The current study sought to prospectively explore the potential main effects and interactive relations among drive for thinness, life event stress, and harm avoidance in the prediction of disordered eating in an ethnically diverse sample of women (N = 58). During the initial and follow-up assessments, standardized questionnaires were utilized to assess drive for thinness, life event stress, and a harm avoidant temperament. Additionally, semi-structured diagnostic interviews were administered to assess disordered eating. Results revealed a significant interaction between drive for thinness and life event stress in the prediction of eating pathology. Neither the two-way life event stress x harm avoidance interaction nor the three-way drive for thinness x life event stress x harm avoidance interaction were significant predictors of eating pathology. These findings suggest that the previously suggested relation between drive for thinness and pathological eating is dependent upon the degree of life event stress experienced.

Dysfagi betyder svårt att svälja och innefattar många olika problem. Det kan vara svårigheter med att få födan att passera från munnen bakåt till svalget, att riskera att få ner mat och dryck i lungorna vilket ger lungkomplikationer. En känsla av att maten fastnar i bröstet men också ett hot om isolering. Syftet med denna litteraturstudie var att undersöka patientens egna upplevelser av måltidssituationer, hur malnutrition kan förebyggas samt vilka omvårdnadsåtgärder som underlättar ätandet för patienter som i samband med en stroke drabbats av dysfagi. Artiklar har sökts i databaserna Blackwell Synergy, Swemed+, Elin@Dalarna och Medline. Manuellt har litteratur sökts på Ludvika Kommuns bibliotek och bland tidigare studielitteratur. Urvalet begränsades till att beröra patienter som fått dysfagi i samband med en stroke vidare skulle artiklarna ha en relevans till syfte och frågeställning. Till resultat delen har 12 artiklar använts. Munvård och konsistensanpassning av mat och dryck är omvårdnadsåtgärder som visat sig ge bra resultat vidare är det viktigt med lugn vid matbordet och att måltiden får ta den tid den tar. Att dricka en kopp kaffe kan ta en timme för en person med dysfagi. Nyttan av information och tips om olika knep, tekniska hjälpmedel och träning är inte att förringa.

Body image, eating disturbance, and depressive symptomatology have been examined extensively in the general population. The assessment of these variables within the postpartum period has also been a target of recent research. Unfortunately, no existing studies have examined the intercorrelations among these factors in mothers of young children, despite increasing media pressure for moms to maintain a slim, pre-pregnancy body. The current study examined predictors of body dissatisfaction, eating disturbance, and depressive symptoms in mothers of children aged 0-5. Simple correlations were followed by a series of linear multiple regressions incorporating sociocultural predictors alongside covariates identified in the extant literature. Findings suggest that sociocultural factors are significantly related to body image, eating disturbance, and depressive symptomatology in the mothers sampled, and BMI, perceived stress, and current exercise status accounted for significant variance in study outcomes. Limitations, implications and significance are addressed in turn.

Repeated excessive exercise (EE) fasting behavior, in the absence of binge eating and purging, are important eating disorder behaviors that are not captured by the current diagnostic system. Though they appear to be harmful and distressing for adults, little is known about these behaviors in youth. To begin to understand their development, I studied the course of the behaviors across the three years of middle school (n = 1,195). Both behaviors were present in middle school girls and boys, and youth progressed along different developmental trajectories of engagement in the behaviors. Youth involved in either behavior experienced elevated levels of depression and some forms of high-risk eating and thinness expectancies. Their distress levels did not differ from those of youth engaging in purging behavior or low levels of binge eating. EE and fasting behavior can be identified in the early stages of adolescence, youth differ in their developmental experience of these behaviors, and they are associated with significant distress very early in development.

The current study sought to prospectively explore the potential main effects and interactive relations among drive for thinness, life event stress, and harm avoidance in the prediction of disordered eating in an ethnically diverse sample of women (N = 58). During the initial and follow-up assessments, standardized questionnaires were utilized to assess drive for thinness, life event stress, and a harm avoidant temperament. Additionally, semi-structured diagnostic interviews were administered to assess disordered eating. Results revealed a significant interaction between drive for thinness and life event stress in the prediction of eating pathology. Neither the two-way life event stress x harm avoidance interaction nor the three-way drive for thinness x life event stress x harm avoidance interaction were significant predictors of eating pathology. These findings suggest that the previously suggested relation between drive for thinness and pathological eating is dependent upon the degree of life event stress experienced.

Bakgrund: I Sverige lever cirka 100 000 personer med någon typ av ätstörning och den mest omtalade är Anorexia Nervosa. Sjukdomen är allvarlig, långvarig och drabbar främst unga kvinnor. Ett flertal olika faktorer orsakar och påverkar utvecklingen av sjukdomen. Anorexia Nervosa är svår att behandla optimalt och kan kräva både psykiatrisk och somatisk vård. Även omvårdnaden av denna patientgrupp är problematisk, då vårdpersonalen uttrycker en svårighet att förhålla sig professionellt till patientgruppen som visar ambivalens kring sitt tillfrisknande. Syfte: Att beskriva upplevelser av att leva med Anorexia Nervosa hos unga kvinnor under de sex första månaderna efter utskrivning från slutenvården. Metod: En kvalitativ innehållsanalys tillämpades på fem bloggar från bloggportalen och Google. Bloggarna var skrivna av 18 till 21-åriga kvinnor som vårdats inom slutenvården för Anorexia Nervosa. Upplevelser av att leva med sjukdomen eftersöktes i deras bloggar de första sex månaderna efter utskrivning. 407 meningsenheter identifierades och grupperades efter likheter och skillnader i tre kategorier. Resultat: Kategorierna som framkom i analysen var Kampen mot beteendet, Kampen om självbilden och Kampens villkor. De tre kategorierna redovisar olika upplevelser av att leva med sjukdomen efter utskrivning från slutenvården. Slutsats: Positiva upplevelser, som att lyckas eller att få stöd var hälsofrämjande och upplevelser av utsatthet eller att misslyckas ledde till att beteendet relaterat till AN förstärktes. Klinisk betydelse: Studien kan leda till en större förståelse för personer med Anorexia Nervosa, vilket leder till att sjuksköterskan kan ge ett bättre bemötande och bättre omvårdnad. / Background: Approximately 100 000 people in Sweden are living with an eating disorder and the most frequently mentioned is Anorexia Nervosa. The disorder is severe, time consuming and primarily affects young women. Several factors affect the development of the disease. Anorexia nervosa is complex to treat and requires both psychiatric and somatic care. The nursing of the patients is found problematic, as health care staff expresses difficulties in meeting the group of patients, who are showing ambivalence about recovery. Aim: Describing the experience of living with Anorexia Nervosa in young women the first six months after discharge from inpatient care. Method: A qualitative content analysis was applied on five blogs that were found on bloggportalen and Google. The blog were written by 18 to 21 year old women who been treated for Anorexia Nervosa in inpatient care. The experiences of living with the disease were examined the first six months after discharge, 407 meaning units were identified and sorted on similarities and differences to three main categories. Results: The categories were; The fight with the behavior, The fight with the self-image and The conditions of the fight. The three categories represented the experience of living with the disease after patient discharge. Conclusion: Positive experiences, such as succeeding in the treatment or feeling social support were health promoting. Negative experiences on the other hand, such as feeling vulnerable, reinforced the behavior related to AN. Clinical implication: The result may be used to increase the understanding of patients with Anorexia Nervosa, which could improve the nurse’s approach and nursing.

The aim of the present study was to examine the prevalence of eating disorder symptoms in patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). Additional aims were to assess whether having comorbid eating disorders could influence the treatment outcome for OCD, and if symptoms of eating disorders were reduced after treatment for OCD. The sample consisted of 93 patients with a primary diagnosis of OCD. The patients underwent assessment with the Yale-Brown Obsessive-Compulsive Scale, Beck Depression Inventory, and Eating Disorder Inventory both prior to and after treatment. First, the analysis showed that the sample of OCD patients had higher prevalence of eating disorders than a population of physically active students. Moreover, the women in the sample had significantly more symptoms of eating disorders than the men. Correlational analysis showed that eating disorders did not affect the treatment outcome for OCD; the patients generally had a significant improvement of OCD symptoms. On the other hand, symptoms of eating disorders were not significantly reduced after treatment. Summarized, this study concludes that there is a high prevalence of eating disorder symptoms among patients with OCD. It further shows that comorbid eating disorders does not hinder the effect of treatment for OCD. However, as the symptoms of eating disorders persist after such treatment, an implication of the present study is that these symptoms may need closer attention.

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Gastrostomy is one of the access routes enabling enteral nutrition support to children with eating disorders. It is a method of choice in situations where real assumption of enteral feeding by a nasogastric probe longer than six weeks exists and with undamaged functional digestive system. The possibility to perform enteral feeding outside health care facilities is the most advantageous aspect of gastrostomy for children and their parents. Optimum nursing care is one of the main preconditions of long term functional gastrostomy. This why suitable education of parents and their children in the nutrition support method is necessary. The aim of the work was to map awareness of the issues of gastrostomy in children patients among parents and to propose a unified educational programme aimed at easier insight into the issues. Qualitative research method was applied to the problems. The techniques of study of healthcare documentation and semi standardized interviews with respondents in their home environment were used for data collection. The results of the healthcare documentation studies, which defined the sample of the children with applied gastrostomy, were processed into graphic form for better transparency. The interviews with the respondents in the form of audio recording were transposed into written form and quantified by means of tables enabling the research conclusion to be drawn. The research results showed that practical training of gastrostomy treatment and awareness of possible complications and their solution was the weak point of the education. The above results have confirmed the necessity to elaborate a unique educational programme related to the issues of feeding tube insertion, the care for gastrostomy, support of food, medicines, and possible related complications in terms of learning the ability to prevent complications, identify and solve them.

Binge eating disorder is characterized by excessive consumption of highly palatable food within short periods of time accompanied by loss of control over eating. Extensive evidence provides support for the consideration of binge eating disorder as an addiction-like disorder. In this study, we wanted to determine whether rats undergoing an operant binge-like eating procedure could develop maladaptive forms of conditioned feeding behaviors. For this purpose, we trained male rats to self-administer either a sugary, highly palatable diet (Palatable rats) or a chow diet (Chow rats) for 1 hour/day. Following escalation and stabilization of palatable food intake, we tested both Chow and Palatable rats in a i) conditioned place preference, a ii) second-order schedule of reinforcement and, finally, a iii) cue-induced suppression of feeding. In the conditioned place preference task, Palatable rats spent significantly more time in the compartment which was paired with the palatable food when compared to Chow controls. Furthermore, in the second-order schedule of reinforcement task, Palatable rats exhibited active lever responding 4- to 6-fold higher than Chow control rats. Finally, in the conditioned suppression of feeding test, while Chow control subjects reduced responding by one-third in the presence of the conditioned punishment, Palatable rats persevered in responding despite the aversive cue. These results further characterize our animal model of binge-like eating and provide additional evidence for the addictive properties of highly palatable food.