Table 2.
Factors in young adulthood that distinguished young adult service utilisation
| No contact with AMHS | Low use of AEDSs | Medium use of AEDSs | High use of AEDSs | Local non-eating disorder AMHS | Non-local unspecified AMHS | P | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disorder, %a | 0.01 | ||||||
| Anorexia nervosa | 35 | 45 | 47 | 79 | 14 | 17 | |
| Bulimia nervosa | 25 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 14 | 4 | |
| Eating disorder not otherwise specified | 5 | 18 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 4 | |
| Unspecified feeding or eating disorder | 35 | 23 | 32 | 1 | 56 | 75 | |
| Comorbid diagnoses,a median (range) | 1 (1–3) | 1 (1–5) | 1 (1–6) | 2 (1–5) | 3 (2–5) | 1 (1–2) | <0.01 |
| In-patient treatment, months: median (range) | – | – | 2.0 (1–3) | 6.8 (2–15) | – | 0.7 (0–19) | 0.02 |
| SLaM day care/out-patient treatment, months: median (range) | – | 2.9 (0–9) | 7.6 (4–21) | 16.6 (0–58) | – | 8.6 (0–49) | <0.01 |
| SLaM out-patient appointments attended,a median (range) | 3 (1–4) | 1 (1–6) | 15 (1–20) | 34 (2–116) | 14 (6–23) | 1 (1–14) | 0.02 |
| A&E attendance,a median (range) | 2 (1–19) | 2 (1–4) | 1 (1–6) | 2.5 (1–15) | 4 (2–8) | 4 (1–32) | <0.01 |
Results in bold are significant. AMHS, adult mental health service; AEDS; adult eating disorder service; SLaM, South London and Maudsley; A&E, accident and emergency.
a.
Documented after an individual turned 18 years of age.