Explanatory Factors for Disease-Specific Health-Related Quality of Life in Women with Anorexia Nervosa.

ABSTRACT: A better understanding of explanatory factors for disease-specific health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in anorexia nervosa (AN) could help direct treatment providers to aspects of the most relevance for patient wellbeing and recovery. We aimed to investigate whether factors associated with HRQoL are the same for women with AN and normal-weight controls. The participants in this study were women with AN recruited from specialized eating disorder centers in Denmark and healthy, normal-weight controls invited via online social media. Participants completed online questionnaires on medical history, disease-specific HRQoL (Eating Disorders Quality of Life Scale, EDQLS) and generic HRQoL (SF-36), eating disorder symptomatology, depression, psychological wellbeing, and work and social adjustme

SUBMITTER: Winkler LA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8069859 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature