Eating Disorders in Bipolar Disorder and Related Factors
Year: 2025
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to examine the frequency of eating disorders (ED) in patients with bipolar disorder (BD) compared to healthy controls, and to investigate potential relationships between eating attitudes, quality of life, and personality traits as measured by the Behavioral Inhibition System and Behavioral Activation System (BIS/ BAS) Method: The study was designed as a cross-sectional study in the psychiatry outpatient clinic. We included 76 BD patients and 74 controls who were similar in terms of gender, age, and education level. We utilized Behavioral Inhibition System/Behavioral Activation System Scale (BIS/BASS), Night Eating Questionnaire (NEQ), Eating Attitude Test (EAT), Eating Disorders Examination Questionnaire (EDE-Q), and Quality of Life Scale Short Form (SF-36). RESULTS: The frequency of ED was 18.4% in participants with BD and 1.3% in the control group. Compared with the control group; the physical function subscales scores, role difficulty physical subscales scores, social function and role difficulty emotional subscale scores of SF-36 were lower in BD patients; while the BAS, the EAT, the NEQ scales and eating concern, body concern and weight concern subscales and mean scores of the EDE-Q were found to be higher. CONCLUSIONS: The frequency of ED is increased in BD patients. Our study is one of very few in the literature to examine the comorbidity of BD and ED, and the factor associated with the presence of ED. The data obtained will hopefullly contribute to better diagnosis and treatment Keywords: Bipolar disorder, behavioral activation systems, behavioral ınhibition system, eating attitude test, eating disorder.
Source: Turkish Journal of Psychiatry
DOI: 10.5080/u27340
Language: English
Subfield: Clinical Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4411612963