Phillipa Hay1. 1. Department of Psychiatry, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, Australia. phillipa.hay@adelaide.edu.au
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: The aims were to test relationships between bulimic eating disorder behaviors, and measures of quality of life, and to replicate previous findings with respect to their prevalence and distribution in a representative sample. METHOD: Data were obtained from 3010 interviews of a randomly selected sample of 4400 adult households. Quality of life was assessed with the SF-36 Health Status Measure and the Australian Quality of Life Survey. RESULTS: Eating disorder behaviors were associated with significantly lower quality of life scores. On MANOVA, regular current binge eating explained 23% (p < 0.001) of the variance in SF-36 physical and mental health component scores, and extreme weight control behaviors explained 5% (p = 0.001). The main findings of the former South Australian survey were replicated. The mean duration of behaviors since onset was 6.6 (SD, 9.2; median 3) years. CONCLUSIONS: Eating disorder behaviors were associated with poorer quality of life and were often chronic. Copyright 2003 by Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
OBJECTIVE: The aims were to test relationships between bulimic eating disorder behaviors, and measures of quality of life, and to replicate previous findings with respect to their prevalence and distribution in a representative sample. METHOD: Data were obtained from 3010 interviews of a randomly selected sample of 4400 adult households. Quality of life was assessed with the SF-36 Health Status Measure and the Australian Quality of Life Survey. RESULTS:Eating disorder behaviors were associated with significantly lower quality of life scores. On MANOVA, regular current binge eating explained 23% (p < 0.001) of the variance in SF-36 physical and mental health component scores, and extreme weight control behaviors explained 5% (p = 0.001). The main findings of the former South Australian survey were replicated. The mean duration of behaviors since onset was 6.6 (SD, 9.2; median 3) years. CONCLUSIONS:Eating disorder behaviors were associated with poorer quality of life and were often chronic. Copyright 2003 by Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
Authors: Susan L McElroy; Anna I Guerdjikova; Brian Martens; Paul E Keck; Harrison G Pope; James I Hudson Journal: CNS Drugs Date: 2009 Impact factor: 5.749