example case study - luk and agoha Flashcards
1
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what was the aim?
A
- to describe the experience of chinese- american adolescent girl with AN using a case study from multiple perspectives
2
Q
what was the sample?
A
- 15 year old girl called amy
- diagnosed at 13 and showed severe calorie restriction and excessive exercise
- BMI = 11.8
3
Q
what care did she recieve?
A
- transferred to the child/adolescent psychiatric ward
- underwent individual and group therapy, daily weigh ins and monitoring of meals
- discharged after 3 months and goal weight was reached
4
Q
what was her background?
A
- family meal times were significant
- highly argumentative with her mother and often had emotional outbursts with her at appointments
- didn’t want to eat at home
5
Q
describe her recovery process
A
- consistently made it to appointments on her own
- continued to refuse meals with family and opted to prepare her own at home
- successfully gained a part time job at a cookie store
6
Q
how was the data gathered interpreted?
A
- consistent with developmental theories (maternal nurturance lacking)
- cultural clash between her friends and parents (chose to reject ancestral culture through food)
7
Q
what were the strengths of this case study?
A
- parental and youth consent gained
- inpatient and outpatient data reviewed = triangulation
- quantitative data gathered e.g. BMI = objective
8
Q
what are the weakness of the case study?
A
- retrospective review data already exists so may be interpreted differently by different people
- small sample size of one girl = low G
- Chinese-American so may not find the same results in different cultures