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Health-Related Quality of Life in Women with Eating Disorders: Association with Subjective and Objective Binge Eating

Authors: Janet D. Latner, Joanna K. Vallance, Geoffrey Buckett

Published in: Journal of Clinical Psychology in Medical Settings | Issue 2/2008

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This study examined health-related quality of life (QOL) and its association with different forms of binge eating in 53 women with eating disorders. Participants had enrolled in treatment for anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, binge eating disorder, or other eating disorders not otherwise specified and completed measures of QOL, eating-related psychopathology, and mood disturbance. Eating- and mood-related psychopathology, and to a lesser extent, mental-component QOL scores, were severely impaired in this sample relative to population norms. QOL was significantly and independently predicted by subjective bulimic episodes and compensatory behaviors, including food avoidance, laxative abuse, and self-induced vomiting, accounting for 32% of the variance. Subjective bulimic episodes and food avoidance also independently predicted the physical-component QOL, accounting for 27% of the variance. These findings suggest that subjective bulimic episodes may be independently associated with impairment in QOL and may require specific attention as targets of treatment.

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Title: Health-Related Quality of Life in Women with Eating Disorders: Association with Subjective and Objective Binge Eating
Authors: Janet D. Latner
Joanna K. Vallance
Geoffrey Buckett
Publication date: 01-06-2008
Publisher: Springer US
Published in: Journal of Clinical Psychology in Medical Settings / Issue 2/2008
Print ISSN: 1068-9583
Electronic ISSN: 1573-3572
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10880-008-9111-1

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