Table 2.

Patient characteristics pre- and post-intervention

	Pre-intervention (n = 124)	Post-intervention (n = 71)	Pre- and post-intervention (n = 10)
Age, years
Mean ± SD	15.81 ± 1.41	15.35 ± 1.60	15.90 ± 1.29
Range	12–18	12–18	14–18
Gender (n, %)
Male	17 (13.7%)	8 (11.3%)	4 (40%)
Female	107 (86.3%)	62 (87.3%)	6 (60%)
Not specified	0	1 (1.4%)	0
Length of stay, days
Mean ± SD	64.29 ± 65.07	81.97 ± 67.51	163.80 ± 119.77
Range	0–328	5–298	62–406
Primary diagnosis (n, %)
Adjustment and dissociative	6 (4.8%)	2 (2.8%)	0
Anxiety	11 (8.9%)	7 (9.9%)	0
Developmental	3 (2.4%)	2 (2.8%)	1 (10%)
Eating	46 (37.1%)	35 (49.3%)	6 (60%)
Mood	19 (15.3%)	9 (12.7%)	0
Obsessive compulsive	1 (0.8%)	1 (1.4%)	1 (10%)
Other	9 (7.3%)	5 (7.0%)	1 (10%)
Personality	8 (6.5%)	4 (5.6%)	0
Phobias	1 (0.8%)	0	1 (10%)
Schizophrenia and psychosis	9 (7.3%)	2 (2.8%)	0
Stress-related	2 (1.6%)	1 (1.4%)	0
Substance abuse	3 (2.4%)	1 (1.4%)	0
Unknown	5 (4.0%)	1 (1.4%)	0

Pre-intervention dates: 1st June 2016 to 31st May 2018; Post-intervention dates: 1st June 2018 to 31st November 2019; Pre- and post-intervention dates: 1st June 2016 to 31st November 2019