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. 2016 Mar 4;21(3):353–364. doi: 10.1007/s40519-016-0264-x

Table 1.

SF-12 and SF-36 scale and summary scores of AN, BN, and BED samples

Instrument First author Study group Physical functioning Physical role Bodily pain General health Vitality Social functioning Emotional role Mental health PCS MCS
Mean (SD) Mean (SD) Mean (SD) Mean (SD) Mean (SD) Mean (SD) Mean (SD) Mean (SD) Mean (SD) Mean (SD)
AN
 SF-36 del Valle [16] Traininga 93.2 (7.5) 67.6 (21.1) 95.6 (7.4) 70.7 (14.5) 76.7 (15.3) 66.1 (18.7) 72.5 (24.3) 73.2 (14.5) 58.8 (14.0) 44.2 (9.4)
Controla 83.2 (17.6) 45.6 (39.8) 59.7 (26.5) 52.2 (21.0) 51.3 (33.5) 49.4 (28.3) 56.8 (32.0) 40.2 (25.2) 44.3 (11.5) 35.1 (16.8)
Doll [17] AN 88.92 (11.40) 73.75 (34.42) 63.30 (21.48) 53.26 (19.01) 41.63 (19.15) 72.37 (20.38) 49.38 (42.03) 52.57 (17.27) 43.40 (9.02) 45.54 (8.91)
Gonzalez-Pinto [19] AN 83.98 (13.2) 61.70 (40.3) 72.91 (25.6) 57.42 (20.4) 52.34 (23.6) 63.56 (29.9) 65.95 (40.2) 49.29 (23.5) 50.41 (8.2) 36.25 (14.6)
Padierna [24] AN-P 88.9 (16.4) 52.1 (43.3) 64.9 (30.1) 50.1 (23.1) 44.5 (23.5) 51.5 (30.1) 41.7 (42.8) 41.5 (23.4) n.r. n.r.
AN-R 87.5 (15.4) 62.0 (40.6) 72.4 (22.7) 51.6 (19.1) 51.7 (22.0) 62.3 (30.9) 57.6 (42.3) 47.8 (23.2) n.r. n.r.
Rie [25] AN 80.2 (18.2) 42.0 (37.7) 65.9 (23.1) 48.8 (21.3) 39.5 (17.7) 46.6 (22.5) 29.5 (36.8) 41.6 (16.6) n.r. n.r.
Turner [27] AN 68.9 (21.5) 14.3 (25.4) 42.0 (22.0) 35 (18.8) 18.2 (14.9) 32.5 (24.8) 21.4 (28.0) 30.9 (22.0) n.r. n.r.
 SF-12 Mond [22] AN-P n.r. n.r. n.r. n.r. n.r. n.r. n.r. n.r. 46.80 (10.03) 26.96 (7.44)
AN-R n.r. n.r. n.r. n.r. n.r. n.r. n.r. n.r. 45.38 (10.28) 38.38 (11.05)
BN
 SF-36 Doll [17] BN 90.62 (11.90) 67.71 (35.99) 72.44 (22.46) 53.98 (19.93) 42.85 (20.05) 70.51 (21.32) 35.47 (43.95) 51.84 (18.05) 47.20 (9.47) 43.76 (9.35)
Nickel [33] Topiramatea 67.2 (6.5) 57.1 (6.0) 59.8 (7.2) 51.0 (5.3) 52.3 (4.1) 64.9 (6.2) 61.2 (8.0) 60.9 (6.1) n.r. n.r.
Placeboa 65.4 (5.8) 57.1 (5.3) 61.5 (7.0) 53.6 (5.5) 53.3 (5.3) 64.1 (7.7) 57.6 (8.2) 60.4 (6.2) n.r. n.r.
Padierna [24] BN 89.5 (11.9) 54.8 (41.4) 63.3 (28.0) 47.1 (21.0) 44.9 (20.8) 54.5 (28.1) 41.8 (43.6) 46.4 (23) n.r. n.r.
Rie [25] BN 84.5 (15.4) 44.6 (39.2) 67.8 (19.6) 52.5 (17.5) 36.2 (15.7) 42.2 (26.4) 22.2 (32.6) 38.3 (16.9) n.r. n.r.
Turner [27] BN 80.0 (25.4) 57.1 (44.0) 60.8 (24.7) 42.9 (22.0) 27.4 (17.1) 49.1 (30.6) 30.8 (37.9) 34.2 (17.8) n.r. n.r.
 SF-12 Mond [22] BN n.r. n.r. n.r. n.r. n.r. n.r. n.r. n.r. 49.25 (10.07) 27.60 (9.44)
Mond [32] OBEs n.r. n.r. n.r. n.r. n.r. n.r. n.r. n.r. 46.50 (10.21) 36.34 (11.98)
SBEs n.r. n.r. n.r. n.r. n.r. n.r. n.r. n.r. 48.84 (10.82) 36.28 (12.23)
OBEs and SBEs n.r. n.r. n.r. n.r. n.r. n.r. n.r. n.r. 45.77 (11.64) 36.58 (10.86)
BED
 SF-36 de Zwaan [36] Postoperative 82.8 (16.4) 61.1 (28.3) 55.3 (26.0) 42.4 (30.9) 41.7 (25.9) 72.4 (31.5) 92.6 (22.3) 59.1 (24.9) 42.2 (8.9) 45.7 (10.4)
de Zwaan [37] BED 36.7 (13.3) 23.5 (21.2) 39.1 (13.9) 39.1 (16.7) 19.4 (13.3) 51.4 (14.9) 53.6 (43.2) 68.4 (13.1) 28.1 (6.8) 44.7 (9.5)
Doll [17] BED 87.23 (11.55) 52.49 (34.92) 72.63 (21.79) 55.83 (19.27) 42.12 (19.43) 72.28 (20.68) 23.78 (42.57) 52.78 (17.51) 46.31 (9.12) 40.83 (9.00)
Faulconbridge [38] Bariatric surgerya 34.9 (1.9) 41.8 (1.7)b 39.5 (1.6)b 38.6 (1.7)b 39.0 (1.6)b 38.3 (2.0)b 42.3 (1.7)b 43.5 (1.8)b 37.7 (1.7)b 43.1 (1.6)b
Lifestyle modificationa 37.3 (1.5) 43.7 (1.5)b 44.8 (1.6)b 41.4 (1.4)b 42.7 (1.4)b 42.7 (1.7)b 43.7 (1.8)b 44.8 (1.7)b 40.8 (1.3)b 45.4 (2.0)b
Marchesini [42] CBT 68 (23) 60 (40) 60 (28) 55 (12) 51 (21) 63 (25) 59 (41) 58 (21) 43 (10) 42 (13)
Control 71 (23) 64 (40) 61 (27) 57 (10) 51 (20) 64 (26) 57 (41) 59 (21) 44 (10) 42 (12)
Masheb [43] BMI ≥30 kg/m2 69.9 (21.8) 63.4 (39.8) 56.7 (23.7) 62.4 (18.8) 37.6 (19.5) 63.3 (27.6) 49.8 (42.1) 58.2 (15.9) 45.3 (9.6) 39.3 (10.6)
BMI <30 kg/m2 91.5 (8.5) 79.3 (35.1) 72.8 (22.8) 74.7 (14.6) 47.2 (19.9) 77.2 (19.8) 60.9 (42.2) 62.3 (18.6) 53.6 (9.4) 41.0 (12.2)
Padierna [24] BED 72.3 (22.7) 46.9 (42.7) 60.7 (30.9) 50.7 (23.1) 40.9 (21.5) 52.2 (25.9) 37.3 (45.5) 44.5 (16.0) n.r. n.r.
 SF-12 Mond [22] BED n.r. n.r. n.r. n.r. n.r. n.r. n.r. n.r. 40.18 (13.11) 30.36 (7.96)

Only studies in which eating disorder-specific SF-12/SF-36 scale and/or summary scores were presented are included in Table 1

AN anorexia nervosa, AN-P anorexia nervosa, purging type, AN-R anorexia nervosa, restricting type, BED binge eating disorder, BMI body mass index, BN bulimia nervosa, CBT cognitive behavioral therapy, MCS mental component summary, n.r. not reported, OBEs objective bulimic episodes, PCS physical component summary, SBEs subjective bulimic episodes, SD standard deviation, SF-12 Medical Outcomes Study Short-Form 12, SF-36 Medical Outcomes Study Short-Form 36

aBaseline data; bmean (standard error)