Article Critique
Anorexia is a classless, ageless, and genderless psychiatric disease that affects people all over the world. In the majority of the cases, it develops during adolescence a period of change an instability where proper guidance should be given.This study looked at inpatient treatment intervention (IP) versus a day patient treatment intervention (DP) on adolescents. The article’s title is self explanatory and just a few adjustments are needed for clarification to readers who are not familiar with research terminology.The authors used the word “open-label” to described that participants and researchers were aware of the intervention to which they belonged. They also used “non-inferiority trial,” which means that they are trying to prove one treatment is not better than the other one. As well, just for clarification to the reader the title should specify the gender, as only females were studied.
On the other hand, the study provided a brief and concise summary of the background, methods, findings, and interpretation.The authors did such a good job that if the reader were to stop after the summary, it is safe to say that he/she will have a fair understanding of the study results and implications. Thought out the study, the authors explained the tools used to measure the the patient 's’ BMI and the proposed intervention. …show more content…
Anorexia is predominantly seen in females, but males can also experience it and require treatment. Since the adolescence period is such a turmultive time and sex differences are marked, one cannot assume the treatment would work on females as well on males. Similarly, the mean age for the participants was 15.2 years with a illness duration of 42.4 weeks, which calls for further evaluation if the participants were older and less “ready to learn” due to a longer struggle with
Anorexia is a classless, ageless, and genderless psychiatric disease that affects people all over the world. In the majority of the cases, it develops during adolescence a period of change an instability where proper guidance should be given.This study looked at inpatient treatment intervention (IP) versus a day patient treatment intervention (DP) on adolescents. The article’s title is self explanatory and just a few adjustments are needed for clarification to readers who are not familiar with research terminology.The authors used the word “open-label” to described that participants and researchers were aware of the intervention to which they belonged. They also used “non-inferiority trial,” which means that they are trying to prove one treatment is not better than the other one. As well, just for clarification to the reader the title should specify the gender, as only females were studied.
On the other hand, the study provided a brief and concise summary of the background, methods, findings, and interpretation.The authors did such a good job that if the reader were to stop after the summary, it is safe to say that he/she will have a fair understanding of the study results and implications. Thought out the study, the authors explained the tools used to measure the the patient 's’ BMI and the proposed intervention. …show more content…
Anorexia is predominantly seen in females, but males can also experience it and require treatment. Since the adolescence period is such a turmultive time and sex differences are marked, one cannot assume the treatment would work on females as well on males. Similarly, the mean age for the participants was 15.2 years with a illness duration of 42.4 weeks, which calls for further evaluation if the participants were older and less “ready to learn” due to a longer struggle with