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In adult eating disorder community care, online treatment is non-inferior to in-person for daycare/intensive outpatient programmes, with EDE-Q Global score near zero (−0.00, 95% CI −0.23 to 0.22).
- Why it matters: Eating disorders are often undertreated, and delivery mode may affect access and outcomes; this review addresses whether telemedicine can match in-person community care.
- What they did: A systematic review and meta-analysis searched MEDLINE, Embase, PsychINFO, Emcare, Scopus, and Web of Science on 22 June 2025, including quasi-experimental studies comparing delivery modes and assessing bias with the Joanna Briggs Institute tool.
- The result: Across daycare/intensive outpatient measures (anxiety, BMI, depression) effects were non-inferior, and outpatient studies showed non-significant differences while better outcomes were indicated for online care.
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