Table 1 Characteristics of studies included in the metasynthesis
Source paper | Year | Country setting | Sample: size (N), age (years), %Female(F) /male (M) | Treatment type | Treatment focus | Recruitment | Data collection (OESSI = open-ended semi-structured interview) | Data analysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Darcy et al. [50] | 2010 | USA | N = 24 19 – 52 years F = 100% | IP, OP | Unspecified | Community sources and online | OESSI and structured self-reported ED questionnaires | TA |
Eli [37] | 2014 | Israel | N = 13 18 – 38 years F = 92%, M = 8% | IP | Unspecified | Community sources, online, treatment settings | OESSI—narrative: sensory experience and meaning making | IPA |
Fox and Diab [46] | 2015 | UK | N = 6 19–50 years F = 100% | IP | > 2 psychological therapies | Two eating disorder services | OESSI | IPA |
Gulliksen et al,. [42] | 2012 | Norway | N = 38 18–51 years F = 100% | IP, OP | Unspecified | Treatment settings | OESSI | GT |
Gulliksen et al. [7] | 2015 | Norway | N = 34 18–51 years F = 100% | IP, OP | Unspecified | Treatment settings | OESSI | GT |
Hannon et al. [45] | 2017 | UK | N = 5 23–30 years F = 100% | OP | AN Intensive Treatment Team model: intensive community-based care (> 2 years) | Treatment settings | Semi-structured interviews | IPA |
Lose et al. [47] | 2014 | UK | N = 15 Age: 20 + years F: N/A | OP | MANTRA or SSCM | MOSAIC RCT site [34] | OESSI: on experiences of MOSAIC | TA |
Rance et al. [38] | 2017 | UK | N = 12 18–50 years F = 100% | IP, OP | Cognitive behavioral therapy, cognitive analytic therapy, psychodynamic therapy and integrative therapy | Online, ED service | OESSI | TA |
Ross and Green [39] | 2011 | UK | N = 2 Age: 18 + years F = 100% | IP | Psychodynamic inpatient treatment | ED service | OESSI | TA |
Sly et al. [48] | 2014 | UK | N = 8 18–34 years F = 100% | IP | Treatment current | ED service | OESSI developed with themes from review of literature | IPA |
Stockford et al. [41] | 2018 | UK | N = 6 33–48 years. F = 100% | OP | Unspecified | ED service | OESSI | IPA |
Smith et al. [40] | 2016 | UK | N = 21 18–41 years F = 100% | IP | Treatment current | ED service | OESSI | TA |
Wright and Hacking [49] | 2012 | UK | N = 6 21– 44 years F = 100% | IP, OP | Outpatient day program treatment current | ED service | OESSI | TA |
Zainal et al. [43] | 2016 | UK | N = 148 Aged 20 + years F = 98%; M = 2% | OP | ED service | Self-report questionnaires/feedback forms Collected 12 months post treatment | TA |