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EPA-0578 - Is Orthorexia Nervosa an Eating Disorder an Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 April 2020

M. Janas-Kozik ,
J. Zejda ,
M. Stochel ,
L. Jelonek ,
J. Hyrnik  and
K. Krysta
M. Janas-Kozik
Affiliation:
Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Medical University of Silesia, Sosnowiec, Poland
J. Zejda
Affiliation:
Department of Epidemiology, Medical University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland
M. Stochel
Affiliation:
Department Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Medical University of Silesia, Sosnowiec, Poland
L. Jelonek
Affiliation:
Department Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Medical University of Silesia, Sosnowiec, Poland
J. Hyrnik
Affiliation:
Department Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Medical University of Silesia, Sosnowiec, Poland
K. Krysta
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Medical University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland

Abstract

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Purpose:

The aim of this study is to assess the dependence between the obsessive-compulsive symptoms, the eating disorders symptoms and orthorexia in adolescents aged 15-19, due to define which of these areas orthorexia is closer to. The study controlled such variables as: age, sex, BMI, school type.

Subjects and Methods:

The study covered 1899 pupils of secondary schools. The OCD and ED symptoms assessment was carried out with the LOI-CV, EAT-26 and the ORTO-15 questionnaire (two threshold values: ON- 40 and ON -35). The research was financed by scientific grant of Nutricia Foundation.

Results:

Revealed correlations of risk factors of ON - OCD and ON - ED indicated the higher the probability of diagnosis of these disorders, the higher the probability of ON diagnosis, too. The compatibility of ON and OCD diagnoses was for ON-40 = 45.8% and ON-35, 76.5%. It was shown that the OCD increases the risk of ON at the threshold value ON = 35. In the case of ON and ED, the diagnostic compatibility was ON-40, 42.7% and ON-35, 84.4%. The analysis of various variables confirmed a significant dependency of ON from ED, which suggests that ON belongs to ED. The diagnostic accuracy in this case is better at the threshold value ON- 35.

Conclusions:

The results of our study should be confirmed in further research.

Type
EPW42 - Eating Disorders
Information
European Psychiatry , Volume 29 , Issue S1: Abstracts of the 22nd European Congress of Psychiatry , 2014 , pp. 1
Copyright
Copyright © European Psychiatric Association 2014
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