Table 1.

Comparison between completers and dropouts (1)

	Completers (N = 48)	Dropouts (N = 17)	p
Subtype	AN-R 1,AN-BP BN 18,BED 7, OSFED 2	AN-R 5,AN-BP 4 BN 6,BED 2
Age	25.1 ± 3.8	25.2 ± 6.2	NS
Age of onset	17.9 ± 2.7	17.7 ± 3.0	NS
Duration of illness	6.7 ± 4.2	5.5 ± 3.8	NS
BMI	17.7 ± 2.0	18.5 ± 2.8	NS
Education
high school graduate	27 (56.3%)	11 (64.6%)	NS
college student	4 (8.3%)	1 (5.9%)	NS
college graduate	17 (35.4%)	6 (3.5%)	NS
Marital status (married)	11 (22.9%)	4 (23.5%)	NS
Comorbidities
depressive disorder	9 (18.8%)	4 (23.5%)	NS
panic disorder	7 (14.6%)	3 (17.6%)	NS
obsessive-compulsive	2 (4.1%)	1 (5.9%)	NS
personality disorder	7 (14.6%)	4 (23.5%)	NS
Dropout from outpatient consultation	2 (4.2%)	8 (47.1%)*	<0.01
EAT-26	27.2 ± 7.5	27.3 ± 8.4	NS
POMS
Tension-anxiety	21.4 ± 7.0	25.6 ± 5.6	0.029
Depression	30.9 ± 10.6	32.2 ± 8.6	NS
Anger-hostility	18.3 ± 9.7	23.7 ± 8.3	0.044
Vigor-activity	12.9 ± 3.9	14.6 ± 3.5	NS
Fatigue	18.1 ± 5.0	16.9 ± 3.2	NS
Confusion-bewilderment	16.4 ± 5.3	8.6 ± 5.2	NS
CISS
Task-oriented coping	53.2 ± 8.0	50.0 ± 6.5	NS
Emotion-oriented coping	60.6 ± 7.0	60.5 ± 7.4	NS
Avoidance-oriented coping	50.9 ± 5.1	52.0 ± 6.2	NS
RSES	17.9 ± 5.7	18.6 ± 3.8	NS

AN-R anorexia nervosa restricting type, AN-BP anorexia nervosa binge eating/purging type, BN bulimia nervosa, BED bing- eating disorder, OSFED other specified feeding or eating disorder, EAT-26 Eating Attitudes Test-26, POMS Profile of Mood Status, CISS Coping Inventory for Stressful Situation, RSES Rosenberg’s Self-Esteem Scale

*There were significantly more dropout cases from outpatient consultation. Tension-anxiety and anger-hostility of POMS in the dropouts group were tend to be higher than those of completer group