Clinic for anxiety and OCD, Mental Health Center, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Eur Eat Disord Rev. 2012 Mar;20(2):106-10. doi: 10.1002/erv.1124. Epub 2011 Jul 25.
Previous studies found inconsistent differences in disgust sensitivity between patients with a variety of eating disorders and normal controls.
The objective of this study was to compare disgust sensitivity between a larger and more specific sample of anorexia nervosa (AN) patients and control subjects.
We compared the scores on the 'disgust sensitivity scale' of AN patients (N = 62) and control subjects (N = 62) using a multivariate analysis of variance. All subjects were women.
AN patients scored consistently higher on all domains of disgust sensitivity. This difference was significant for six of eight disgust domains. The largest significant difference between the groups was on the domains food and magical thinking.
Our findings elaborate on previous findings and are in line with recent neurological findings suggesting that disgust and insular impairments are associated with AN. Clinical implications of our findings are discussed.
先前的研究发现，各种饮食失调症患者与正常对照组之间的厌恶敏感性存在不一致的差异。
本研究的目的是比较更大且更特定的厌食症 (AN) 患者样本和对照组之间的厌恶敏感性。
我们使用多元方差分析比较了 AN 患者（N=62）和对照组（N=62）在“厌恶敏感性量表”上的得分。所有受试者均为女性。
AN 患者在所有厌恶敏感性领域的得分始终较高。在八个厌恶领域中有六个领域的差异具有统计学意义。两组之间最大的显著差异出现在食物和神奇思维领域。
我们的发现进一步阐述了先前的发现，并与最近的神经科学发现一致，即厌恶和脑岛损伤与 AN 有关。我们还讨论了研究结果的临床意义。
