Problematic Exercise in Anorexia Nervosa: Testing Potential Risk Factors against Different Definitions.

ABSTRACT: "Hyperactivity" has a wide prevalence range of 31% to 80% in the anorexia nervosa literature that could be partly due to the plethora of definitions provided by researchers in this field. The purpose of this study was two-fold: 1) To assess the variance across prevalence rates of problematic exercise encountered in patients with anorexia nervosa, in relation to seven different definitions found in the literature. 2) To examine how core eating disorder symptoms and the dimensions of emotional profile are associated with these different definitions and the impact of these definitions on the assessment of patients' quality of life. Exercise was evaluated in terms of duration, intensity, type and compulsion using a semi-structured questionnaire administered to 180 women suffering from severe a

SUBMITTER: Rizk M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4664470 | biostudies-literature | 2015

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature