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P01-181 - Anthropometric Paramethers in Males with Eating Disorder

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 April 2020

R. Calero-Fernández
Affiliation:
Psychiatry, Hospital Infantil Niño Jesús, Majadahonda, Spain
L. García-Murillo
Affiliation:
Psychiatry, Hospital Infantil Niño Jesús, Majadahonda, Spain
M.J. Martín
Affiliation:
Hospital Puerta de Hierro, Majadahonda, Spain
V. Costarelli
Affiliation:
Hospital Puerta de Hierro, Majadahonda, Spain
C. Peláez
Affiliation:
Psychiatry, Hospital Infantil Niño Jesús, Majadahonda, Spain
J. Picazo
Affiliation:
Psychiatry, Hospital Infantil Niño Jesús, Majadahonda, Spain
L. Fernández
Affiliation:
Psychiatry, Hospital Infantil Niño Jesús, Majadahonda, Spain
L. Caballero-Martínez
Affiliation:
Psychiatry, Hospital Infantil Niño Jesús, Majadahonda, Spain
M. Graell-Berna
Affiliation:
Psychiatry and Psychology, Hospital Infantil Niño Jesús, Majadahonda, Spain

Abstract

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Background

Most of the studies about Eating Disorders in adolescents have been typically focused on females, only to conclude that the approach should be similar in males. It has been stimated that 5-10% of patients with Anorexia Nervosa are males. Later age of onset and higher prevalence of premorbid overweight are considered among the main differences with female patients.

Objectives

Analysis of the anthropometric variables of a sample of males with diagnosis of Restrictive Eating Disorder.

Methods

Naturalistic, Descriptive and Retrospective study

  1. - Sample: 22 male adolescents

  2. - Inclusion criteria: males with Restrictive Eating Disorder diagnosis (according to DSM-IV criteria) admitted to an Eating Disorder ward during 2007 and 2008

  3. - “ad hoc” questionnaire (15 items)

  4. - Analysis: PASW statistics 18

Results

Age range: 7-14years (medium age=14,79±2,50years).11 patients (50%) were older than 16 years-old

  1. - Medium BMI (Body Mass Index) at the beginning of the admission was 17,79kg/m2.

medium weight loss: 13,5±7,02kg/m2 (corresponding to a reduction of 22,24±7,52% of the previous weight)

  1. - Medium speed of weight loss: 0,92±1,1kg/54

  2. - BMI at discharge: 18,69 ±3,43 kg/m2

  3. - 19/22 patients (86%) had a premorbid history of overweight

  4. - Binge eating: 8 patients (36,4%)

  5. - Purgative behaviour: 10 patients (45%)

  6. - Laxatives use: 4 patients (18%)

  7. - Intense physical exercise: 21 patients (95,5%)

  8. - Average duration of current restrictive episode: 13,7 months

Conclusions

In the studied sample we observed:

  1. - High prevalence of premobid overweight

  2. - Very high frequency of compulsive exercise

  3. - Drastic weight loss and loss of a very high percentage of the previous weight, in short periods of time, reaching very low BMI.

Type
Child and adolescent psychiatry
Copyright
Copyright © European Psychiatric Association 2010
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