title: Changes in eating pathology and associated symptoms among chronically ill adults attending a brief psychoeducational group.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Two quasi-experimental pilot studies examined eating pathology, eating self-efficacy, shame, guilt, and pride in adults with chronic illness before and after participating in brief cognitive-behavioral psychoeducational groups addressing eating concerns.
  
  
  METHODS
  In Study 1, 60 adults completed assessments before and after a series of two groups; in Study 2, 21 adults also completed an assessment five weeks prior to the first group to identify time-related changes in symptoms.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Study 1 participants improved across domains, whereas Study 2 analyses also examining time-related changes showed improvements in eating self-efficacy, shame, guilt, and pride, but not in eating pathology.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Psychoeducational groups may help improve symptoms including eating pathology, eating self-efficacy, shame, guilt, and pride among chronically-ill adults with eating concerns.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive NW, Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2N 1N4. kvonrans@ucalgary.ca
authors.forename: Kristin M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: von Ranson
authors.forename: Andrea S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Stevenson
authors.forename: Colleen K
authors.initials: CK
authors.lastname: Cannon
authors.forename: Wendy
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Shah
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001828:Body Image; D002908:Chronic Disease / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology*; D005247:Feeding Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D001068:Feeding and Eating Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D006167:Guilt; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D010865:Pilot Projects; D011614:Psychotherapy, Brief / Q000379:methods; D011615:Psychotherapy, Group / Q000379:methods; D020377:Self Efficacy; D012752:Shame; D013997:Time Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome