Psychological and weight-related characteristics of patients with anorexia nervosa-restricting type who later develop bulimia nervosa.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Patients with anorexia nervosa-restricting type (AN-R) sometimes develop accompanying bulimic symptoms or the full syndrome of bulimia nervosa (BN). If clinicians could predict who might change into the bulimic sub-type or BN, preventative steps could be taken. Therefore, we investigated anthropometric and psychological factors possibly associated with such changes.

Method

All participants were from a study by the Japanese Genetic Research Group for Eating Disorders. Of 80 patients initially diagnosed with AN-R, 22 changed to the AN-Binge Eating/Purging Type (AN-BP) and 14 to BN for some period of time. The remaining 44 patients remained AN-R only from the onset to the investigation period. Variables compared by ANOVA included anthropometric measures, personality

SUBMITTER: Nishimura H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2275291 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature