Self functioning traits affecting meal compliance in eating disorder patients

Bean, Pamela; Shiltz, T.; Hallinan, Patricia; Holbrook, Troy L.

doi:10.1007/bf03354446

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“…Women were admitted to hospital at a higher rate at 23.1% than at 0% for men (p < 0.002). Because managing disordered eating behavior is one of the first steps in the recovery process, Rogers Memorial Hospital has also investigated patient traits with the strongest affect on meal compliance [50]. Nearly 50% of meal compliance in thirty randomly selected patients was explained by four explanatory variables including sex, ineffectiveness, interceptive awareness, and distrust.…”

Section: Treatment Outcomementioning

confidence: 99%

Eating disorders in men: update

Weltzin

Weisensel

Franczyk

et al. 2005

The Journal of Men's Health & Gender

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Men with anorexia and bulimia nervosa account for 10% of people with this condition and for binge eating disorder they account for as many as 25%. Risk factors in men include athletics, sexuality, psychiatric co-morbidity and negative life experiences. Differences in eating disorders exist between men and women relating to behavior and psychological symptoms. Men are much more likely than women to underestimate body size and desire a more muscular body. Men are less likely than women to engage in typical compensatory behaviors such as vomiting and more likely to engage in activities such as excessive exercise to attempt to lose weight or counteract the effects of eating. Men are more likely than women to binge rather than restrict due to negative body image. Studies show that men with eating disorders are less likely to seek treatment than women are. Obstacles to treatment include cultural biases toward eating disorders because they are considered to be female disorders, a lack of trained professionals and a lack of treatment setting that specifically deals with male eating disorders patients. Finally, even with little research to guide treatment of eating disorders, the outcome seems to be similar for men and women.

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Section: Treatment Outcomementioning

confidence: 99%

Eating disorders in men: update

Weltzin

Weisensel

Franczyk

et al. 2005

The Journal of Men's Health & Gender

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“…The confusion and uncertainty in recognizing emotional states and the ability to discriminate hunger and satiety sensations are often core psychopathological elements playing an important role in the relation with food [26]. In the literature, a rich body of evidence exists that not only the psychopathological aspects of mental disorders can lead to changes in the physiological mechanisms regulating appetite, but also that emotional states and the ability to cope with stress can influence the relation of individuals with food and eating [27, 28].…”

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Clinical, Psychopathological and Personality Correlates of Interoceptive Awareness in Anorexia nervosa, Bulimia nervosa and Obesity

Fassino¹,

Pierò²,

Gramaglia³

et al. 2004

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Objective: To determine the levels of interoceptive awareness (IA), which measures the ability of an individual to discriminate between sensations and feelings, and between the sensations of hunger and satiety, in eating disorder patients and to identify the clinical, psychopathological and personal variables correlated with IA. Sampling andMethods: Sixty-one restrictor anorectics, 61 binge-purging anorectics, 104 purging bulimics, 49 obese subjects with binge eating disorder (BED) and 47 obese subjects without BED were compared. They were assessed with the Eating Disorder Inventory-2, the Temperament and Character Inventory, and the Beck Depression Inventory, and their clinical and sociodemographic features were recorded. Results: In all patients, the levels of IA were higher than the ‘normal’ ones; in bulimia nervosa, they were higher than in anorexia nervosa and obesity. Similar personal features and eating attitudes are shared by patients with bulimia nervosa and BED. In the total sample, the following variables independently correlate with IA: the Beck Depression Inventory, self- directedness and persistence. Conclusions: The importance of an altered IA in eating disorders is supported. Both depression and a perfectionist and poorly self-directive personality can lead to greater difficulties in discriminating hunger and satiety.

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