Breithaupt Lauren E, Payne Hannah Austin, Rose Mark
George Mason University, David King Hall, Room 086, 4400 University Drive, MSN 3F5, Fairfax, VA 22030, USA; Huntercombe Hospital Edinburgh, Binny Estate, Ecclesmachan Road, Uphall EH52 6NL, UK.
Huntercombe Hospital Edinburgh, Binny Estate, Ecclesmachan Road, Uphall EH52 6NL, UK.
Eat Behav. 2014 Dec;15(4):591-4. doi: 10.1016/j.eatbeh.2014.08.003. Epub 2014 Aug 23.
Body checking (BC) is a behavioral feature of anorexia nervosa (AN), which is also present in obsessive-compulsive (OC) disorders. This study assessed whether increased body checking in AN patients correlated with deficits in cognitive inhibition. A battery of neuropsychological tests (the Ravello Profile), OC disorder measures, and the Body Checking Questionnaire (BCQ) were administered to nine adolescent females being treated for AN at an in-patient hospital in Scotland, UK. Neuropsychological measures were assessed using composite variables. Body Checking prevalence was split into high and low category to compare across groups. A negative relationship between cognitive inhibition and idiosyncratic body checking was evident. Clinically, increased body-checking symptoms were related to OC symptoms. These findings provide preliminary evidence that idiosyncratic body checking in AN patients may indicate a similar neuropsychological profile found in those with checking behaviors in OCD patients.
身体检查（BC）是神经性厌食症（AN）的一种行为特征，在强迫症（OC）障碍中也存在。本研究评估了AN患者身体检查增加是否与认知抑制缺陷相关。对在英国苏格兰一家住院医院接受AN治疗的9名青春期女性进行了一系列神经心理学测试（拉韦洛剖面图）、OC障碍测量和身体检查表（BCQ）。使用复合变量评估神经心理学测量。将身体检查患病率分为高类别和低类别以进行组间比较。认知抑制与特殊身体检查之间存在明显的负相关关系。临床上，身体检查症状增加与OC症状相关。这些发现提供了初步证据，表明AN患者的特殊身体检查可能表明在患有OCD患者的检查行为中发现的类似神经心理学特征。
