Está bem estabelecido que o Transtorno Alimentar (TA), uma patologia predominantemente compulsiva, e o Transtorno de Déficit de Atenção/Hiperatividade (TDAH), uma patologia predominantemente impulsiva, coocorrem em uma frequência maior do que esperado ao acaso. A avaliação fenotípica e o estudo detalhado de pacientes que apresentam ambas as patologias (TA-TDAH) oferecem a oportunidade de compreender melhor o tipo de interação entre esses dois traços comportamentais, fundamentais no entendimento das patologias dos comportamentos aditivos. Este é um estudo transversal com 63 mulheres com diagnóstico atual de Anorexia Nervosa (AN) ou Bulimia Nervosa (BN) recrutadas do Programa de Transtorno Alimentar do Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre e 254 mulheres com diagnóstico de TDAH provenientes do Programa de Déficit de Atenção e Hiperatividade do mesmo hospital, entre os anos de 2002 e 2016. A coocorrência TA-TDAH foi diagnosticada em ambos os grupos através de entrevista clínica e instrumentos validados. A partir destes achados, o grupo TA-TDAH foi comparado em termos de perfil demográfico, sintomatologia clínica e comorbidades psiquiátricas, com sua contraparte com TDAH e sem TA e com TA sem TDAH. Nossos resultados mostraram que os indivíduos com TA-TDAH apresentam aumento da prevalência de transtorno de ansiedade generalizada e transtorno obsessivo compulsivo quando comparado ao grupo com TDAH. Ainda, o grupo de TATDAH apresenta aumento das taxas de comorbidades com uso de substâncias psicoativas (SPA) e uso de bebida alcoólica quando comparados com ambos os grupos, TA e TDAH. Este aumento excedeu o efeito meramente aditivo encontrado no padrão para as comorbidades inicialmente descritas, demonstrando um padrão sinérgico, resultante provavelmente da interação entre os comportamentos compulsivos e impulsivos. Se considerando a avaliação de funcionalidade, o grupo TDAH-TA apresentou piores escores nas áreas de lazer quando comparado ao grupo TDAH e nas áreas de finanças e cognição quando comparado ao grupo com TA. Estes resultados são relevantes clinicamente pois demonstram que a coocorrência de TA e TDAH está associada ao desenvolvimento de um perfil clínico mais severo, que provavelmente exija uma abordagem diferenciada para este tipo de paciente. / It is well established that an Eating Disorder is a predominantly compulsive pathology, and that the Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is a predominantly impulsive pathology, which occur at a frequency deemed higher than what one would expect for events occurring at random. The phenotype assessment and the detailed study of patients diagnosed with both pathologies provide us with the opportunity to better understand the type of interaction between these two behavioral traits, which are essential to the understanding of the pathologies related to addictive behaviors. This is a cross-sectional study involving 63 women who have been currently diagnosed with Anorexia Nervosa (AN) or Bulimia Nervosa (BN), recruited from the Eating Disorder Program at Hospital das Clínicas de Porto Alegre, was well as 254 women diagnosed with ADHD from the Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Program at the same hospital, carried out between 2002 and 2016. From clinical interviews and the use of validated instruments, we have been able to attest the co-occurrence of Eating Disorders and ADHD in both groups. Then, from these findings, a comparison was made in terms of demographics, clinical symptomatology and psychiatric comorbidities: the group diagnosed with an Eating Disorder and ADHD with the group diagnosed with ADHD without an Eating Disorder and the group with an Eating Disorder without ADHD. Our results have shown that individuals with an Eating Disorder and ADHD have presented higher numbers of generalized anxiety disorder and obsessive-compulsive disorder, when compared to the group diagnosed solely with ADHD. Moreover, the group diagnosed with an Eating Disorder and ADHD presented an increase in comorbidity rates with the use of psychotropic drugs and alcohol, when compared to the groups diagnosed solely with an Eating Disorder or ADHD. This increase has exceeded the purely addictive effect found in the patterns related to the comorbidities initially described, showing a synergistic pattern, most likely resulting from the interaction between compulsive and impulsive behaviors. When taking into account the assessment of functionality, the group diagnosed with an Eating Disorder and ADHD presented the lowest numbers in leisurely areas, when compared to the group diagnosed solely with ADHD, and the lowest number in financial and cognitive areas, when compared to the group diagnosed solely with an Eating Disorder. These results are relevant from a clinical standpoint, since they demonstrated that the co-occurrence of an Eating Disorder and ADHD is linked to the development of a more serious clinical profile, which will likely demand a unique approach towards these patients.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:IBICT/oai:lume56.ufrgs.br:10183/171073 |
| Date | January 2017 |
| Creators | Huber, Júlia Medeiros |
| Contributors | Grevet, Eugenio Horácio, Brunstein, Miriam Garcia |
| Source Sets | IBICT Brazilian ETDs |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion, info:eu-repo/semantics/masterThesis |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Source | reponame:Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações da UFRGS, instname:Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, instacron:UFRGS |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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