Network analysis of eating disorder symptoms in women in perimenopause and early postmenopause.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Eating disorders (EDs) are often stereotyped as disorders of adolescence and young adulthood; however, they can occur at any age. Prevalence of EDs at midlife are approximately 3.5% and specific symptoms at midlife can have prevalences as high as 29.3%. Studies also inconsistently suggest that EDs and related symptoms may be more prevalent in midlife aged women during perimenopause compared with midlife aged women at pre-menopause. To date few studies have examined the structure of and associations between ED symptoms in women specifically during perimenopause and early postmenopause. Thus, the purpose of the current study is to investigate the structure of ED symptoms specifically during perimenopause and early postmenopause.

Methods

Participants included 36 parti

SUBMITTER: Finch JE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9974533 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature