OBJECTIVE: The study was designed to assess whether social avoidance symptoms and/or comorbid anxiety disorders were predictive factors of social disability in subjects with eating disorders. METHOD: Sixty-three subjects with anorexia nervosa or bulimia nervosa were assessed for lifetime diagnoses of anxiety disorders, childhood history of separation anxiety disorder, social avoidance symptoms and social disability. RESULTS: On the Groningen Social Disabilities Schedule, 86% of the anorexics and 65% of the bulimics had disability regarding the 'social role', and 86% and 61 % disability regarding the 'occupational role'. Using all subsets logistic regression analyses, predictive factors of disability were: (1) for the social role, social avoidance symptom score (p<0.002) and diagnosis of separation anxiety disorder (p<0.01); (2) for the occupational role, number of lifetime anxiety disorders (p<0.01) and diagnosis of separation anxiety disorder (p<0.06). DISCUSSION: Recognizing and treating comorbid anxiety disorders in subjects with eating disorders could improve social adaptation and global psychopathological outcome.
OBJECTIVE: The study was designed to assess whether social avoidance symptoms and/or comorbid anxiety disorders were predictive factors of social disability in subjects with eating disorders. METHOD: Sixty-three subjects with anorexia nervosa or bulimia nervosa were assessed for lifetime diagnoses of anxiety disorders, childhood history of separation anxiety disorder, social avoidance symptoms and social disability. RESULTS: On the Groningen Social Disabilities Schedule, 86% of the anorexics and 65% of the bulimics had disability regarding the 'social role', and 86% and 61 % disability regarding the 'occupational role'. Using all subsets logistic regression analyses, predictive factors of disability were: (1) for the social role, social avoidance symptom score (p<0.002) and diagnosis of separation anxiety disorder (p<0.01); (2) for the occupational role, number of lifetime anxiety disorders (p<0.01) and diagnosis of separation anxiety disorder (p<0.06). DISCUSSION: Recognizing and treating comorbid anxiety disorders in subjects with eating disorders could improve social adaptation and global psychopathological outcome.
Authors: L N Robins; J Wing; H U Wittchen; J E Helzer; T F Babor; J Burke; A Farmer; A Jablenski; R Pickens; D A Regier Journal: Arch Gen Psychiatry Date: 1988-12
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Authors: N T Godart; F Perdereau; F Curt; F Lang; J L Venisse; O Halfon; P Bizouard; G Loas; M Corcos; Ph Jeammet; M F Flament Journal: Eat Weight Disord Date: 2004-12 Impact factor: 4.652