BAKGRUND: Anorexia nervosa är latin och betyder ”nervös aptitlöshet” och det som präglar sjukdomen är självförvållad svält. Sjukdomen börjar vanligtvis med en bantning för att gå ned i vikt som spårar ur.  Anorexia nervosa förkommer hos cirka 1 % unga kvinnor, vilka också är de som drabbas i störst utsträckning. En rad allvarliga somatiska komplikationer kan ses till följd av sjukdomen som i svåra fall kan leda till döden.  Sjukdomen är individuell och det finns av den anledningen ingen självklar behandling. SYFTE: Syftet med studien är att beskriva kvinnors upplevelser av vändpunkter vid anorexia nervosa efter tillfrisknande. METOD: Fem självbiografier analyserades med hjälp av kvalitativ innehållsanalys. RESULTAT: Den kvalitativa innehållsanalysen resulterade i fyra kategorier som beskrev vändpunkter vid anorexia nervosa efter tillfrisknande: Sjukdomsinsikt, Motivation, Tillit samt Beslut. Tillfriskningsprocessen har visat sig vara individuell och olika kvinnor i studien har upplevt olika kombinationer av de nämnda vändpunkterna i tillfrisknandet. DISKUSSION: Sjukdomsinsikt har visat sig vara den viktigaste vändpunkten vid tillfrisknande i anorexia nervosa. Om en person inte vet om att hon eller han är sjuk, är det svårt att bli frisk. / BACKGROUND: Anorexia nervosa is latin for “nervous appetite lose” and what characterizes the disease is self-starvation. It usually starts with dieting to lose weight which loses control. Anorexia nervosa exists in about 1 % of all young women, and young women are also in the front of the disease. A number of serious somatic complications can follow the disease which in severe cases can cause death. The disease is individual and there is no obvious treatment. AIM: The aim of the study is to describe woman’s experiences of the turning-points in anorexia nervosa after recovery. METHOD: Five autobiographies were analyzed with qualitative content analysis. RESULTS: Qualitative analyses revealed four core categories who described the turning points of recovery in anorexia nervosa: Awareness of disease, Motivation, Trust and Decision. The recovery has proved to be individual and different women in the study have experienced different combinations of those turning-points for recovery. DISCUSSION: Awareness of disease provides to be the most essential turning-point for recovery in anorexia nervosa. If a person doesn’t know she or he is sick, there is no reason to get well.

Bakgrund: Anorexia nervosa innebär att under en tid avsiktligen undvika intag av kaloririk föda. Ofta går även kroppsaktiviteten till överdrift. Statistik visar på att en procent av Sveriges befolkning i åldrarna 13-30 har diagnosen. Då sjukdomen inte är ovanlig är det av stor vikt att sjuksköterskan har kunskap om sjukdomen och personernas upplevelse. Syfte: Personers upplevelse av att leva med anorexia nervosa. Metod: En systematisk och strukturerad litteraturstudie. Resultat: Det var lättare att underhålla anorexin än att ta tag i sjukdomen på grund utav ett inre kaos av känslor. Att leva med ständig kontroll och identifiera sig med sjukdomen var vanligt. Stöd från personal och närstående var av betydelse och brist på detta upplevdes som negativt i återhämtningen. Diskussion: Personerna med anorexia nervosa upplevde det som att de skapade en ny identitet som gav de mening med livet. Personerna önskade att få förståelse och stöd från närstående och personal, för att kunna tillgodose sig en god återhämtning. Slutsats: För att uppnå en optimal omvårdnad krävs det att sjuksköterskan utgår från en personcentreradvård och ökar sin förståelse för anorexia nervosa. / Background: Anorexia nervosa means that for a time deliberately avoid intake of high calorie foods, and where physical activity is an exaggeration. As statistics show that one percent of the Swedish population aged 13-30 are diagnosed with anorexia nervosa, it is of great importance that nurses are knowledgeable about the disease and the individual’s experience. Purpose: Persons with experience of living with anorexia nervosa. Method: A systematic and structured literature. Results: It was easier to maintain anorexia than fighting the disease because out of an inner turmoil of emotions. Living with constant control and identify oneself with the disease was common. Support from professionals and family were important and the lack of this was perceived as a negative in the recovery. Discussion: The persons with anorexia nervosa experienced it as if they created a new identity that gave meaning to life. The people wanted to get understanding and support from family and staff, in order to reach recovery. Conclusion: To achieve optimal care requires that the nursing is based on a person-centered care as well as a deeper understanding of the meaning of living with anorexia nervosa

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Public view removed at the authors request. 16/07/2006 / The daily experience of anorexia nervosa sufferers has not previously been studied and yet it is fundamental to understanding anorexia nervosa. This study examined and compared the daily experiences of anorexia nervosa patients and control participants in terms of sense of self, mood states and flow states. Flow is characterised by undivided concentration and interest in an activity for intrinsic benefits. Flow is not always desirable, as some ways of experiencing it may be harmful to the individual and society. Anorexia nervosa participants were recruited from hospitals and private practices of clinicians specialising in the treatment of anorexia nervosa. Exclusion criteria included male gender, chronic anorexia nervosa, drug abuse, and current participation in an inpatient program. Anorexia nervosa participants completed a series of questionnaires at baseline, 3-6 month follow-up and 7-12 month follow-up (stage one, two and three respectively). The questionnaires were designed to measure the severity of their eating disorder. Anorexia nervosa and control group participants completed Experience Sampling Forms (ESF) and a Repertory Grid at baseline and 3-6 months. The ESFs were completed each time a pager was activated. The pager was activated seven times a day, for four days at random times between 8.00am and 10.00pm. The pager signals were a minimum of two hours apart. The Repertory Grid consisted of 23 constructs and 13 elements provided to the participant. Thirty-one anorexia nervosa sufferers and thirty-two control participants completed stage one and eighteen anorexia nervosa sufferers and twenty-seven control group participants completed stage two of the study. Eighteen anorexia nervosa sufferers completed stage three of the study. Control participants were not required to participate in stage three. There was no difference in the severity of anorexia nervosa between completers and drop-outs The analysis of the ESFs at stage one indicated that the anorexia nervosa group participants did not spend more time alone at home or more time alone in any situation than the control group. For both groups, being alone had a negative influence on mood state, but had no effect on sense of self. The anorexia nervosa group felt lonelier and less sociable than the control group. The mood state and sense of self for the anorexia nervosa group was significantly lower over all the ESFs when compared to the control group. They were also more self-critical, experienced higher levels of guilt, were less able to live up to their own expectations, and were less satisfied with their performance in the activity they were doing. The anorexia nervosa group experienced less flow states than the control group at stage one. There was an improvement in mood state, sense of self and self-criticism for the anorexia nervosa group when they were in a flow state compared to when they were not in a flow state. There was an improvement in mood state, sense of self, guilt and self-criticism for the control group when they experienced flow, however these differences were not significant. The anorexia nervosa group had a more positive mood state and sense of self at stage two when compared to stage one. Correspondingly, there was a trend towards a reduced severity of the disorder indicated by a significant improvement on some of the psychological tests (EAT, REDS, BDI, DT). There was also a significant improvement in BMI. However, there was a significant decline in the amount of flow of anorexia nervosa participants experienced at stage two when compared to stage one. This result may be attributed to the significant decline in the response rate on ESFs in the second stage of the study for both the anorexia nervosa and control groups. Anorexia nervosa non-responders at stage two reported more severe symptoms of anorexia nervosa than anorexia nervosa responders, although this was a trend and reached significance only on minor indicators of eating disorder severity. The identification of a factor that predicted severity over a six-month period was not possible. The repertory grid analysis showed that the construct system of the anorexia nervosa participants was tighter and less complex than that of the control group. The anorexia nervosa group construed themselves as dissimilar from the way they would like to be in any context. The control group construed themselves as similar to the way they would like to be when they were alone, but as dissimilar from the way they would like to be when they were with other people. While the most salient element for both the anorexia nervosa and control groups was 'alone at home', it appears that the controls use this time for goal-directed activities. In contrast, this time was dominated by fear of losing control for the anorexia nervosa group. Although there was a trend towards a decrease in the amount of variance accounted for by the first component for the anorexia nervosa group at stage two compared to stage one, the interpretation of this result was complicated by mixed result of the control group. The anorexia nervosa groups' daily experience of life was bleak when compared to the daily experience of the control group, except for periods when the anorexia nervosa participants experienced a flow state. DeVries (1992) has documented the success of therapeutic interventions that involve the identification and replication of activities that resulted in a flow state. This investigation suggests that a similar result may be possible in the treatment of anorexia nervosa.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Adelaide, Dept. of Anthropology and Social Inquiry, 2002. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves [287]-309).

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Anorexia nervosa är en allvarlig psykologisk sjukdom med hög dödlighet. Studien vill belysa den psykodynamiska terapin som behandlingsmetod vid anorexia nervosa. Frågeställning: Vilka är de verksamma faktorerna i psykodynamisk psykoterapi vid behandling av anorexia nervosa? Semistrukturerade kvalitativa forskningsintervjuer har genomförts med fem kvinnliga psykodynamiskt inriktade psykoterapeuter. Intervjumaterialet har bearbetats och analyserats utifrån tematisk analys (TA). Resultatet visade att det mest verksamma vid behandlingen av anorexia nervosa var att lyckas bryta igenom patientens avvisande förhållningssätt, motstå attacker samt att nå en stark allians. Resultatet visade också att psykoterapeutens syn på patientens symtom och självbild ofta yttrade sig i motöverföringsreaktioner såsom ilska, frustration och känsla av maktlöshet. Tid och kontinuitet uppfattades som viktiga faktorer för det kliniska behandlingsarbetet, liksom att kunna erbjuda psykoterapi efter det att patienten nått viktmål enligt DSM-IV. Undersökningen visade att den psykoterapeutiska relationen i sig anses vara den mest verksamma faktorn vid behandling av anorexia nervosa. Den visade att interaktionen mellan patient och terapeut, den terapeutiska alliansen, uppfattades som den faktor som mest gynnar tillfrisknande för patienter med anorexia nervosa, en sjukdom med ett ofta långdraget förlopp.

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