Baseline demographics and clinical characteristics
| Whole sample | Real rTMS | Sham rTMS | ||||
| N | N | N | ||||
| Demographic details | ||||||
| Age (mean [SD]) | 34 | 29.74 (10.35) | 17 | 28.47 (9.48) | 17 | 31.00 (11.29) |
| Highest level of education achieved | 33 | 17 | 16 | |||
| GCSE | 3 | 2 | 1 | |||
| AS levels and above | 30 | 15 | 15 | |||
| Ethnicity | 34 | 17 | 17 | |||
| White | 31 | 16 | 15 | |||
| Other | 3 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Marital status | 34 | 17 | 17 | |||
| Single | 26 | 13 | 13 | |||
| Married | 6 | 4 | 2 | |||
| Divorced | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Other | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Clinical characteristics | ||||||
| Diagnosis | 34 | 17 | 17 | |||
| AN-R | 22 | 11 | 11 | |||
| AN-BP | 12 | 6 | 6 | |||
| BMI, kg/m2 (mean [SD]) | 33 | 16.00 (1.44) | 17 | 15.76 (1.62) | 16 | 16.26 (1.22) |
| Duration of illness, years (mean [SD]) | 34 | 14.07 (10.75) | 17 | 13.74 (10.74) | 17 | 14.41 (11.09) |
| Number of previous ED hospitalisations (mean [SD]) | 34 | 2.18 (1.91) | 17 | 2.47 (2.07) | 17 | 1.88 (1.76) |
| Number of previous ED inpatient stays, months (mean [SD]) | 33 | 10.49 (11.66) | 17 | 12.37 (12.46) | 16 | 8.50 (10.78) |
| Previous course (≥1) of ED outpatient treatment | 29 | 14 | 15 | |||
| Previous course (≥1) of ED day-patient treatment | 19 | 10 | 9 | |||
| Current treatment | 34 | 17 | 17 | |||
| Receiving ED day-patient treatment | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Receiving ED outpatient treatment | 25 | 13 | 12 | |||
| Receiving no treatment | 7 | 3 | 4 | |||
| Antidepressant medication | 21 | 11 | 10 | |||
| Other psychotropic medication | 7 | 2 | 5 | |||
| Antipsychotic medication | 4 | 1 | 3 | |||
| Benzodiazepine/other anxiolytic/sedative medication | 4 | 2 | 2 | |||
| EDE-Q Global (mean [SD]) | 33 | 4.16 (1.11) | 17 | 4.07 (1.28) | 16 | 4.25 (0.94) |
| EDE-Q Restraint Subscale (mean [SD]) | 33 | 3.99 (1.54) | 17 | 3.87 (1.46) | 16 | 4.11 (1.65) |
| EDE-Q Eating Concern Subscale (mean [SD]) | 33 | 3.65 (1.21) | 17 | 3.59 (1.45) | 16 | 3.71 (0.93) |
| EDE-Q Shape Concern Subscale (mean [SD]) | 33 | 4.68 (1.31) | 17 | 4.58 (1.55) | 16 | 4.78 (1.03) |
| EDE-Q Weight Concern Subscale (mean [SD]) | 33 | 4.33 (1.25) | 17 | 4.28 (1.33) | 16 | 4.38 (1.20) |
| CIA Total (mean [SD]) | 33 | 43.64 (11.36) | 17 | 43.35 (12.72) | 16 | 43.94 (10.12) |
| EQ-5D-5L: how good or bad is your health today? (mean [SD]) | 33 | 48.91 (17.44) | 17 | 47.47 (18.63) | 16 | 50.44 (16.55) |
| DASS-21 Depression (mean [SD]) | 33 | 26.12 (9.68) | 17 | 26.82 (9.44) | 16 | 25.38 (10.19) |
| DASS-21 Anxiety (mean [SD]) | 33 | 15.39 (10.29) | 17 | 14.82 (8.31) | 16 | 16.00 (12.31) |
| DASS-21 Stress (mean [SD]) | 33 | 26.91 (7.92) | 17 | 28.35 (7.12) | 16 | 25.38 (8.66) |
| DASS-21 Total (mean [SD]) | 33 | 68.42 (24.52) | 17 | 70.00 (20.59) | 16 | 66.75 (28.72) |
| POMS Total Mood Disturbance (mean [SD]) | 33 | 83.97 (36.75) | 17 | 81.41 (36.84) | 16 | 86.69 (37.66) |
| OCI-R total (mean [SD]) | 33 | 27.79 (16.97) | 17 | 24.00 (16.48) | 16 | 31.81 (17.05) |
SD, standard deviation; GCSE, General Certificate of Secondary Education; AS, Advanced Subsidiary; AN-BP, anorexia nervosa binge–purge subtype; AN-R, anorexia nervosa restrictive subtype; CA, California; CIA, Clinical Impairment Assessment; DASS-21, Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale – 21 items; ED, eating disorder; EDE-Q, Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire; EQ-5D-5L, EuroQol Quality of Life Scale; POMS, Profile of Mood States; OCI-R, revised Obsessive-Compulsive Inventory; rTMS, repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation.