 2 | 13.3% | 2 | 8.0% |
| Used savings put aside for other purposes | 54 | 61.4% | 30 | 62.5% | 8 | 53.3% | 16 | 64.0% |
| Moved house | 13 | 14.9% | 8 | 17.0% | 4 | 26.7% | 1 | 4.0% |
| Increased credit card debt $1000 or more | 26 | 29.9% | 13 | 27.7% | 4 | 26.7% | 9 | 36.0% |
| Sought financial assistance from friends/family | 39 | 45.3% | 21 | 45.7% | 8 | 53.3% | 10 | 40.0% |
| Sought financial assistance from welfare or community organisation | 20 | 23.0% | 12 | 25.5% | 3 | 20.0% | 5 | 20.0% |
| Informal loan | 14 | 16.1% | 7 | 14.9% | 3 | 20.0% | 4 | 16.0% |
| Formal loan | 9 | 10.3% | 5 | 10.6% | 1 | 6.7% | 3 | 12.0% |
| Sold assets | 13 | 14.9% | 4 | 8.5% | 4 | 26.7% | 5 | 20.0% |
| Other | 16 | 18.4% | 10 | 21.3% | 2 | 13.3% | 4 | 16.0% |
| Cost-related non-adherence | 16 | 17.8% | 10 | 20.4% | 3 | 20.0% | 3 | 11.5% |
| Spent greater than 10% of income on medical and health-related expenses (self-reported) | 30 | 41.7% | 17 | 44.7% | 6 | 46.2% | 7 | 33.3% |