1. Eating behavior affects quality of life in type 2 diabetes mellitus
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L. Baraldi, R. Manini, Fernanda Cerrelli, Giulio Marchesini, Nazario Melchionda, G. Forlani, F. Cerrelli, R. Manini, G. Forlani, L. Baraldi, N. Melchionda, and G. Marchesini Reggiani
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Male ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Health Status ,Population ,Type 2 diabetes ,Body Mass Index ,Feeding and Eating Disorders ,Internal medicine ,medicine ,Prevalence ,Humans ,Disordered eating ,Psychiatry ,education ,Glycemic ,Aged ,education.field_of_study ,Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus ,Feeding Behavior ,Middle Aged ,medicine.disease ,Psychiatry and Mental health ,Clinical Psychology ,Cross-Sectional Studies ,Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 ,Disinhibition ,Quality of Life ,Female ,medicine.symptom ,Binge Eating Scale ,Psychology ,Three-Factor Eating Questionnaire - Abstract
We evaluated the prevalence of disordered eating behavior in 168 unselected outpatients with type 2 diabetes and the effects on the health related quality of life (HRQL). Subjects in generally good glycemic control, treated by diet or oral hypoglycemic agents (58% M; 63.8 ± SD 10.1 years; BMI, 29.7 ± 5.9 kg/m2) completed self-administered questionnaires for HRQL (SF-36) and eating behavior (Three-Factor Eating Questionnaire (TFEQ); Binge Eating Scale (BES)). Data on HRQL were computed as effect-sizes in comparison to population norm. The prevalence of altered TFEQ scales was not different between genders, and varied between 22.1% (disinhibition) and 41.4% (restriction), but only 6.7% had a positive BES score. Age (OR, 0.58 for decade; 95% CI, 0.39 – 0.87), duration of diabetes (OR, 1.33 for 5 years; 1.01 – 1.74) and BMI (OR, 1.11; 1.04 – 1.18) were predictive for the presence of disinhibition. BMI also predicted hunger (OR, 1.16; 1.08 – 1.25). SF36 domains were not different in relation to positive BES. Disinhibition at TFEQ was significantly associated with poor Social Functioning (P = 0.018) and Role-Emotional (P = 0.022), whereas hunger was associated with poor Physical Functioning (P = 0.010), Role-Physical (P = 0.0014), Social Functioning (P = 0.015) and Role-Emotional (P = 0.0001). Metabolic control, duration of diabetes, and the presence of complications were not associated with HRQL. A disordered eating behavior may be present in type 2 diabetes patients, and is associated with poor HRQL. This condition must be considered for an olistic approach to weight control.
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- 2005