Women Drug Dependent Treatment Center, Institute of Psychiatry, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
Body Image. 2013 Jan;10(1):127-30. doi: 10.1016/j.bodyim.2012.10.006. Epub 2012 Dec 6.
This work aims to compare in patients with anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and control subjects: (a) body checking types, frequency, and parts; (b) prevalence of body avoidance and the most checked body parts; (c) body checking cognitions. Eighty-five outpatients with eating disorders (ED) and 40 controls filled out validated body checking and cognition questionnaires. ED patients, especially bulimia nervosa, check their bodies more than do the control subjects. The most checked area was the belly. The most frequent means of body checking was mirror checking, while the most avoided was weighing. The reasons that participants in the various study groups check their bodies seem to differ. Given the importance of body checking in the etiology and maintenance of EDs, it is important that clinicians consider this behavior, as well as the factors that lead to checking/avoidance in the different eating disorder subtypes, so that treatment may be more specific.
本研究旨在比较神经性厌食症、神经性贪食症患者与对照组个体：(a)躯体检查类型、频率和部位；(b)躯体回避的流行情况和最常检查的身体部位；(c)躯体检查认知。85 名饮食障碍（ED）门诊患者和 40 名对照组个体填写了经过验证的躯体检查和认知问卷。ED 患者，尤其是神经性贪食症患者，比对照组个体更频繁地检查自己的身体。最常检查的部位是腹部。最常见的躯体检查方法是照镜子，而最常回避的是称重。不同研究组个体检查身体的原因似乎不同。鉴于躯体检查在 ED 病因学和维持中的重要性，临床医生考虑这种行为以及导致不同饮食障碍亚型检查/回避的因素很重要，以便治疗更具有针对性。
