title: Body checking and obsessive-compulsive symptoms in Brazilian outpatients with eating disorders.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Compare obsessive-compulsive symptoms in patients with anorexia nervosa (AN) and bulimia nervosa (BN), and assess the association of these symptoms and body checking in each of these groups of patients.
  
  
  METHODS
  Eighty-five female outpatients with eating disorders (ED) completed body checking and obsessive-compulsive questionnaires.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Body checking was more prevalent in the BN group. Among patients with AN, the highest mean body-checking scores were found in patients with somatic obsessions related to body areas and eating rituals (p = 0.003 and 0.018, respectively).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Patients with eating disorders are believed to be included in the obsessive-compulsive spectrum, and may experience intrusive thoughts about behavior. The results of our work suggest that obsessive symptoms and body checking should be further investigated and properly managed in patients with ED.
authors.affiliation: Women Drug Dependent Treatment Center, Institute and Department of Psychiatry, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, drikachani@uol.com.br.
authors.forename: Adriana Trejger
authors.initials: AT
authors.lastname: Kachani
authors.forename: Lucia Pereira
authors.initials: LP
authors.lastname: Barroso
authors.forename: Silvia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Brasiliano
authors.forename: Patrícia Brunfentrinker
authors.initials: PB
authors.lastname: Hochgraf
authors.forename: Táki Athanássios
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Cordás
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001828:Body Image / Q000523:psychology*; D001938:Brazil; D003192:Compulsive Behavior / Q000150:complications / Q000523:psychology*; D001068:Feeding and Eating Disorders / Q000150:complications / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009770:Obsessive Behavior / Q000150:complications / Q000523:psychology*; D010045:Outpatients; D055815:Young Adult