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Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics for ARFID inpatient admissions by admitting service before and after ICP implementation (N = 110 admissions; n = 57 pre-ICP and n = 53 post-ICP)

From: Variation in care for inpatients with avoidant restrictive food intake disorder leads to development of a novel inpatient clinical pathway to standardize care

 

Pre-ICP (n = 57)

Post-ICP (n = 53)

p-valueb

Median (IQR) or n (%)

p-valuea

Median (IQR) or n (%)

p-valuea

Overall

(n = 57)

Admitting Service

Overall

(n = 53)

Admitting Service

AM

(n = 24)

GI

(n = 17)

GP

(n = 16)

AM

(n = 25)

GI

(n = 21)

GP

(n = 7)

Admit Age (years)

12.7 (4.5)

14.3 (5.9)

12.7 (4.6)

10.3 (3.3)

 < 0.001

15.3 (5.8)

16.9 (3.6)

10.8 (6.4)

15.3 (4.4)

 < 0.001

0.08

Admit Age Category

    

0.003

    

 < 0.001

0.04

 10 years or younger

16 (28%)

0 (0%)

7 (41%)

9 (56%)

11 (21%)

0 (0%)

11 (52%)

0 (0%)

 11 – 14 years

24 (42%)

14 (58%)

5 (29%)

5 (31%)

14 (26%)

7 (28%)

5 (24%)

2 (29%)

 15 – 17 years

9 (16%)

4 (17%)

4 (24%)

1 (6%)

21 (40%)

12 (48%)

4 (19%)

5 (71%)

 18 years or older

8 (14%)

6 (25%)

1 (6%)

1 (6%)

7 (13%)

6 (24%)

1 (5%)

0 (0%)

Female Gender

39 (68%)

20 (83%)

11 (65%)

8 (50%)

0.08

29 (55%)

17 (68%)

6 (29%)

6 (86%)

0.006

0.14

Race

    

0.72

    

0.45

0.68

 White

41 (72%)

17 (68%)

12 (71%)

12 (75%)

37 (70%)

18 (72%)

14 (67%)

5 (71%)

 Black/African-American

5 (9%)

1 (4%)

2 (12%)

2 (13%)

2 (4%)

0 (0%)

1 (5%)

1 (14%)

 Asian or Pacific Islander

1 (2%)

1 (4%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

3 (6%)

2 (8%)

0 (0%)

1 (14%)

 Another race

8 (14%)

3 (13%)

3 (18%)

2 (13%)

8 (15%)

4 (16%)

4 (19%)

0 (0%)

 Declined/Unknown

2 (3%)

2 (8%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

3 (6%)

1 (4%)

2 (10%)

0 (0%)

Ethnicity

    

0.64

    

0.35

0.14

 Non-Hispanic

46 (81%)

19 (79%)

15 (88%)

12 (75%)

40 (75%)

21 (84%)

14 (67%)

5 (71%)

 Hispanic

6 (10%)

2 (8%)

2 (12%)

2 (13%)

2 (4%)

0 (0%)

1 (5%)

1 (14%)

 Declined/Unknown

5 (9%)

3 (13%)

0 (0%)

2 (13%)

11 (21%)

4 (16%)

6 (29%)

1 (14%)

Private Insurance

42 (74%)

22 (92%)

10 (59%)

10 (63%)

0.03

36 (68%)

17 (68%)

15 (71%)

4 (57%)

0.85

0.51

Distance traveled

    

0.03

    

0.60

0.98

 < 10 miles

15 (26%)

1 (4%)

6 (35%)

8 (50%)

14 (26%)

8 (32%)

4 (19%)

2 (29%)

 10 – 24 miles

19 (33%)

11 (46%)

4 (24%)

4 (25%)

17 (32%)

8 (32%)

8 (38%)

1 (14%)

 25 – 49 miles

13 (23%)

7 (29%)

3 (18%)

3 (19%)

14 (26%)

5 (20%)

6 (29%)

3 (43%)

 50 – 99 miles

5 (9%)

4 (17%)

1 (6%)

0 (0%)

5 (9%)

2 (8%)

3 (14%)

0 (0%)

 ≥ 100 miles

5 (9%)

1 (4%)

3 (18%)

1 (6%)

3 (6%)

2 (8%)

0 (0%)

1 (14%)

  1. ARFID Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder, IQR interquartile range, AM Adolescent Medicine, GI Gastroenterology, GP General Pediatrics
  2. ap-value testing for difference by admitting service within each period. Admitting and discharging service were the same
  3. bp-value testing for difference overall between pre and post-ICP periods
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Journal of Eating Disorders

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