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Somatic outcome among patients hospitalised for anorexia nervosa in adolescence: disorders reported and links with global outcome

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Abstract

Aims

(1) To describe the frequency of somatic pathologies and depression among former anorexia nervosa (AN) patients; (2) to study links with subjects’ clinical history and global outcomes.

Methods

97 women hospitalised for AN during adolescence, 9.00 ± 1.92 years previously, were interviewed using structured questionnaires concerning somatic and psychiatric disorders that they had experienced.

Results

Iron deficiency, migraine, cystitis, upper digestive system disorders, fractures, osteoporosis, and dental problems were reported with a frequency >20 %. Depression was reported by 2/3 of the sample. Osteoporosis was 14 times more frequent in case of vitamin D deficiency. Fractures were three times more frequent in presence of osteoporosis and less frequent when the overall outcome was better.

Conclusion

Among women who had AN in adolescence, somatic comorbidities are frequent in adulthood. They are linked to the severity and the duration of AN, and to the overall outcome of the subject.

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Acknowledgments

We would like to thank the Wyeth Foundation and the study and research fund of the Hôpitaux de Paris for their support for the present study.

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  1. Department of Psychiatry, Institut Mutualiste Montsouris, Paris, France

    Hélène Roux & Nathalie Godart

  2. School of Medecine, Paris Descartes University, Paris, France

    Hélène Roux & Nathalie Godart

  3. INSERM U669, Paris Descartes University, Paris Sud, France

    Hélène Roux, Chantal Stheneur & Nathalie Godart

  4. Maison de Solenn-Maison des Adolescents, Cochin, Paris, France

    Corinne Blanchet

  5. Department of Pediatry, Hospital Ambroise Paré, Paris, France

    Chantal Stheneur

  6. Department of Pediatry, Hospital Victor Dupouy, Argenteuil, France

    Emeline Chapelon

  7. Responsable de l’unité d’hospitalisation Service de Psychiatrie de l’adolescent du Pr, Corcos Institut Mutualiste Montsouris, 42, Boulevard Jourdan, 75014, Paris, France

    Nathalie Godart

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Roux, H., Blanchet, C., Stheneur, C. et al. Somatic outcome among patients hospitalised for anorexia nervosa in adolescence: disorders reported and links with global outcome. Eat Weight Disord 18, 175–182 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40519-013-0030-2

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