Comparison 14. Family therapy approaches vs psychological interventions (sugroup by age).

Outcome or subgroup title	No. of studies	No. of participants	Statistical method	Effect size
1 Remission post‐intervention	7	252	Risk Ratio (M‐H, Random, 95% CI)	1.22 [0.89, 1.67]
1.1 Adult	3	76	Risk Ratio (M‐H, Random, 95% CI)	0.89 [0.38, 2.07]
1.2 Adolescent	4	176	Risk Ratio (M‐H, Random, 95% CI)	1.29 [0.87, 1.92]
2 Remission short‐term follow‐up	1	89	Risk Ratio (M‐H, Random, 95% CI)	1.16 [0.94, 1.44]
2.1 Adolescent	1	89	Risk Ratio (M‐H, Random, 95% CI)	1.16 [0.94, 1.44]
3 Remission long‐term follow‐up	6	200	Risk Ratio (M‐H, Random, 95% CI)	1.08 [0.91, 1.28]
3.1 Adult (note russell is 5 year)	2	33	Risk Ratio (M‐H, Random, 95% CI)	0.69 [0.39, 1.21]
3.2 Adolescent	4	167	Risk Ratio (M‐H, Random, 95% CI)	1.13 [0.95, 1.34]
4 Dropouts during treatment	6	229	Risk Ratio (M‐H, Random, 95% CI)	1.13 [0.46, 2.78]
4.1 Adult	3	80	Risk Ratio (M‐H, Random, 95% CI)	1.45 [0.44, 4.70]
4.2 Adolescent	3	149	Risk Ratio (M‐H, Random, 95% CI)	0.84 [0.18, 3.91]
5 Eating disorder psychopathology post‐intervention	7	262	Std. Mean Difference (IV, Random, 95% CI)	0.17 [‐0.32, 0.66]
5.1 Adult	3	85	Std. Mean Difference (IV, Random, 95% CI)	‐0.18 [‐0.70, 0.34]
5.2 Adolescent	4	177	Std. Mean Difference (IV, Random, 95% CI)	0.44 [‐0.28, 1.17]
6 Eating disorder psychopathology short‐term follow‐up (Lock 2010‐EDE)	1	89	Mean Difference (IV, Random, 95% CI)	‐0.23 [‐0.69, 0.23]
6.1 Adolescent	1	89	Mean Difference (IV, Random, 95% CI)	‐0.23 [‐0.69, 0.23]
7 Eating disorder psychopathology long‐term follow‐up	6	197	Std. Mean Difference (IV, Random, 95% CI)	‐0.01 [‐0.50, 0.47]
7.1 Adult	2	32	Std. Mean Difference (IV, Random, 95% CI)	‐0.57 [‐1.78, 0.65]
7.2 Adolescent	4	165	Std. Mean Difference (IV, Random, 95% CI)	0.16 [‐0.35, 0.68]
8 Weight (BMI, BMI%ile, %ABW) post‐intervention	6	210	Std. Mean Difference (IV, Random, 95% CI)	0.32 [0.01, 0.63]
8.1 Adult	2	32	Std. Mean Difference (IV, Random, 95% CI)	‐0.27 [‐1.10, 0.56]
8.2 Adolescent	4	178	Std. Mean Difference (IV, Random, 95% CI)	0.44 [0.14, 0.74]
9 Weight (BMI%ile) short‐term follow‐up	1	89	Mean Difference (IV, Random, 95% CI)	2.30 [‐7.28, 11.88]
9.1 Adolescent	1	89	Mean Difference (IV, Random, 95% CI)	2.30 [‐7.28, 11.88]
10 Weight (BMI, BMI%ile, %ABW) long‐term follow‐up	6	198	Std. Mean Difference (IV, Random, 95% CI)	0.14 [‐0.16, 0.45]
10.1 Adult	2	32	Std. Mean Difference (IV, Random, 95% CI)	‐0.50 [‐1.21, 0.21]
10.2 Adolescent	4	166	Std. Mean Difference (IV, Random, 95% CI)	0.27 [‐0.04, 0.57]
11 Relapse during treatment	4	101	Risk Ratio (M‐H, Random, 95% CI)	1.06 [0.54, 2.08]
11.1 Adult	3	80	Risk Ratio (M‐H, Random, 95% CI)	1.03 [0.44, 2.44]
11.2 Adolescent	1	21	Risk Ratio (M‐H, Random, 95% CI)	1.1 [0.37, 3.27]
12 Relapse long‐term follow‐up	1	77	Risk Ratio (M‐H, Random, 95% CI)	2.49 [0.55, 11.21]
12.1 Adolescent	1	77	Risk Ratio (M‐H, Random, 95% CI)	2.49 [0.55, 11.21]