The Prevalence of Bulimia nervosa in a Hungarian College and Secondary School Population

Szabó, Pál; Túry, Ferenc

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“…The epidemiological studies on eating disorders (EDs) conducted so far, however, are difficult to interpret and compare, since there are important differences in the diagnostic instruments and sampling criteria [2, 3]. Some studies, in fact, have beencarried out in the whole population, usually with a two-stage screening approach [4], while others have been conducted on a particular segment of the population considered at increased risk, such as young females [5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13]. Self-report measures have been used in some cases [14], face-to-face interviews in others [15].…”

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Clinical Epidemiology of Eating Disorders: Results from the Sesto Fiorentino Study

Faravelli

Ravaldi

Truglia

et al. 2006

Psychother Psychosom

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Background: It is speculated that clinical samples do not fully reflect the characteristics of eating disorders (EDs) as they are in the general population, especially in their lowest range of severity. The present article reports the prevalence of EDs in a community sample aged >14 years, their clinical and psychopathological features, and their course and outcome on naturalistic grounds. Methods: The Sesto Fiorentino Study is a three-phase community-based survey where 2,355 out of 2,500 people representative of the population aged >14 years living in Sesto Fiorentino were evaluated by their own general practitioner using the Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview plus six additional questions. All those who had positive results plus a probability sample of the non-cases were re-interviewed by psychiatrists using the Florence Psychiatric Interview. The subjects who reported ED symptoms were subsequently administered the Eating Disorder Examination (12th edition). Results: Overall, the lifetime prevalence of EDs was 1.21%. More precisely, 0.42% had anorexia nervosa, 0.32% bulimia nervosa, 0.32% binge eating disorder and 0.32% eating disorder not otherwise specified. All the subjects suffering from an ED fulfilled diagnostic criteria for at least another DSM-IV axis I psychiatric disorder. At the moment of the interview, conducted a few years (average 7 years) after the onset of the disorder, 50% had fully recovered from EDs, 26.9% were currently affected by an ED, 23.1% showed a persistent body image disturbance and/or the presence of compensatory behaviours. Conclusions: Community surveys conducted by clinicians may provide useful additional information on the psychopathological features, natural course and outcome of these disorders on naturalistic grounds.

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Clinical Epidemiology of Eating Disorders: Results from the Sesto Fiorentino Study

Faravelli

Ravaldi

Truglia

et al. 2006

Psychother Psychosom

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“…In the recent years, however, several pilot studies to assess the prevalence of disordered eating in different clinical and non-clinical groups, and to test assessment instruments (EDI, EAT) have been carried out in: Eastern Germany (Steinhousen et al, 1992;Neumarker et al, 1992), Bulgaria (Boyadijeva and Steinhousen, 1996;Catina et al, 1996), Poland (Wlodarczyk-Bisaga et al, 1995Wlodarczyk-Bisaga and Dolan, 1996), Hungary (Szabo and Tury, 1991), and the Czech Republic (Krch, 1995).…”

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Internalization of Western standards of appearance, body dissatisfaction and dieting in urban educated Ukrainian females

Bilukha

Utermohlen

2001

Euro Eating Disorders Rev

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To examine body image, internalization of the`thin ideal', and dieting practices in a female population in Ukraine, a country of the former Soviet Union, we conducted a cross-sectional survey of 616 females aged 18±60 years in Lviv, Ukraine. A quarter of underweight (BMI < 20) and three-®fths of normalweight (BMI 20±25) subjects desired a thinner ®gure; 31 per cent (38 per cent of those aged 25 years and under) reported dieting in the previous 6 months. Internalization of the Western`thin ideal' was correlated with exposure to Western media. Younger women, overweight women, and those who desired a thinner ®gure as depicted in Western media were at higher risk of dieting. Dieters' differed from`non-dieters' mainly with respect to consumption and perceptions of fats and certain starches (white bread, pasta, potatoes). This study provides an insight into predictors of food choice, and has implications for developing nutrition policy in Ukraine, and other neighbouring postcommunist countries.

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Eating Disorders in Hungary

Túry

Szabó

1996

Eur. Eat. Disorders Rev.

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Early desniptions of eating disorders show that they are not new phenomena in Hungary. In their treatment u strmgpsychnalytic trdtion can be observed, whereas integrative approaches became more widespread in the last decade. Hungarian epidemiological data show that eating disorders are as common as in Westem countries. These aspects underline that a simplibing West-East dichotomy cannot be used in the interpretation of eating disorders, and the sociocultural traditions are complex.

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The Prevalence of Bulimia nervosa in a Hungarian College and Secondary School Population

Cited by 23 publications

References 11 publications

Clinical Epidemiology of Eating Disorders: Results from the Sesto Fiorentino Study

Clinical Epidemiology of Eating Disorders: Results from the Sesto Fiorentino Study

Internalization of Western standards of appearance, body dissatisfaction and dieting in urban educated Ukrainian females

Eating Disorders in Hungary

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