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Anxiety and the development and maintenance of anorexia nervosa: protocol for a systematic review

Overview of attention for article published in Systematic Reviews, January 2018
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Title
Anxiety and the development and maintenance of anorexia nervosa: protocol for a systematic review
Published in
Systematic Reviews, January 2018
DOI 10.1186/s13643-018-0685-x
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Authors

E. Caitlin Lloyd, Anne M. Haase, Bas Verplanken

Abstract

Several aetiological models of anorexia nervosa (AN) hold non-eating/weight-gain-related anxiety as a factor relevant to the onset and maintenance of the disorder. Longitudinal studies that allow assessment of this hypothesis have been conducted; however, the evidence has not yet been aggregated in a systematic manner. The proposed study will systematically review articles describing prospective investigations of the relationship between anxiety and AN development or maintenance, with the aim of providing a balanced summary of current understanding and identifying areas for further research. Electronic databases will be searched for articles investigating the longitudinal influence of non-eating/weight-gain-related anxiety (anxiety disorders and trait anxiety) on the development/maintenance of AN. References of eligible articles will be searched to ensure the identification of all relevant studies. Two independent reviewers will complete the title and abstract, and full-text, screening, with a third independent reviewer resolving any conflicts at each stage. A systematic review will be completed, and the quality of the included studies, as well as the strength of the body of evidence generated, will be assessed and reported. Although there are limitations to the present review, understanding the current evidence for the role of non-eating/weight-gain-related anxiety in AN can direct future research that may ensure accurate aetiological models of AN and effective treatments. The study is registered on PROSPERO under the reference number CRD42017069644.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Unknown 63 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Bachelor 11 17%
Student > Doctoral Student 6 10%
Other 5 8%
Student > Master 5 8%
Student > Ph. D. Student 5 8%
Other 11 17%
Unknown 20 32%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Psychology 12 19%
Medicine and Dentistry 10 16%
Nursing and Health Professions 4 6%
Sports and Recreations 3 5%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 2 3%
Other 7 11%
Unknown 25 40%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 14. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 16 August 2018.
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#2,298,642
of 23,318,744 outputs
Outputs from Systematic Reviews
#398
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Outputs of similar age
#56,077
of 442,880 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Systematic Reviews
#22
of 55 outputs
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