Body checking and eating cognitions in Brazilian outpatients with eating disorders and non psychiatric controls.

Objective: Compare inadequate eating behaviors and their relationship to body checking in three groups: patients with anorexia nervosa (AN), patients with bulimia nervosa (BN) and a control group (C).

Methods: Eighty three outpatients with eating disorders (ED) and 40 controls completed eating attitudes and body checking questionnaires.

Results: The overall relationship between the eating attitude and body checking was statistically significant in all three groups.

Body checking and obsessive-compulsive symptoms in Brazilian outpatients with eating disorders.

Objective: Compare obsessive-compulsive symptoms in patients with anorexia nervosa (AN) and bulimia nervosa (BN), and assess the association of these symptoms and body checking in each of these groups of patients.

Methods: Eighty-five female outpatients with eating disorders (ED) completed body checking and obsessive-compulsive questionnaires.

Results: Body checking was more prevalent in the BN group.

Psychometric evaluation of the Body Checking Cognitions Scale (BCCS) Portuguese version.

The aim of this study is evaluate the psychometric results and validity of the Brazilian Portuguese language version of the Body Checking Cognitions Scale (BCCS). Factor analysis and concurrent validity were checked on assessments from participants with and without eating disorders. The scale had good internal consistency.

Body checking and associated cognitions among Brazilian outpatients with eating disorders and nonpsychiatric controls.

This work aims to compare in patients with anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and control subjects: (a) body checking types, frequency, and parts; (b) prevalence of body avoidance and the most checked body parts; (c) body checking cognitions. Eighty-five outpatients with eating disorders (ED) and 40 controls filled out validated body checking and cognition questionnaires. ED patients, especially bulimia nervosa, check their bodies more than do the control subjects.