An Exploration of Eating Disorders in a Georgian Sample  

Oleh:

Treasure, Janet L. ; Troop, Nicholas A. ; Katzman, Melanie ; Tchanturia, Kate

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: International Relations vol. 48 no. 3 (Sep. 2002), page 220-230.
Fulltext: 220.IR48.3.pdf (640.74KB)

Isi artikel

Background: There is debate as to weather eating disorders may be culture-bound.However,accumulating evidence suggests that eating disorders may be found outside of the west, although the precise form of the eating disorder may differ. Aims: There were two aims of this study : (1) to translate and establish the psychrometric properties of standard questionnaires to mesure eating pathology ina Georgian sample.; (2) to use this measures to determine wheter cases of eating disorders exist in Georgia. Methods: We held focus groups of various health profesionals to establish how eating disorders present in Georgia and to identify groups perceived to be at high risk of having an eating disorders.We obtained translated versions of a numbers of standardized questionnaires (measuring eating and general psychopatholgy) from 245 women from identified high risk groups and a subsample were given a structured clinical interviewed. Results: We esimated from the responses to the qustionnaires, that as many as 5% may have clinically significant bulimia nervosa, 7% fell in the weight range for anoreksia nervosa with a further 7% in the weight range for obesity.We interviewed a sample of high scoring group which confirmed the presence of clinically significant eating pathology in the majority of those identified as possible cases. Conclusions: the result of this study suggest there may be women in Georgia with significant eating problems.

Opini Anda

Klik untuk menuliskan opini Anda tentang koleksi ini!

Kembali