Comparison 1. Family therapy approaches vs standard care/treatment as usual.

Outcome or subgroup title	No. of studies	No. of participants	Statistical method	Effect size
1 Remission post‐intervention	2	81	Risk Ratio (M‐H, Random, 95% CI)	3.50 [1.49, 8.23]
1.1 family‐based therapy	1	41	Risk Ratio (M‐H, Random, 95% CI)	6.91 [0.95, 50.35]
1.2 other	1	40	Risk Ratio (M‐H, Random, 95% CI)	3.0 [1.16, 7.73]
2 Remission long‐term follow‐up	1		Risk Ratio (M‐H, Random, 95% CI)	Totals not selected
2.1 family‐based therapy	1		Risk Ratio (M‐H, Random, 95% CI)	0.0 [0.0, 0.0]
3 General Functioning	1		Mean Difference (IV, Random, 95% CI)	Totals not selected
3.1 Other	1		Mean Difference (IV, Random, 95% CI)	0.0 [0.0, 0.0]
4 Dropouts during therapy	3	137	Risk Ratio (M‐H, Random, 95% CI)	1.01 [0.44, 2.34]
4.1 systems family therapy	1	36	Risk Ratio (M‐H, Random, 95% CI)	0.58 [0.11, 2.96]
4.2 family‐based therapy	1	41	Risk Ratio (M‐H, Random, 95% CI)	1.15 [0.29, 4.51]
4.3 Other	1	60	Risk Ratio (M‐H, Random, 95% CI)	1.33 [0.33, 5.45]
5 Eating disorder psychopathology post‐intervention	2	109	Std. Mean Difference (IV, Random, 95% CI)	‐0.11 [‐0.49, 0.27]
5.1 other	2	109	Std. Mean Difference (IV, Random, 95% CI)	‐0.11 [‐0.49, 0.27]
6 Weight (BMI)	1		Mean Difference (IV, Random, 95% CI)	Totals not selected
6.1 Other	1		Mean Difference (IV, Random, 95% CI)	0.0 [0.0, 0.0]
7 Relapse during treatment	2	100	Risk Ratio (M‐H, Random, 95% CI)	0.65 [0.37, 1.15]
7.1 family‐based therapy	1	41	Risk Ratio (M‐H, Random, 95% CI)	0.52 [0.14, 1.89]
7.2 Other	1	59	Risk Ratio (M‐H, Random, 95% CI)	0.69 [0.37, 1.30]