Eating psychopathology and psychosocial impairment in patients treated at a Singapore eating disorders treatment programme
| Autor: | Angeline Kuek, Huei Yen Lee, Kah Wee Ng |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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Male 050103 clinical psychology medicine.medical_specialty Anorexia Nervosa Adolescent Ethnic group Anorexia nervosa Sensitivity and Specificity Severity of Illness Index Body Mass Index Feeding and Eating Disorders Eating Young Adult 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Eating disorder not otherwise specified Surveys and Questionnaires medicine Humans 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Bulimia Nervosa Psychiatry Singapore business.industry Bulimia nervosa 05 social sciences General Medicine medicine.disease 030227 psychiatry Eating disorders Female Original Article business Body mass index Psychosocial Psychopathology |
| Zdroj: | Singapore Medical Journal. 59:33-38 |
| ISSN: | 0037-5675 |
| Popis: | INTRODUCTION There is limited data on the psychopathology of eating disorders in Singapore. This study: (a) described levels of eating psychopathology and psychosocial impairment among individuals diagnosed with eating disorders at our hospital; and (b) compared the related psychopathology of these patients. METHODS Between 1 August 2010 and 31 July 2012, 257 individuals who met the diagnostic criteria for eating disorders completed the Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire (EDE-Q) and Clinical Impairment Assessment questionnaire (CIA). RESULTS A majority of participants were women and of Chinese ethnicity. Diagnoses included anorexia nervosa (AN; 41.6%), bulimia nervosa (BN; 29.6%) and eating disorder not otherwise specified (EDNOS; 28.8%). Mean age at presentation was 20.52 ± 7.14 years and mean body mass index was 17.84 ± 4.18 kg/m2. Individuals with AN were significantly younger at presentation and had shorter duration of untreated illness compared to those with BN and EDNOS. There were no significant differences in the CIA scores of the diagnostic groups. Participants with BN scored higher in all subscales of the EDE-Q than those with AN and EDNOS. Our sample scored lower in most subscales of EDE-Q when compared to treatment centres in Sweden, Australia and the United States. CONCLUSION Our clinical sample reported lower scores of psychopathology compared to overseas centres. This could be attributed to the higher percentages of BN and EDNOS diagnosed in overseas populations. Individuals with AN showed higher levels of psychopathology in our study compared to patients from the United States. |
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