title: Health-related quality of life in adult inpatients affected by anorexia nervosa.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Poor awareness of illness in anorexia nervosa (AN) may render the assessment of health-related quality of life (HRQoL) difficult. We aimed at evaluating severe AN patients' HRQoL at discharge using different instruments and correlating this measure with clinical variables.
  
  
  METHODS
  We enrolled 71 adult AN inpatients admitted through the emergency department. At admission, all participants completed the following: Medical Outcome Short Form Health Survey, Eating Disorder Inventory-2 and Temperament and Character Inventory. At admission and discharge, body mass index, EuroQoL Health Questionnaire/Visual Analogue Scale and Clinical Global Impression were evaluated.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The HRQoL was severely impaired at baseline, but it improved at discharge. HRQoL correlated with eating psychopathology and personality, but not with body mass index or Clinical Global Impression.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The HRQoL effectively captured patients' improvement at discharge. Given its correlations with clinical variables, this instrument may be useful in clinical practice.
authors.affiliation: Eating Disorders Center for Treatment and Research, Department of Neuroscience, University of Turin, Turin, Italy.
authors.forename: Giovanni
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Abbate-Daga
authors.forename: Federico
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Facchini
authors.forename: Enrica
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Marzola
authors.forename: Nadia
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Delsedime
authors.forename: Cristina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Giovannone
authors.forename: Federico
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Amianto
authors.forename: Secondo
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Fassino
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000856:Anorexia Nervosa / Q000523:psychology; D015992:Body Mass Index; D005260:Female; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010551:Personality; D011788:Quality of Life; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
keywords: EuroQoL health questionnaire; anorexia nervosa; emergency hospitalization; health-related quality of life; inpatient treatment