Anorexia nervosa: 30-year outcome.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Little is known about the long-term outcome of anorexia nervosa.

Aims

To study the 30-year outcome of adolescent-onset anorexia nervosa.

Method

All 4291 individuals born in 1970 and attending eighth grade in 1985 in Gothenburg, Sweden were screened for anorexia nervosa. A total of 24 individuals (age cohort for anorexia nervosa) were pooled with 27 individuals with anorexia nervosa (identified through community screening) who were born in 1969 and 1971-1974. The 51 individuals with anorexia nervosa and 51 school- and gender-matched controls were followed prospectively and examined at mean ages of 16, 21, 24, 32 and 44. Psychiatric disorders, health-related quality of life and general outcome were assessed.

Results

At the 30-year follow-up 96% of part

SUBMITTER: Dobrescu SR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7557598 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature