Preliminary data that psychological treatment and baseline anxiety are associated with a decrease in postprandial fullness and early satiation for individuals with bulimia nervosa and related other specified feeding or eating disorder
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Abstract Objective Gastrointestinal symptoms, particularly postprandial fullness, are frequently reported in eating disorders. Limited data exist evaluating how these symptoms change in response to outpatient psychological treatment. The current study sought to describe the course of postprandial fullness and early satiation across psychological treatment for adults with bulimia nervosa and related other specified feeding or eating disorders and to test if anxiety moderates treatment response. Methods Secondary data analysis was conducted on questionnaire data provided by 30 individuals (80% white, M (SD) age = 31.43(13.44) years; 90% female) throughout treatment and six‐month follow‐up in a pilot trial comparing mindfulness and acceptance‐based treatment with cognitive‐behavioral therapy for bulimia nervosa. Participants completed items from the Rome IV Diagnostic Questionnaire for Adult Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders and the State Trait Anxiety Inventory. Results Postprandial fullness and early satiation both significantly decreased over time (ds = 1.23–1.54; p 's < .001). Baseline trait anxiety moderated this outcome, such that greater decreases were observed for those with higher baseline anxiety ( p = .02). Discussion Results extend prior work in inpatient samples by providing preliminary data that postprandial fullness and early satiation decrease with outpatient psychological treatment for bulimia nervosa. Baseline anxiety moderated this effect for postprandial fullness. Future work should replicate findings in a larger sample and test anxiety as a mechanism underlying postprandial fullness in eating disorders. Public Significance The current study found that common gastrointestinal symptoms (postprandial fullness and early satiation) decrease over the course of outpatient psychotherapy for adults with full and subthreshold bulimia nervosa. Postprandial fullness decreased more across time for those high in anxiety.
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Preliminary data that psychological treatment and baseline anxiety are associated with a decrease in postprandial fullness and early satiation for individuals with bulimia nervosa and related other specified feeding or eating disorder
Creators
K. Jean Forney - Ohio University
Helen Burton Murray - Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences Drexel University Philadelphia Pennsylvania USA, Center for Neurointestinal Health, Division of Gastroenterology Massachusetts General Hospital Boston Massachusetts USA, Harvard Medical School Boston Massachusetts USA
Lina Himawan - Ohio University
Adrienne S. Juarascio - Drexel University
Publication Details
The International journal of eating disorders
Publisher
Wiley
Resource Type
Journal article
Language
English
Academic Unit
Center for Weight, Eating and Lifestyle Science (WELL) [Historical]
Web of Science ID
WOS:001072416600001
Scopus ID
2-s2.0-85173015206
Other Identifier
991021229315704721
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