title: [A pilot study on the specificity of body image disturbance in anorexia nervosa].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Body image disturbance (BID) is a central feature of anorexia nervosa (AN), but evidence for bodily-related disorders also exists for patients with cystic fibrosis (CF), who are frequently underweight. A comparison of BID in patients with AN, CF and controls serves to clarify the specificity of BID for AN.
  
  
  METHODS
  22 patients with AN, 10 patients with CF, and 23 controls were tested with regard to perceptual and cognitive-affective components of BID. Further data concerning eating-disorder-related psychopathology were assessed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  BID occurred in all patients with AN. Patients with CF perceived themselves as thinner than the controls did, and three of them exhibited BID. Patients with AN and CF did not differ regarding body satisfaction, and only controls showed higher satisfaction than patients with CF. Patients with AN and CF differed on desire for thinness, dissatisfaction with their body, and interoceptive awareness, with higher scores occurring in patients with AN.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Our pilot study reveals no severe psychopathology concerning body image in patients with CF. However, we did observe a general body dissatisfaction among these patients, probably associated with their being underweight. BID still seems to be a central diagnostic criterion for AN and should be carefully considered during therapeutic interventions.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Health and Behaviour, INSIDE, University of Luxembourg.
authors.forename: Silke
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rost Geteilte Erstautorenschaft
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Audiologie und Phoniatrie, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin.
authors.forename: Lea
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Sarrar Geteilte Erstautorenschaft
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Psychiatrie, Psychosomatik und Psychotherapie des Kindes- und Jugendalters, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin.
authors.forename: Nora
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Schneider
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Psychiatrie, Psychosomatik und Psychotherapie des Kindes- und Jugendalters, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin.
authors.forename: Vera
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Klenk
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Pädiatrie mit Schwerpunkt Pneumologie/Immunologie, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin.
authors.forename: Doris
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Staab
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Psychiatrie, Psychosomatik und Psychotherapie des Kindes- und Jugendalters, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin.
authors.forename: Ernst
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Pfeiffer
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Psychiatrie, Psychosomatik und Psychotherapie des Kindes- und Jugendalters, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin.
authors.forename: Ulrike
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Lehmkuhl
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Psychiatrie, Psychosomatik und Psychotherapie des Kindes- und Jugendalters, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin.
authors.forename: Charlotte
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Jaite
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000856:Anorexia Nervosa / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D057215:Body Dysmorphic Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D015992:Body Mass Index; D052018:Bulimia Nervosa / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D003550:Cystic Fibrosis / Q000523:psychology; D039721:Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007406:Interview, Psychological; D010552:Personality Assessment / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012016:Reference Values; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D013851:Thinness / Q000523:psychology; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Adoleszenz; Anorexia nervosa; Cystische Fibrose; Körperbildstörung; adolescence; anorexia nervosa; body image disturbance; cystic fibrosis