A randomised trial of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Anorexia Nervosa after daycare treatment, including five-year follow-up

Table 1 Demographic characteristics of the participants at pre-assessment (after daycare)

	ACT	TAU	χ ²	p	Effect size	OR [95 % CI]
	N (%)	N (%)	χ ²	p	ω	OR [95 % CI]
Sex	0 male	1 male^a
Diagnosis			0.57	.68	0.12	1.52 [0.49-4.73]
AN	3 (12.5)	4 (21)
EDNOS	21 (87.5)	15 (79)
Daycare			0.35	.56	0.09	1.38 [0.44-4.31]
Nine weeks	8 (33.3)	8 (42.1)
Twelve weeks	16 (66.6)	11 (57.9)
Marital status			5.11	.024	0.35	3.73 [1.12-12.44]
Single	10 (43.5)	2 (11.1)
Living together	13 (56.5)	16 (88.9)
Education			0.42	.71	0.1	1.43 [0.46-4.45]
Lower	18 (75)	15 (83.3)
Higher	6 (25)	3 (16.7)
Occupation			3.33	.19	0.28	n.a
Working	10 (41.7)	3 (16.7)
Student	6 (25)	8 (44.4)
Not working	8 (33.3)	7 (38.9)
	M(SD)	M(SD)	F	p	Cohen’s d	[95 % CI]
Age	26.6(8.1)	24.6(5.8)	0.79	.38	0.29	[-1.81-2.38]
Lowest BMI ever	14.9(2.0)	14.5(2.1)	0.67	.42	0.20	[-0.40-0.80]
Highest BMI ever	21.8(3.4)	23.3(5.0)	3.84	.057	0.37	[-1.59-0.85]
Age first compensate	15.5(2.6)	14.2(5.8)	0.85	.36	0.31	[-0.95-1.57]
Age first diet	14.8(2.7)	13.8(4.6)	0.76	.39	0.28	[-0.79-1.35]

^aExclusion of the male participant did not change any comparisons
ACT acceptance and commitment therapy, TAU treatment as usual, AN anorexia nervosa, EDNOS eating disorders not otherwise specified, BMI body mass index