University of Birmingham, UK.
University of Michigan, United States.
J Psychosom Res. 2014 Jan;76(1):1-5. doi: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2013.11.006. Epub 2013 Nov 16.
Health-related quality of life (HRQoL) is an emerging area of research in eating disorders (EDs) that has not been examined in adolescents in detail. The aim of the current study is to investigate HRQoL in an adolescent ED sample, examining the impact of ED symptoms on HRQoL.
Sixty-seven treatment-seeking adolescents (57 females) with anorexia nervosa (AN), bulimia nervosa (BN), or eating disorder not otherwise specified (EDNOS) completed self-report measures of HRQoL and ED symptoms.
Participants reported poorer HRQoL in mental health domains than in physical health domains. Disordered attitudes, binge eating, and compensatory behaviors were associated with poorer mental health HRQoL, and body dissatisfaction was associated with poorer physical health HRQoL.
The current study assessed HRQoL among adolescents with EDs, finding several consistencies with the literature on adults with EDs. Future research should compare adolescents and adults with EDs on HRQoL.
健康相关生活质量（HRQoL）是饮食失调（EDs）研究中的一个新兴领域，尚未在青少年中详细研究。本研究旨在调查青少年 ED 样本中的 HRQoL，研究 ED 症状对 HRQoL 的影响。
67 名寻求治疗的青少年（57 名女性）患有神经性厌食症（AN）、神经性贪食症（BN）或未特定饮食障碍（EDNOS），完成了 HRQoL 和 ED 症状的自我报告测量。
参与者报告心理健康领域的 HRQoL 较差，而身体健康领域的 HRQoL 较差。失调态度、暴食和补偿行为与心理健康 HRQoL 较差相关，而身体不满与身体健康 HRQoL 较差相关。
本研究评估了 ED 青少年的 HRQoL，发现与 ED 成人文献有几个一致性。未来的研究应该比较青少年和成人 ED 患者的 HRQoL。
