Quality of life in anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa and eating disorder not-otherwise-specified

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Abstract

Background
This study aimed to assess differences in Quality of Life (QoL) across eating disorder (ED) diagnoses, and to examine the relationship of QoL to specific clinical features.

Results
199 patients with a diagnosed ED completed the Clinical Impairment Assessment (CIA) [Cognitive Behavior Therapy and Eating Disorders, 315–318, 2008] and the Eating Disorders Examination (EDE) [Int J Eat Disord 6:1–8]. Differences between diagnostic groups were examined, as were differences between restrictive and binge-purge subtypes.
CIA scores and EDE scores were positively correlated and higher in groups with binge-purge behaviours. CIA scores were not correlated with BMI, illness duration or frequency of bingeing/purging behaviours, except in the binge-purge AN group, where CIA scores negatively correlated with BMI.

Conclusions
Patients with EDs have poor QoL and impairment increases with illness severity. Patients with binge/purge diagnoses are particularly impaired. It remains unclear which clinical features best predict the degree of impairment experienced by patients with EDs.
Original languageEnglish
Article number43
Number of pages8
JournalJournal of Eating Disorders
Volume1
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusE-pub ahead of print - Dec 2013

Keywords

  • Eating disorders, Anorexia nervosa, Bulimia nervosa, Clinical impairment assessment, Functional impairment, Quality of life

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