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Overvaluation of shape and weight in adolescents with anorexia nervosa: does shape concern or weight concern matter more for treatment outcome?

Overview of attention for article published in Journal of Eating Disorders, December 2015
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Title
Overvaluation of shape and weight in adolescents with anorexia nervosa: does shape concern or weight concern matter more for treatment outcome?
Published in
Journal of Eating Disorders, December 2015
DOI 10.1186/s40337-015-0086-7
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Catherine E. Byrne, Andrea E. Kass, Erin C. Accurso, Sarah Fischer, Setareh O’Brien, Alexandria Goodyear, James Lock, Daniel Le Grange

Abstract

Overvaluation of shape and weight is a key diagnostic feature of anorexia nervosa (AN); however, limited research has evaluated the clinical utility of differentiating between weight versus shape concerns. Understanding differences in these constructs may have important implications for AN treatment given the focus on weight regain. This study examined differences in treatment outcome between individuals whose primary concern was weight versus those whose primary concern was shape in a randomized controlled trial of treatment for adolescent AN. Data were drawn from a two-site randomized controlled trial that compared family-based treatment and adolescent focused therapy for AN. Chi-square tests and logistic regression analyses were conducted. Thirty percent of participants presented with primary weight concern (n = 36; defined as endorsing higher Eating Disorder Examination (EDE) Weight Concern than Shape Concern subscale scores); 60 % presented with primary shape concern (n = 72; defined as endorsing higher EDE Shape Concern than Weight Concern scores). There were no significant differences between the two groups in remission status at the end of treatment. Treatment did not moderate the effect of group status on achieving remission. Results suggest that treatment outcomes are comparable between adolescents who enter treatment for AN with greater weight concerns and those who enter treatment with greater shape concerns. Therefore, treatment need not be adjusted based on primary weight or primary shape concerns.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Israel 1 3%
Unknown 36 97%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Bachelor 7 19%
Researcher 5 14%
Student > Master 3 8%
Student > Ph. D. Student 3 8%
Student > Doctoral Student 2 5%
Other 8 22%
Unknown 9 24%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Psychology 12 32%
Medicine and Dentistry 5 14%
Social Sciences 3 8%
Nursing and Health Professions 2 5%
Unspecified 2 5%
Other 5 14%
Unknown 8 22%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 13. 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 21 April 2016.
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#2,357,558
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#214
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#42,150
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Outputs of similar age from Journal of Eating Disorders
#5
of 29 outputs
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