Santino Gaudio1, Vincenzo Di Ciommo. 1. Department of Neuroscience, Bambino Gesù Children’s Hospital, Rome, Italy. santino.gaudio@libero.it
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate personality disorder (PD) comorbidity and its clinical correlates in a sample of adolescents with anorexia nervosa (AN) and to compare them with similar studies on adults. METHODS: One hundred one female AN outpatients (16-18 years old)-57 with AN restrictive type and 44 with AN binge-purging type-and 71 age-matched, healthy, female participants were assessed using the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV Axis II Disorders. Five selected clinical variables of AN severity were also assessed. RESULTS: Overall, 24.8% of AN outpatients had one or more PD compared with 4.2% of the control participants (p < .001). PDs most frequently found in AN outpatients were avoidant, borderline, and obsessive-compulsive. Associations were found between AN binge-purging type and borderline PD and between AN restrictive type and obsessive-compulsive PD. AN outpatients with a PD had an earlier age of onset of AN (mean [standard deviation {SD}] = 15.4 [1.2] versus 16.1 [0.9], p = .002), lower lifetime lowest BMI (mean [SD] = 14.8 [1.5] versus 15.6 [1.3], p = .01), and more hospital admissions for AN (mean [SD] = 1.4 [0.9] versus 0.3 [0.6], p < .001) compared with those without PDs. CONCLUSIONS: Associations were found between AN and PDs in adolescents similar to those found in adults. The presence of a PD is associated with a greater severity of AN. PD assessment of adolescent AN patients may permit a more accurate diagnosis and better treatment planning.
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate personality disorder (PD) comorbidity and its clinical correlates in a sample of adolescents with anorexia nervosa (AN) and to compare them with similar studies on adults. METHODS: One hundred one female AN outpatients (16-18 years old)-57 with AN restrictive type and 44 with AN binge-purging type-and 71 age-matched, healthy, female participants were assessed using the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV Axis II Disorders. Five selected clinical variables of AN severity were also assessed. RESULTS: Overall, 24.8% of AN outpatients had one or more PD compared with 4.2% of the control participants (p < .001). PDs most frequently found in AN outpatients were avoidant, borderline, and obsessive-compulsive. Associations were found between AN binge-purging type and borderline PD and between AN restrictive type and obsessive-compulsive PD. AN outpatients with a PD had an earlier age of onset of AN (mean [standard deviation {SD}] = 15.4 [1.2] versus 16.1 [0.9], p = .002), lower lifetime lowest BMI (mean [SD] = 14.8 [1.5] versus 15.6 [1.3], p = .01), and more hospital admissions for AN (mean [SD] = 1.4 [0.9] versus 0.3 [0.6], p < .001) compared with those without PDs. CONCLUSIONS: Associations were found between AN and PDs in adolescents similar to those found in adults. The presence of a PD is associated with a greater severity of AN. PD assessment of adolescent AN patients may permit a more accurate diagnosis and better treatment planning.
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