Do the digestive tract symptoms in eating disorder patients represent functional gastrointestinal disorders?Suzanne Abraham
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology and the Northside Clinic, Sydney Medical School, Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney, Australia
BMC Gastroenterol 13:38. 2013
..The aim of this study was to determine, using factor analysis, whether these GI symptom factors (clusters) in eating disorder patients hold true to the Rome II classification of functional gastrointestinal disorders (FGIDs)...
Pelvic floor dysfunction predicts abdominal bloating and distension in eating disorder patientsSuzanne Abraham
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Northside Clinic, University of Sydney, Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney, Australia
Scand J Gastroenterol 47:625-31. 2012
..This study aimed to explore the prevalence and predictors of these symptoms in patients with EDs, by examining correlations with functional gastrointestinal disorders (FGIDs) including pelvic floor symptoms and other clinical features...
Exploring eating disorder quality of life and functional gastrointestinal disorders among eating disorder patientsSuzanne Abraham
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Sydney, Royal North Shore Hospital, St Leonards, NSW, Australia
J Psychosom Res 70:372-7. 2011
..Functional gastrointestinal-like disorders (FGIDs) are prevalent among eating disorder (ED) patients. The aims are to explore the relationship between quality of life related to eating disorders (QOL ED) and FGIDs...
Perceived body weight, eating and exercise problems of different groups of womenElise Coker
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Sydney, and Northside Clinic and Westmead Hospital, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Australas Psychiatry 20:390-6. 2012
..To compare prevalence of problems with body weight, eating and exercise (past or present) of female psychiatric inpatients with routine care, gynaecological and obstetric female outpatients, and eating disorder inpatients...
Appearance and disappearance of functional gastrointestinal disorders in patients with eating disordersCatherine Boyd
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Royal North Shore Hospital, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Neurogastroenterol Motil 22:1279-83. 2010
..The aims were to evaluate the turnover of FGIDs in patients with ED, and to relate this turnover to changes in body mass index (BMI), ED behaviors, and psychological variables...
Exercise behaviours and feelings in eating disorder and non-eating disorder groupsCatherine Boyd
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Sydney, NSW, Australia
Eur Eat Disord Rev 15:112-8. 2007
..To compare exercise feelings and behaviours between female eating disorder (ED) (n = 287) and non-ED (n = 613) groups. To determine if exercise feelings and behaviours predict the presence of an ED...
Translation of the Quality of Life for Eating Disorders questionnaire into HindiMaala Lal
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Sydney, Royal North Shore Hospital, NSW 2065, Australia
Eat Behav 12:68-71. 2011
..The Quality of Life for Eating Disorders questionnaire was translated into Hindi (QOL ED-H) using the forward-backward translation procedure for use with Indian females...
Psychological features are important predictors of functional gastrointestinal disorders in patients with eating disordersCatherine Boyd
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Sydney, Royal North Shore Hospital, St Leonards, NSW, Australia
Scand J Gastroenterol 40:929-35. 2005
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Time since menarche, weight gain and body image awareness among adolescent girls: onset of eating disorders?Suzanne Abraham
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Sydney, NSW, Australia
J Psychosom Obstet Gynaecol 30:89-94. 2009
..Eating, body weight and shape feelings and behaviours of female adolescents in relation to the time since their first menstrual period were studied...
"Ice" use and eating disorders: a report of three casesAlice Neale
Department of Psychological Medicine, University of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Int J Eat Disord 42:188-91. 2009
..To describe the use of crystal methamphetamine hydrochloride "ice," a powerful, synthetic stimulant drug associated with rapid weight loss...