Health-related quality of life among adolescents with eating disorders
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- 作者：Paul E. Jenkins ; Renee Rienecke Hoste ; Angela Celio Doyle ; Kamryn Eddy ; Ross D. Crosby ; Laura Hill ; Pauline Powers ; James E. Mitchell ; Daniel Le Grange
- 关键词：Adolescence ; Eating disorders ; Quality of life ; Anorexia nervosa ; Bulimia nervosa
- 刊名：Journal of Psychosomatic Research
- 出版年：January, 2014
- 年：2014
- 卷：76
- 期：1
- 页码：1-5
- 全文大小：234 K
文摘
Objective
Health-related quality of life (HRQoL) is an emerging area of research in eating disorders (EDs) that has not been examined in adolescents in detail. The aim of the current study is to investigate HRQoL in an adolescent ED sample, examining the impact of ED symptoms on HRQoL.Methods
Sixty-seven treatment-seeking adolescents (57 females) with anorexia nervosa (AN), bulimia nervosa (BN), or eating disorder not otherwise specified (EDNOS) completed self-report measures of HRQoL and ED symptoms.
Results
Participants reported poorer HRQoL in mental health domains than in physical health domains. Disordered attitudes, binge eating, and compensatory behaviors were associated with poorer mental health HRQoL, and body dissatisfaction was associated with poorer physical health HRQoL.
Conclusion
The current study assessed HRQoL among adolescents with EDs, finding several consistencies with the literature on adults with EDs. Future research should compare adolescents and adults with EDs on HRQoL.