Eating Disorders General and Anorexia Nervosa Flashcards
Overview of eating disorders (7)
- Complex illness with profound psychosocial and physical consequences
- Third most common chronic illness after asthma and obesity
- Peak age of onset is 14 to 18 years
* But can occur at much younger and older ages - Deep dissatisfaction with the patient’s own body and shape—fear of fatness
- Increase in prevalence of anorexia
- 10% of general population suffers from it but only a minority seek treatment
- Increasing recognized in the minority
DSM V Classifications of eating disorders (6)
- Anorexia nervosa
- Bulimia nervosa
- Binge eating disorder
- Avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder (ARFID)
- Rumination disorder
- Pica
Eating Disorder Risk Factors (8)
- : Female gender, particularly adolescent or young adult females.
- Certain ethnic groups such as Asians, Native Americans, and African Americans appear less likely to have eating disorders than other ethnic groups.
- Weight and Shape: Higher body mass index, concerns about weight, and a history of dieting.
- History of psychiatric problems: Depression, anxiety, or substance use
- Childhood eating difficulties or sexual abuse.
- Genetics
* Behavioral genetic studies using twin designs → substantial genetic effect for the liability for each of these disorders. - Psychobiology: Serotonin may be abnormal in eating disordered individuals. Seen more commonly in white, middle/ upper class females
- Job or profession that demands thinness
* Models
* Actors
* Entertainers - Overeaters
* Nursing
Predisposing and Precipitating Risk Factors (6)
- Self-objectification and body dissatisfaction
- Depression and negative affect
- Impulsivity and distress tolerance
- Self-critical perfectionism
- Response to internal body signals
- Family functions
Characteristics of Patient with Eating Disorders (10)
- Difficulty resolving conflict
- Low self esteem
- Ambivalence about growing up
- History of sexual abuse
- Over involved family
- Lack of conflict resolution
- Poor communication
- Chronic illness
- Poor indicators for resolution in AN
a. Disturbed parent child relationship
b. Long duration of illness or later onset
c. Concomitant personality disorder
d. Presence of vomiting - Poor indicator of resolution of BN
a. Presence of significant depression
b. Comorbidity with substance abuse
c. Coexisting personality disorder
d. History of sexual abuse
Evaluation of the Patient with a Possible Eating Disorder (4)
- Screening: Making a diagnosis
- Assessing nutritional and psychosocial status
- Determine the degree of malnutrition
- Evaluating the acute medical complications
Reproductive health history questions with eating disorders (male and female)
Male: Ask about libido? Morning erections? Changes?
Females: First period? Regular? Last period and how much did you weigh then
SCOFF Questionnaire (5)
- Do you make yourself sick because you feel uncomfortably full?
- Do you worry you have lost control over how much you eat?
- Have you recently lost >1 stone (6.3 kg or 14 lb.) in a 3-mo period?
- Do you believe yourself to be fat when others say you are too thin?
- Would you say that food dominates your life?
Questionnaire (EDE-Q) - Interview and Questionnaire
EDE Interview
- Developed in 1987
- Gold standard in eating disorder diagnosis
- 16th edition
- Semi-structured clinical interview that takes 30 to 60 min to complete.
EDE questionnaire
- 36-item questionnaire derived from the EDE interview 11th edition
- Acceptable internal consistency and test-retest reliability
- Validated in the adult population but has not been validated in the adolescent or female athlete population
Female Athlete Screening Tool (FAST) (5)
- 33-item questionnaire
- Developed specifically for female athletes (24).
- 15 min to complete
- Validated in a collegiate population with subjects from both Division I and Division III National Collegiate Athletic Association schools.
- Compared using the EDE-Q, Bulimia Test-Revised (BULIT-R), EDI-2, and FAST. Reliability analysis demonstrated high internal consistency (Cronbach > = 0.87)
Eating Attitudes Test (Eat-26) (5)
- Widely used standardized self-report measure of symptoms and concerns characteristic of eating disorders
- Original EAT-40 that was first published in 1979 and refined
- Many different languages
- Reliability 0.9 (high)
- Validity 0.6 to 0.93
Eating Disorder Inventory-3 (7)
- Reliability 0.83-0.93
- Validity 0.43 to 0.68
- Use with females ages 13–53 years.
- 91 items divided into twelve subscales rated on a 0-4 point scoring system.
- 3 items are specific to eating disorders and 9 are general psychological scales that while not specific are relevant to eating disorders.
- Six composites: Eating Disorder Risk, Ineffectiveness, Interpersonal Problems, Affective Problems, Over control, General Psychological Maladjustment.
- Self-report questionnaire administered in twenty minutes
ROS with eating disorders (10)
- Dizziness
- Syncope, weakness, fatigue
- Pallor, easy bruising or bleeding?
- Cold intolerance?
- Hair loss, lanugo, dry skin?
- Vomiting, diarrhea, constipation?
- Fullness, bloating, abdominal pain, epigastric burning?
- Muscle cramps, joint paints, palpitations, chest pain?
- Menstrual irregularities?
- Symptoms of hyperthyroidism, diabetes, malignancy, infection, inflammatory bowel disease?
Orthostatic Hypotension (how it is measured and 3 scenarios in which it is significant)
WILL BE ON THE EXAM!
Check the patientʼs blood pressure and pulse in a sitting position (with feet on floor), then have the patient stand for two minutes and retake BP & HR
Significant/positive if
- Increase of 20 beats per minute
- A decrease of 20 mm HG in systolic BP
- A decrease of 10 mm Hg is diastolic BP
*Important to do orthostatic for patients with suspected eating disorders
Eating disorder physical exam findings (8)
- Scaphoid abdomen
- muscle wasting
- acrocyanosis
- decreased subcutaneous fat
- lanugo hair
- ecchymosis
- diminished reflexes,
- dry skin
General PE findings (3)
- Hypothermia
- Cachexia; facial wasting
- Russel sign – cuts on top of hands or fingers from sticking fingers down throat