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The Short Treatment Allocation Tool for Eating Disorders : current practices in assigning patients to level of care Geller, Josie; Isserlin, Leanna; Seale, Emily; Iyar, Megumi M.; Coelho, Jennifer S.; Srikameswaran, Suja; Norris, Mark

Abstract

The Short Treatment Allocation Tool for Eating Disorders (STATED) is a new evidence-based algorithm developed to match patients to the most clinically appropriate and cost-effective level of care (Geller et al., 2016). The objective of this research was to examine the extent to which current practices are in alignment with STATED recommendations. Method: Participants were 179 healthcare professionals providing care for youth and/or adults with eating disorders. They completed an online survey and rated the extent to which three patient dimensions (medical stability, symptom severity, and readiness) were used in assigning patients to each of five levels of care. Results: The majority of analyses testing a priori hypotheses based on the STATED were statistically significant (all p’s 

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The Short Treatment Allocation Tool for Eating Disorders : current practices in assigning patients to level of care
Creator
Geller, Josie; Isserlin, Leanna; Seale, Emily; Iyar, Megumi M.; Coelho, Jennifer S.; Srikameswaran, Suja; Norris, Mark
Contributor
St. Paul's Hospital (Vancouver, B.C.). Provincial Adult Tertiary Eating Disorders Program; Children's Hospital (Vancouver, B.C.); BC Eating Disorders Research Excellence Cluster
Publisher
BioMed Central
Date Issued
2018-12-19
Description
The Short Treatment Allocation Tool for Eating Disorders (STATED) is a new evidence-based algorithm developed to match patients to the most clinically appropriate and cost-effective level of care (Geller et al., 2016). The objective of this research was to examine the extent to which current practices are in alignment with STATED recommendations. Method: Participants were 179 healthcare professionals providing care for youth and/or adults with eating disorders. They completed an online survey and rated the extent to which three patient dimensions (medical stability, symptom severity, and readiness) were used in assigning patients to each of five levels of care. Results: The majority of analyses testing a priori hypotheses based on the STATED were statistically significant (all p’s 
Subject
Eating disorders; Treatment allocation; Decision-making; Readiness; Assessment; Evidence-based practice; Guidelines
Genre
Article
Type
Text
Language
eng
Date Available
2019-01-03
Provider
Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights
Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
DOI
10.14288/1.0375857
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/2429/68171
Affiliation
Arts and Sciences, Irving K. Barber School of (Okanagan); Medicine, Faculty of; Other UBC; Non UBC; Psychiatry, Department of; Psychology, Department of (Okanagan)
Citation
Journal of Eating Disorders. 2018 Dec 19;6(1):45
Publisher DOI
10.1186/s40337-018-0230-2
Peer Review Status
Reviewed
Scholarly Level
Faculty
Copyright Holder
The Author(s).
Rights URI
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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