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[Long term prognosis in anorexia nervosa]. 1988

H Remschmidt, and F Wienand, and C Wewetzer

Klinik und Poliklinik für Kinder- und Jugendpsychiatrie, Philipps-Universität Marburg.

Follow-up studies using the same prognostic criteria have shown that about 48% of the patients had recovered at follow-up, while 28% revealed further difficulties with eating, weight and figure, and 24% remained anorectic. Our own study on 103 patients who underwent inpatient treatment, revealed unexpectedly good results: according to the criteria of Morgan and Russell, 72% (n = 58) showed a good prognosis, 11% (n = 9) a fair, and 17% (n = 14) an unfavourable prognosis. 3 patients had died during the follow-up interval. It was possible to predict the long-term outcome from weight recovery during inpatient treatment, more successfully in patients with favourable than unfavourable outcome. The best predictors were: time until weight stabilization, the ratio ideal weight/stabilized weight, and age at onset of the eating disorder.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008297	Male		Males
D011379	Prognosis	A prediction of the probable outcome of a disease based on a individual's condition and the usual course of the disease as seen in similar situations.	Prognostic Factor,Prognostic Factors,Factor, Prognostic,Factors, Prognostic,Prognoses
D002648	Child	A person 6 to 12 years of age. An individual 2 to 5 years old is CHILD, PRESCHOOL.	Children
D005196	Family Therapy	A form of group psychotherapy. It involves treatment of more than one member of the family simultaneously in the same session.	Therapy, Family,Family Therapies,Therapies, Family
D005260	Female		Females
D005500	Follow-Up Studies	Studies in which individuals or populations are followed to assess the outcome of exposures, procedures, or effects of a characteristic, e.g., occurrence of disease.	Followup Studies,Follow Up Studies,Follow-Up Study,Followup Study,Studies, Follow-Up,Studies, Followup,Study, Follow-Up,Study, Followup
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000223	Adaptation, Psychological	A state of harmony between internal needs and external demands and the processes used in achieving this condition. (From APA Thesaurus of Psychological Index Terms, 8th ed).	Behavior, Adaptive,Healthy Adaptation,Positive Adaptation,Psychological Recovery,Adaptation, Psychologic,Adjustment,Psychological Adaptation,Adaptation, Healthy,Adaptation, Positive,Adaptive Behavior,Adaptive Behaviors,Healthy Adaptations,Positive Adaptations,Psychologic Adaptation,Psychological Recoveries,Recovery, Psychological
D000293	Adolescent	A person 13 to 18 years of age.	Adolescence,Youth,Adolescents,Adolescents, Female,Adolescents, Male,Teenagers,Teens,Adolescent, Female,Adolescent, Male,Female Adolescent,Female Adolescents,Male Adolescent,Male Adolescents,Teen,Teenager,Youths
D000367	Age Factors	Age as a constituent element or influence contributing to the production of a result. It may be applicable to the cause or the effect of a circumstance. It is used with human or animal concepts but should be differentiated from AGING, a physiological process, and TIME FACTORS which refers only to the passage of time.	Age Reporting,Age Factor,Factor, Age,Factors, Age