[Anorexia nervosa in a worker: a case report].

Autor: Reinoso-Barbero L; Medicina del Trabajo, Grupo Banco Popular, Madrid, 28042, Spain. lreinoso@bancopopular.es., Díaz-Garrido R, Reyes-García R, Fernández-Fernández M, Garrido-Astray MC, Muñoz-Ruipérez C
Jazyk: Spanish; Castilian
Zdroj: Archivos de prevencion de riesgos laborales [Arch Prev Riesgos Labor] 2015 Jan-Mar; Vol. 18 (1), pp. 17-8.
DOI: 10.12961/aprl.2015.18.1.04
Abstrakt: We describe the management of a case of anorexia nervosa (body mass index, -BMI-, 13,6 Kg/m2) in a bank teller. The case was detected through routine occupational health surveillance. After being evaluated by different specialists (general practitioner, psychiatrist and endocrinologist) and being closely monitored (by psychology, nursing, and occupational medicine), the worker regained weight to a near normal BMI (17 Kg/m2) in less than a year and a half. Eating disorders are a common pathology (non-occupationally related), but their high prevalence (5% of the population over a lifetime) and social and job-related impact (affecting more than 20% of cases), make them a necessary focus of attention for health promotion in the workplace. Health prevention, promotion and surveillance may be also reinforced at the workplace.
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Databáze: MEDLINE