title: Quality of life in anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa and eating disorder not-otherwise-specified.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  This study aimed to assess differences in Quality of Life (QoL) across eating disorder (ED) diagnoses, and to examine the relationship of QoL to specific clinical features.
  
  
  RESULTS
  199 patients with a diagnosed ED completed the Clinical Impairment Assessment (CIA) [Cognitive Behavior Therapy and Eating Disorders, 315-318, 2008] and the Eating Disorders Examination (EDE) [Int J Eat Disord 6:1-8]. Differences between diagnostic groups were examined, as were differences between restrictive and binge-purge subtypes. CIA scores and EDE scores were positively correlated and higher in groups with binge-purge behaviours. CIA scores were not correlated with BMI, illness duration or frequency of bingeing/purging behaviours, except in the binge-purge AN group, where CIA scores negatively correlated with BMI.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Patients with EDs have poor QoL and impairment increases with illness severity. Patients with binge/purge diagnoses are particularly impaired. It remains unclear which clinical features best predict the degree of impairment experienced by patients with EDs.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychological Medicine, Section of Eating Disorders, King's College London, Institute of Psychiatry, De Crespigny Park, PO 59, London SE5 8AF, England.
authors.forename: Hannah
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: DeJong
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychological Medicine, Section of Eating Disorders, King's College London, Institute of Psychiatry, De Crespigny Park, PO 59, London SE5 8AF, England.
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Oldershaw
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychological Medicine, Section of Eating Disorders, King's College London, Institute of Psychiatry, De Crespigny Park, PO 59, London SE5 8AF, England.
authors.forename: Lot
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Sternheim
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychological Medicine, Section of Eating Disorders, King's College London, Institute of Psychiatry, De Crespigny Park, PO 59, London SE5 8AF, England.
authors.forename: Nelum
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Samarawickrema
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychological Medicine, Section of Eating Disorders, King's College London, Institute of Psychiatry, De Crespigny Park, PO 59, London SE5 8AF, England.
authors.forename: Martha D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Kenyon
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychological Medicine, Section of Eating Disorders, King's College London, Institute of Psychiatry, De Crespigny Park, PO 59, London SE5 8AF, England.
authors.forename: Hannah
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Broadbent
authors.affiliation: South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lavender
authors.affiliation: South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.
authors.forename: Helen
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Startup
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychological Medicine, Section of Eating Disorders, King's College London, Institute of Psychiatry, De Crespigny Park, PO 59, London SE5 8AF, England.
authors.forename: Janet
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Treasure
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychological Medicine, Section of Eating Disorders, King's College London, Institute of Psychiatry, De Crespigny Park, PO 59, London SE5 8AF, England.
authors.forename: Ulrike
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Schmidt
keywords: Anorexia nervosa; Bulimia nervosa; Clinical impairment assessment; Eating disorders; Functional impairment; Quality of life