Athletes with eating disorders : analysis of their clinical characteristics, psychopathology and response to treatment
Ibáñez-Caparrós, Ana (Institut Germans Trias i Pujol. Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol)
Sánchez, Isabel (Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge)
Granero, Roser (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Psicobiologia i de Metodologia de Ciències de la Salut)
Jiménez-Murcia, Susana (Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge)
Rosinska, Magda (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Psicologia Clínica i de la Salut)
Thiel, Ansgar (University of Tübingen, Germany)
Zipfel, Stephan (University of Tübingen, Germany)
de Pablo, Joan (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Psiquiatria i de Medicina Legal)
Camacho-Barcia, Lucía (Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge)
Fernández-Aranda, Fernando (Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge)
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

Date:	2023
Abstract:	Eating disorders (ED) have frequently been described among athletes. However, their specific features and therapy responses are lacking in the literature. The aims of this article were to compare clinical, psychopathological and personality traits between ED patients who were professional athletes (ED-A) with those who were not (ED-NA) and to explore differences in response to treatment. The sample comprised n = 104 patients with ED (n = 52 ED-A and n = 52 matched ED-NA) diagnosed according to DSM-5 criteria. Evaluation consisted of a semi-structured face-to-face clinical interview conducted by expert clinicians and a psychometric battery. Treatment outcome was evaluated when the treatment program ended. ED-A patients showed less body dissatisfaction and psychological distress. No differences were found in treatment outcome among the groups. Within the ED-A group, those participants who performed individual sport activities and aesthetic sports presented higher eating psychopathology, more general psychopathology, differential personality traits and poor therapy outcome. Individual and aesthetic sports presented more severity and worse prognosis. Although usual treatment for ED might be similarly effective in ED-A and ED-NA, it might be important to develop preventive and early detection programs involving sports physicians and psychologists, coaches and family throughout the entire athletic career and afterwards.
Grants:	Instituto de Salud Carlos III PI20/00132 European Commission. Horizon 2020 847879 Agència de Gestió d'Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca 2021-SGR-00824
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Language:	Anglès
Document:	Article ; recerca ; Versió publicada
Subject:	Eating disorders ; Professional athletes ; Treatment outcome ; Physical activity
Published in:	Nutrients, Vol. 15 (june 2023) , ISSN 2072-6643
Related work:	Granero, Roser, ed.; Fernández-Aranda, Fernando, ed.; Jiménez-Murcia, Susana, ed. Eating disorders and addictive behaviors : implications for human health. Basel: MDPI, 2024. viii, 204 pàg. ISBN 978-3-7258-0575-4 https://doi.org/10.3390/books978-3-7258-0576-1

Compilat a: https://ddd.uab.cat/record/290735
DOI: 10.3390/nu15133003
PMID: 37447333

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