Psychoendocrinology of Remenorrhea in the Late Outcome of Anorexia nervosa
| Autor: | G. Deffner, Klaus Engel, Adolf-Ernst Meyer, M. Klick, B. von Holtzapfel |
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| Rok vydání: | 1986 |
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Pediatrics medicine.medical_specialty Anorexia Nervosa Adolescent Statistics as Topic Anorexia nervosa Body weight Menstruation Internal medicine medicine Humans Endocrine system Amenorrhea Applied Psychology Body Weight Late outcome General Medicine medicine.disease Psychiatry and Mental health Clinical Psychology Endocrinology Anorectic Female medicine.symptom Psychology Weight gain |
| Zdroj: | Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics. 45:174-185 |
| ISSN: | 1423-0348 0033-3190 |
| DOI: | 10.1159/000287946 |
| Popis: | Within a late follow-up of our former anorectic patients 38 consented to an endocrine checkup in addition to clinical and sociopsychologic assessments. Univariate comparisons of still or again amenorrheic patients (n = 22) versus remenorrheic patients (n = 16) showed many significances. However, some of these variables intercorrelated substantially. Therefore, we performed a stepwise discriminant analysis which yielded as the most differentiating variables 'subjective well-being' (24%), follow-up interval (16%), Frisch's 'fat percentage within body weight' (12%) and 'sexual behavior' (5%). As the mean follow-up intervals were 10 versus 6 years, anorectic patients seem to need considerable time for remenorrhea, or rather for the psychosocial-sexual adaptation necessary for it. The equally necessary weight gain does not correlate with the follow-up interval. Then there is a factor which seems to be 'constitutional': Early onset of amenorrhea predicts late nonremenorrhea (3%). |
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