Prevalence of eating disorders among norwegian women and men in a psychiatric outpatient unit
✍ Scribed by Taraldsen, Knut W. ;Eriksen, Lasse ;G�testam, K. Gunnar
- Publisher
- Wiley (John Wiley & Sons)
- Year
- 1996
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 426 KB
- Volume
- 20
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0276-3478
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✦ Synopsis
Objective:
The primary purpose of the study was to establish lifetime and point prevalence of different eating disorders in a psychiatric outpatient population of both men and women.
Method:
A questionnaire was sent out to 364 patients referred to a psychiatric outpatient department. Of these questionnaires, 234 (64.3%) were completed and returned. Patient questionnaires were analyzed to assess the prevalence for different groups of eating disorders according to DSM-Ill-R criteria. Results: In women there was a lifetime prevalence of 5.2% of anorexia nervosa (AN), 7 6.1 % bulimia nervosa (BN), 6.5% binge eating disorder (BED), and 7 1 .O% eating disorder not otherwise specified (EDNOS), in total 38.7%. The point prevalence was 1.