Cleveland Clinic Children's Outcomes

ARFID patients were also assessed utilizing two standardized screening measures: Child Anxiety Related Disorders (SCARED) Child Version which is a self-report screening measure of anxiety in children and adolescence and measures the anxiety severity across five domains as well as the Nine Item Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder Screen (NIAS) which assesses three different eating patterns leading to symptoms of ARFID. As treatment progressed and eating improved, 80% of patients demonstrated decreased symptoms of ARFID and 100% of patients endorsed gradually fewer symptoms of anxiety.