A Comparative Study of South Asian and Non-Asian Referrals to an Eating Disorders Service in Leicester, UK
A Comparative Study of South Asian and Non-Asian Referrals to an Eating Disorders Service in Leicester, UK
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10.1002/erv.1033
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发表时间：
2010-09-01
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5.3
通讯作者：
Palmer, R. L.
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Abbas, S.;Damani, S.;Palmer, R. L.
关于英国南亚人饮食失调（ED）的文献有限。在早期研究的延伸中，在1991年至2005年期间，对莱斯特成人饮食失调服务的转介进行了检查。所有接受服务的南亚人都在年龄，性别和诊断方面与非亚洲人进行了比较。将诊断为神经性贪食症和艾德（未另行说明）的亚洲女性患者在大量变量上与相同数量的诊断匹配的非亚洲患者进行比较。由于只有6名亚洲神经性厌食症患者，因此将其从该比较中排除。只有4.5%的女性患者是亚洲人，而在最近的英国人口普查中，当地年轻女性人口的比例为13.8%。总体而言，亚洲女性明显比非亚洲女性年轻，但在临床特征或治疗变量方面没有显著差异。在服役的妇女中，亚洲人的代表性不足。对此的解释仍然不确定。总体而言，获得二级专家服务的亚裔患者与非亚裔患者非常相似。版权所有（C）2010约翰威利父子有限公司和饮食失调协会。
Literature on eating disorders (EDs) among South Asian people in Britain is limited. In an extension of an earlier study, referrals to the Leicester Adult Eating Disorders Service were examined between 1991 and 2005. All South-Asians presenting to the service were compared on age, gender and diagnosis with non-Asians. Female Asian patients diagnosed as bulimia nervosa and ED not otherwise specified were compared on a larger number of variables with the same number of non-Asian patients matched for diagnosis. As there were only six Asian patients with anorexia nervosa they were excluded from this comparison. Only 4.5% of female patients were Asian, as opposed to 13.8% of the local young female population in the most recent UK census. Overall, Asian women were significantly younger than the non-Asians but did not differ significantly with regard to clinical features or treatment variables. Asians are under-represented amongst women presenting to the service. The explanation for this remains uncertain. Overall, Asian sufferers who reach secondary specialist services closely resemble non-Asian patients. Copyright (C) 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd and Eating Disorders Association.