Background: Anorexia Nervosa is a mental illness of which the result is a will-controlled weight loss. It is an illness that affects the entire body and can become life-threatening. The illness is most common in young women and is often developed because of a stressful life event, stressful family relationships or sexual abuse. The disease also has a heredity of 50-90% in all cases. Aim: The aim of this study is to describe how nurses can involve the family in the care of a patient with Anorexia Nervosa. Method: The method used in this study was a literary survey based on ten articles of both qualitative and quantitative type. The articles were analysed using the method of Friberg (2012b). Result: Three main themes were created: Building relationships, providing education and preparing for home. Conclusion: The result of this study shows that the involvement of the family in the care of a patient with Anorexia Nervosa has improved conditions of recovery. Nurses have a crucial role in this process by creating relationships, having an educational role and preparing both patient and family for the return home.

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Bakgrund: Anorexia nervosa är en ätstörning där personerna har en förvrängd kroppsuppfattning och en intensiv rädsla för att gå upp i vikt. Detta leder till att personen använder olika metoder för att få en så låg kroppsvikt som möjligt. Sjukdomen debuterar ofta i tonåren och påverkar främst kvinnor. Syfte: Att beskriva unga kvinnors (12-25år) erfarenheter av omvårdnaden med Anorexia nervosa samt granska de inkluderade artiklarnas datainsamlingsmetod. Metod: Designen för litteraturstudien var deskriptiv och tio kvalitativa vetenskapliga artiklar inkluderades i resultatet. För att hitta dessa användes databaserna Cinahl, Medline och Scopus. Huvudresultat: I föreliggande studie har det visat sig att en god vårdrelation bidrar till trygghet och motivation till att tillfriskna. Det finns både negativa och positiva aspekter med att vårdas i grupp. Patienterna kunde hitta stöd hos varandra men samtidigt uppstod det ofta konkurrens mellan dem. Att ha strikta restriktioner i behandlingen upplevdes som något positivt hos vissa medan det skapade frustration hos andra. Många patienter ansåg att för mycket fokus låg på den fysiska återhämtningen medans det psykologiska stödet saknades. Slutsats: Tillit, respekt och förtroende behövs för att upprätthålla en god vårdrelation. En individualisering av vården behövs för att öka förutsättningarna för en optimal omvårdnad. Då Anorexia nervosa i grunden är ett psykiskt problem bör hela personen behandlas annars är risken för återfall stor. Det är även viktigt med information och adekvata motiveringar till de strikta metoderna i behandlingen.

The eating disorders, encompassing both bulimia and anorexia nervosa, have become a matter of increasing concern for mental health professionals. The presence of bulimic symptoms within the syndrome of anorexia nervosa has been associated with greater individual and family psychopathology as well as with poorer prognosis when compared to restricter type anorectics. This study hypothesizes that when compared with a normal control group, non-anorectic bulimics would show higher levels of individual psychopathology and family dysfunction, and more disordered eating attitudes and behaviors. This study further hypothesizes that an anorectic group would exhibit a similar pattern on these variables due to the presence of bulimic symptoms in many anorectics. These hypotheses were confirmed and support was generated for the proposition that bulimia even in normal weight persons is associated with significant pathology comparable to that documented in the bulimic subtype of anorexia nervosa.

Maladaptive interpersonal functioning is considered typical of eating disorders. The present thesis aimed to add to existing knowledge of interpersonal functioning in the eating disorders in terms of both symptomatology and treatment. In Study 1, relationships were found between eating disorder attitudes and several types of poor interpersonal functioning. These associations were present when controlling for depression and anxiety. Study 2 found that generalised interpersonal problems were more likely to be reported by women with bulimic disorders than comparison women, apart from problems with being too open, which were more likely to be reported by comparison women. In Study 3, individuals with self identified eating disorders were found to have poorer problem solving skills in specific interpersonal situations than healthy controls, generating less means to solve the problem, with these means being significantly less effective and less specific than those generated by healthy controls. In Study 4, the experience of an invalidating childhood environment was explored as a potential predictor of adult interpersonal problems in the eating disorders. Viewing the expression of emotions as a sign of weakness was a mediator of the relationship between having a more invalidating mother and adult eating concern in a nonclinical population. In Study 5, the interpersonal experiences of patients with bulimic disorders are explored using qualitative methodology. They report a range of problems characterised by social avoidance, social anxiety, non-assertiveness, and a difficulty with being genuine in relationships. In Study 6, patients reported their experiences of interpersonal psychotherapy for bulimic disorders. In general, they experienced the therapy as positive and beneficial. They express that it helped them address a range of interpersonal problems, and reduced but did not cure their eating disordered behaviours. Patients liked that therapy focused on both interpersonal relationships and eating. In Study 7, interpersonal psychotherapists discussed their perceptions of the modified therapy. They identified several factors as being related to outcome, such as the existence or willingness to build a support network, motivation to change, a clear interpersonal problem identified in the patient, level of depression, duration of the eating disorder and keeping therapy focused on the interpersonal. Results of these studies suggest that those with higher levels of eating disorder related attitudes and behaviours often have significant problems with interpersonal functioning. This thesis supports the use of interpersonal psychotherapy as a viable treatment approach to the eating disorders. It also supports the use of the modified version of the therapy, which addresses eating as well as interpersonal functioning.

Bakgrund: Anorexia Nervosa är en psykiatrisk sjukdom som främst drabbar unga kvinnor mellan 15 och 23 år med hög mortalitet. Sjukdomen orsakar ätstörning vilket medför kraftig viktnedgång. Syftet: Syftet är att beskriva kvinnors upplevelser av att leva med Anorexia Nervosa. Metod: Denna studie är genomförd av kvalitativ metod med analys av narratives. Datainsamlingen är baserad på fyra självbiografier skrivna av kvinnor som drabbats av Anorexia Nervosa. Resultat: Resultatet visade att samtliga kvinnor har haft olika upplevelser av Anorexia Nervosa. Kvinnornas upplevelser delas in i tre olika teman vilket förtydligades med citat. Teman som beskrivs avspelar kvinnors olika upplevelser. De teman som uppkom var Det svåruppnåeliga kvinnoidealet, Den ångestfyllda tillvaron, Betydelsen av att ha kontroll. Slutsats: Anorexia är en komplex psykiatrisk sjukdom som kräver en optimal omvårdnad med beredskap och förståelse från vårdpersonal. Sjuksköterskor strävar efter att förhindra ett lidande och främja hälsa i vårdandet av patienter. Studiens resultat bidrog med en bredare kunskap och förståelse kring sjukdomen Anorexia Nervosa för en optimal återhämtning hos patient. / Background: Anorexia nervosa is a psychiatric disorder that primarily affects young women between 15 and 23 years with high mortality. The disease causes eating disorder resulting in significant weight loss. Purpose: Purpose of the study was to describe women's experiences of living with anorexia nervosa. Method: This study was conducted by qualitative method of analysis of narratives. Data collection was based on four autobiographies written by women who have lived with Anorexia Nervosa. Results: The results showed that all women have had different experiences of Anorexia Nervosa. This experiences were divided into three different themes which are clarified with quote. Themes described reflects women's different experiences with anorexia nervosa, which is the elusive ideal of women, the anguished existence and the importance of being in control. Conclusion: Anorexia is a complex psychiatric illness that requires an optimum care of preparedness and understanding of health professionals. Nurses strive to prevent suffering and promote health in the care of patients. The study's results contributed to a wider knowledge and understanding of the disease anorexia nervosa for optimal recovery of the patient.

Bakgrund: Det finns olika sorters ätstörningar. Bland dessa är anorexia nervosa den allvarligaste. Sjukdomen drabbar mest unga kvinnor men även unga män kan insjukna. Anorexia nervosa påverkar patienternas kroppsuppfattning negativt vilket resulterar i att de svälter sig och/eller tränar frenetiskt. Syfte: Syftet var att beskriva patienter med anorexia nervosas upplevelser av omvårdnaden under slutenvård. Metod: En litteraturöversikt med kvalitativ ansats valdes som metod för att svara på studiens syfte. Resultat: Det framkom fem teman ur analysen, dessa är; ”Vikten av den goda relationen”, ”En objektifierad omvårdnad”, ”Vikten av stöd”, ”Känsla av att vara övervakad” samt ”Vikten av att uppleva delaktighet”. Dessa teman beskriver patienternas upplevelser av omvårdnaden inom slutenvård. Konklusion: Patienterna upplevde omvårdnaden som både positiv och negativ. Det hade stor betydelse för patienterna om de upplevde en god relation till sjuksköterskorna. För att kunna övervinna sjukdomen var det viktigt att patienterna kände sig delaktiga i omvårdnaden. Att patienterna fick känna sig som unika personer var också något som hjälpte dem att återhämta sig. / Background: There are different types of eating disorders. Among these are anorexia nervosa the most serious. It is mostly young women who develop the disease, but also young men can become ill. Anorexia nervosa affects patient´s body image negatively, which results in the patient starving him- or herself and/or exercising frenetically. Aim: The aim was to describe patients with anorexia nervosa experiences of care during hospitalization. Method: A literature review with qualitative approach was chosen as the method to answer the aim of the study. Results: It emerged five themes from the analysis. These are; “The importance of a good relationship”, “An objectified care”, “The importance of support”, “The feeling of being monitored” and “The importance of experiencing participation”. These themes describe patients' experiences of care in hospitalization. Conclusion: The patients experienced the care to be both positive and negative. It was of great importance to the patients if they experienced a good relationship with the nurses. In order to overcome the disease, it was important that patients felt involved in their own care. For the patients to recover from anorexia nervosa, the patients needed to be treated like individuals and not like the stereotype of the disease.

O objetivo geral deste trabalho foi compreender as práticas discursivas de pessoas diagnosticadas com Anorexia Nervosa (AN) ou Bulimia Nervosa (BN) com relação a produção de sentidos sobre as relações profissional-paciente no âmbito do tratamento desses transtornos alimentares (TA), aqui considerados não como quadros diagnósticos, mas como construções sociais. Esse objetivo foi traçado no diálogo com a literatura científica na área que identifica poucos espaços de escuta dessas pessoas sobre o que elas consideram importante em suas relações com os profissionais de saúde, e no diálogo com as narrativas das participantes deste estudo que apontaram a boa qualidade do relacionamento profissionalpaciente como importante na construção de um atendimento considerado satisfatório. De maneira específica, buscou-se compreender como o uso de diferentes repertórios interpretativos e discursos sociais participam da produção de sentidos sobre as relações profissional-paciente, além de investigar as implicações dos diferentes posicionamentos assumidos por ambos na coconstrução de descrições de si, direitos, deveres e lugares ocupados pelos pacientes na relação com os profissionais. Para tanto, foram entrevistadas 12 mulheres diagnosticadas com AN e BN atendidas por um serviço de assistência em TA. 5 dessas mulheres responderam de forma mais pessoal sobre o que é um relacionamento significativo com um profissional, oferecendo histórias de seus relacionamentos anteriores e atuais com os profissionais, narradas com riqueza de detalhes. Considerando-se a vasta quantidade de material a ser analisado, um recorte do material foi necessário e essa riqueza narrativa foi o critério utilizado para a seleção dessas 5 entrevistas para análise. O corpus de análise foi composto pelo recorte dos momentos das entrevistas nos quais o tema do relacionamento profissional-paciente estava presente. Assumindo-se uma perspectiva construcionista social sobre produção do conhecimento, utilizou-se, para a análise desse corpus, a Teoria relacional do sentido, a Teoria do posicionamento e a proposta teóricometodológica das Práticas discursivas e produção de sentidos. A partir da análise desse material foi possível abordar: as implicações do uso do discurso biomédico, que entende a AN e BN como psicopatologias, para as construções de si das participantes deste estudo e para a construção de possibilidades e limites da sua participação nas decisões sobre o tratamento; o pedido das participantes para uma maior proximidade afetiva com o profissional; o lugar ocupado pelo psicólogo e pelos demais profissionais da equipe multidisciplinar frente a esse pedido; os efeitos dos repertórios interpretativos disponibilizados pela literatura da área sobre a dificuldade no relacionamento profissional-paciente para as práticas discursivas das participantes ao falarem de seus desentendimentos com os profissionais; e as implicações da eleição do tratamento hospitalar como locus privilegiado de cuidado dessas pessoas. Alguns aportes teóricos construcionistas sociais, como a responsabilidade relacional, o ser relacional, o diálogo transformador e a postura colaborativa foram ofertados para pensar cenários relacionais entre profissionais e pacientes que pudessem incluir: a noção de identidade como movimento e não como estabilidade; o entendimento dos sucessos e insucessos nesses relacionamentos como ações conjuntas; a defesa do paciente como agente coconstrutor de seu cuidado e a possibilidade de convivência de diferentes verdades em saúde. / The general aim of this work was to understand the discursive practices of people diagnosed with Anorexia Nervosa (AN) and Bulimia Nervosa (BN) in the meaning production about professional-patient relationships in the treatment of eating disorders. Eating disorders are understood here as social constructions. This objective was delineated in dialogue with the scientific literature in the field that identifies a lack of spaces to listen to these people as well as in dialogue with this study participants\' narratives that associated meaningful assistance with the possibility of good quality in professional-patient relationship. Specifically, we aimed at understanding how the use of different interpretive repertoire and social discourses participate in the meaning production about the professional-patient relationship. We also tried to comprehend the implications of different positions assumed by both of them in the coconstruction of self descriptions, rights, duties and places occupied by patients in their relations with professionals. In order to do that, 12 women diagnosed with AN and BN assisted by an eating disorder service were interviewed. 5 interviews were selected to be analysed considering its richness of narratives about professional-patient relationship. Interview excerpts in which the theme of professional-patient relationship was discussed were selected to compose the analysis corpus Assuming a social constructionist perspective about knowledge construction, the following theoretical and methodological resources were used: Relational Theory of Meaning, Positioning Theory and Discursive practices and production of meanings. The analysis highlighted: the implications of biomedical discourse use, in which AN and BN is understood as psychopathologies, to the self constructions of the participants of this study and to the construction of possibilities and limitations of their participation in the decisions about the treatment; the participants\' request for closer and emotional relationship with professionals; the role of the psychologist and the rest of the multidisciplinary team to address this request; the effects of the use of the literature in the field that constructs the professional-patient relationships in terms of its difficulties in the discursive practice of the participants when they talked about their conflicts with professionals; and the implication of electing treatment as the privileged scenario of health care. Some social constructionist resources such as Relational Responsibility, Relational Being, Transformative Dialogue and Collaborative Partnership, were implemented to think about relational scenarios between professionals and patients that could include: the idea of identity as movement instead of stability; the understanding of the success and failure in these relationships as conjoint actions; the defense of the patient\'s protagonism in the construction of health; and the possibility of the coexistence of diverse realities.

Este estudo tem por objetivos identificar as representações sociais da equipe de enfermagem acerca da anorexia e bulimia nervosa e dos indivíduos portadores desses transtornos, bem como correlacionar essas representações com as intervenções realizadas no cotidiano do trabalho desses profissionais em um hospital psiquiátrico. Para realizá-lo, foram feitas entrevistas semi-estruturadas, individuais, junto a 12 componentes da equipe de enfermagem de um hospital universitário. A teoria moscoviciana de representação social foi adotada como referencial teórico-metodológico e os dados submetidos à análise de conteúdo segundo Bardin. Dessa análise emergiram temas como sintomas físicos e psíquicos além dos fatores psicossociais, que constituíram a categoria “A Construção do conhecimento". A construção desse conhecimento mostrou-se ancorada essencialmente em um discurso médico – científico veiculado na instituição, numa interface com o conhecimento prático que a vivência cotidiana possibilita. Já a outra categoria delineou-se a partir do “Campo das Ações/ Sentimentos", constituída por temas como controle/limite, onde o sofrimento psíquico do trabalhador é mais evidente, principalmente na iminência do suicídio. Por outro lado, é por meio de temas como a escuta, o vínculo de confiança e o cuidar individualizado que os profissionais conseguem expressar o prazer no trabalho / This study intends to identify the social representations of nursing staff about anorexia and bulimia nervosa and about carries of these eating disorders as long as to correlate these representations with the interventions made in the se professionals daily life, inside of a psychiatric hospital. Semi-structured, and individuals interviews were made with twelve members of the nursing staff of a university hospital. The moscovician theory of social representation was adopted as referential-methodological referential and the data were submitted for content analysis in Bardin’ s point of view. From this analysis emerged themes as physical and psychic symptoms, besides psychosocial factors, which constituted the category “knowledge Construction". The construction of knowledge seemed to be anchored essentially on a medical-scientific lecture diffused in the institution, in a interface with the pratic knowledge which the daily life provides. On the other side, the other category was outlined from “Actions / Feelings Field", constituted by themes as control / limit, where the worker’ s psychic suffering is more evident, mostly in imminence of suicide. By other way, is by themes as the listening, confidence link and individually care that professionals care express their pleasure on work

INTRODUÇÃO: Anorexia nervosa (AN) e transtorno alimentar não especificado (TANE) são os transtornos alimentares (TA) mais frequentes na adolescência. Cursam com amenorreia e comprometimento da massa óssea. A Anorexia nervosa é responsável por anormalidades na mineralização óssea, que são bem conhecidas e descritas em mulheres adultas, porém menos documentadas em adolescentes. Está associada à diminuição da densidade mineral óssea (DMO) em adolescentes, comprometendo o pico de massa óssea e aumentando o risco de fraturas. OBJETIVO: Avaliar a densidade mineral óssea lombar (L1-L4) em adolescentes do sexo feminino com transtorno alimentar no momento do diagnóstico e a evolução após seis meses e um ano de tratamento. PACIENTES E MÉTODOS: Estudo prospectivo com 35 adolescentes do sexo feminino, portadoras de anorexia nervosa ou TANE acompanhadas ao longo de um ano em serviço especializado no tratamento de transtornos alimentares. As pacientes foram submetidas a tratamento psicológico, acompanhamento psiquiátrico e endocrinológico e terapia nutricional. A densitometria óssea da coluna lombar L1-L4 pelo método de DXA (absorciometria por dupla emissão de raios X) foi realizada no início do acompanhamento, após seis meses e um ano de tratamento. RESULTADOS: Das 35 pacientes avaliadas, inicialmente quatro pacientes apresentavam DO lombar L1-L4 com escore-Z < -2 DP (11,4 %), esta proporção diminuiu para duas (5,7%) após seis meses e um ano de tratamento. Houve um aumento significativo do peso, da altura e do IMC das pacientes quando comparados os valores iniciais com os valores com seis meses e um ano de tratamento (p<0,001). Houve progressão da idade óssea (p<0,001) e 70% das adolescentes com amenorreia secundária restabeleceram os ciclos menstruais durante o primeiro ano de tratamento. No entanto não houve diferença significativa do escore-Z da densitometria óssea lombar ao longo de um ano de seguimento (p = 0,76). CONCLUSÕES: Amenorreia e comprometimento do ganho de massa óssea foram complicações frequentes encontradas no estudo. Mais de dois terços das pacientes recuperaram a função menstrual, porém no seguimento de um ano, não houve uma melhora da massa óssea nesta amostra estudada. Considerando que a amostra estudada é pequena, novos estudos, incluindo um maior número de pacientes, são necessários para confirmar nossos achados / INTRODUCTION: Anorexia nervosa (AN) and eating disorder not otherwise specified (EDNOS) are the most frequent eating disorders in adolescence. Amenorrhea and bone loss are the main complications. Anorexia nervosa is responsible for abnormalities in bone mineralization, which are well known and described in adults, but less well documented in adolescents. It is associated with low bone mineral density (BMD) in adolescents, concerning for suboptimal peak bone mass and for an increased risk of fractures. OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to evaluate lumbar (L1-L4) bone mineral density in female adolescents with eating disorders in the beginning of the study, at six months and after one year of treatment. PATIENTS AND METHODS: This prospective study involved 35 female adolescents with anorexia nervosa or EDNOS who were treated at an eating disorders unit during one year. Patient treatment involved psychotherapy, medical intervention and nutritional rehabilitation. Lumbar (L1-L4) bone mineral density by DXA (dual energy X-ray absorptiometry) was performed on patients in the beginning of the study, at six months and after one year of treatment. RESULTS: In total, four patients presented lumbar BMD Z-score < -2 SD (11,4 %) in the beginning, and from those, only two patients (5,7%) presented Z-score < -2 after six months and one year of treatment. Patients had good nutritional recovery, with improvement of weight, length and BMI (p<0.001). There was improvement of bone age (p<0.001) and 70% of the adolescents with secondary amenorrhea had their menstrual cycles restored. However, the Z-score of lumbar BMD did not showed significant difference during one year of follow-up (p = 0.76). CONCLUSIONS: Amenorrhea and lack of bone mass gain were the main complications showed by this study. More than two thirds of the patients had restoration of menses, but there was no significant change in lumbar DXA with treatment. One limitation to this study was the short size of the sample. Further studies are needed to confirm these findings