Quality of Life of Patients with Anorexia and Bulimia Nervosa

• Main Author: Oliveira-Cardoso, Érika Arantes
• Publication Date: 2019
• Other Authors: Coimbra, Anne Caroline, Santos, Manoel Antonio
• Format: Article
• Language: por
• Source: Psicologia (Universidade de Brasília. Online)
• Download full: https://periodicos.unb.br/index.php/revistaptp/article/view/23027
• topic: Quality of life, Eating disorders, Anorexia nervosa, Bulimia; Qualidade de vida, Transtornos alimentares, Anorexia nervosa, Bulimia

This study aimed to evaluate the health-related quality of life (HRQoL) of patients with eating disorders (ED). The sample consisted of 40 predominantly young and adult female patients diagnosed with anorexia in outpatient treatment. A HRQoL instrument (SF-36) and the Eating Attitudes Test (EAT-26) were used. Results showed lowered HRQoL, especially in Mental Components. Impairments were observed in six of the eight domains evaluated regarding HRQoL of patients with higher scores on EAT-26, in five domains in patients with 22 years old or more, in General Health Perceptions (p = 0.02) and Mental Health domain (p = 0.03) in patients with less than five years of treatment and in Physical Functioning domain (p = 0.02) of patients with Bulimia Nervosa.