Table 1.
Sample characteristics at the baseline (caregivers and eating disorder patients).
| SUCCEAT–WS (N = 50) |
SUCCEAT–ONL (N = 50) |
COMP (N = 49) |
p | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caregivers’ characteristics | ||||
| Mothers (%) | 84.0% | 88.0% | 75.5% | 0.248 1 |
| Age (Mean, SD) | 46.64 (5.43) | 47.72 (4.25) | 47.27 (4.48) | 0.523 2 |
| University degree (%) | 60.0% | 46.0% | 27.7% | 0.006 1 |
| Married or living in partnership (%) | 84.0% | 75.0% | 70.2% | 0.264 1 |
| Time spent with the patient during weekdays (%) | ||||
| 0–1 h/day | 6.1% | 10.2% | 15.2% | 0.386 1 |
| 1–2 h/day | 18.4% | 22.4% | 15.2% | |
| 3–4 h/day | 32.7% | 42.9% | 30.4% | |
| >4 h/day | 42.9% | 24.5% | 39.1% | |
| FQ–CC score (Mean, SD) | 20.76 (5.96) | 21.78 (5.47) | 21.82 (5.54) | 0.559 2 |
| FQ–EOI score (Mean, SD) | 26.10 (5.17) | 25.44 (4.98) | 27.22 (5.05) | 0.222 2 |
| Patients’ characteristics | ||||
| Females (%) | 90.0% | 96.0% | 100% | 0.061 1 |
| Age (Mean, SD) | 14.66 (1.91) | 15.12 (1.80) | 15.43 (1.08) | 0.068 2 |
| ED diagnosis (%) | ||||
| AN restrictive | 90.0% | 90.0% | 87.8% | 0.995 1 |
| AN binge/purging | 8.0% | 8.0% | 10.2% | |
| Atypical AN | 2.0% | 2.0% | 2.0% | |
| ED duration (Mean, SD) | 10.41 (7.10) | 16.03 (16.05) | 23.77 (12.93) | <0.001 1 |
| BMI percentile (Median) | 1.16 | 2.74 | 0.45 | 0.091 3 |
| Inpatient treatment (%) | 48.0% | 48.0% | 81.6% | <0.001 1 |
| EDE score (Mean, SD) | 3.27 (1.62) | 3.32 (1.39) | 3.22 (1.36) | 0.945 2 |
| EDI-2 score (Mean, SD) | 67.32 (39.55) | 69.62 (38.79) | 91.57 (47.35) | 0.009 2 |
| FEICS–CC score (Mean, SD) | 12.15 (4.17) | 12.52 (4.44) | 13.51 (4.08) | 0.272 2 |
| FEICS–EOI score (Mean, SD) | 23.92 (4.43) | 23.53 (4.17) | 22.91 (3.94) | 0.503 2 |
1 Chi² test; 2 ANOVA test; 3 Kruskal–Wallis test. Abbreviations: AN, anorexia nervosa; CC, criticism; COMP, comparison group; ED, eating disorder; EDE, Eating Disorder Examination Interview, EDI-2, Eating Disorder Inventory-2; EOI, emotional overinvolvement; FEICS, Family Emotional Involvement and Criticism Scale; FQ, Family Questionnaire; ONL, online; SUCCEAT, Supporting Carers of Children and Adolescents with Eating Disorders in Austria; WS, workshop.