Mitchell J E, Crow S, Peterson C B, Wonderlich S, Crosby R D
Neuropsychiatric Research Institute, Fargo, ND 58107, USA.
Int J Eat Disord. 1998 Sep;24(2):115-24. doi: 10.1002/(sici)1098-108x(199809)24:2<115::aid-eat1>3.0.co;2-h.
The authors review the available literature on feeding lab studies in individuals with anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and binge eating disorder.
Studies were grouped by the research groups which have conducted such studies since these studies have tended to cluster in certain research settings, using specific methodologies at each sites.
The results of this review indicate that although there are several inherent limitations in this type of research, various groups of investigators have demonstrated that eating disorder patients will engage in pathological eating behaviors in structured laboratory settings and that results can be obtained fairly consistently. Also interesting clinically significant differences have emerged across groups. Subtle differences in technique, such as the instructions regarding eating behavior, probably result in different behavioral responses.
Feeding laboratory studies provide useful information that can validate, suggest, or challenge established clinical assumptions and diagnostic criteria. However, there are limitations to these methodologies.
作者回顾了关于神经性厌食症、神经性贪食症和暴饮暴食症患者进食实验室研究的现有文献。
研究按进行此类研究的研究小组进行分组，因为这些研究往往集中在某些研究环境中，每个地点使用特定的方法。
本次综述的结果表明，尽管此类研究存在一些固有局限性，但不同的研究小组已证明，饮食失调患者在结构化实验室环境中会出现病理性进食行为，并且结果可以相当一致地获得。各小组之间还出现了有趣的具有临床意义的差异。技术上的细微差异，如关于进食行为的指导，可能会导致不同的行为反应。
进食实验室研究提供了有用的信息，可以验证、提示或挑战既定的临床假设和诊断标准。然而，这些方法存在局限性。
