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Table 1 Participant characteristics

From: Impact of a new medical network system on the efficiency of treatment for eating disorders in Japan: a retrospective observational study

  ALL MCN + MCN - MCN + vs. MCN -
Number patients with a reserved appointment(F/M) 342 (328/14) 128 (124/4) 214 (204/10)  
Number of patients with a first follow-up visit (F/M) 303 (290/13) 127 (123/4) 176 (167/9)  
No-show rate (F/M) (%) 11.1 (11.6/7.1) 0.8 (0.9/0) 17.8 (18.1/10.0) p < 0.001
Waiting period from reservation to first visit (days) 24.5 ± 17.7 8.4 ± 5.7 35.5 ± 14.2 p < 0.001
Age (years) 28.9 ± 9.9 30.5 ± 11.1 27.9 ± 9.0 p = 0.073
Diagnosis
 AN-R 87 (28.8%) 46 (36.2%) 41 (23.3%) p < 0.05
 AN-BP 80 (18.8%) 33 (26.0%) 47 (26.7%) p = 0.92
 BN-P 57 (18.8%) 18 (14.2%) 39 (22.2%) p = 0.07
 BN-NP 14 (4.6%) 4 (3.1%) 10 (5.7%) p = 0.31
 ED-NOS 34 (11.2%) 5 (3.9%) 29 (16.5%) p < 0.01
 Others 31 (10.2%) 21 (16.5%) 10 (5.7%) p < 0.05
Treatment
 Only once 151 (49.8%) 49 (38.6%) 102 (58.0%) p < 0.001
 Outpatient treatment only 83 (27.4%) 46 (36.2%) 37 (21.0%) p < 0.01
Inpatient treatment only
 Outpatient + inpatient 16 (5.3%) 11 (8.7%) 5 (2.8%) p = 0.423
 treatment 53 (17.5%) 21 (16.5%) 32 (18.2%) p = 0.133
  1. MCN medical community network, F female, M male, AN-R anorexia nervosa restricting type, AN-BP anorexia nervosa binge eating/purging type, BN-P bulimia nervosa pursing type, BN-NP bulimia nervosa non-purging type, ED-NOS eating disorders not otherwise specified