Olaia Carrera, Carlos Alvarez, Jose Mazaira, Emilio Gutiérrez
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Abstract
Introduction: Anxiety around mealtime continuous to hinder nutritional rehabilitation even after significant weight restoration which undermines recovery with pharmacological and psychological treatments proving to be of little effectiveness. This study explored the anxiolytic effects of wearing a warming vest either during lunchtimes or postlunch rest in comparison to treatment as usual in a sample of AN adolescent patients during nutritional rehabilitation.
Method: 14 consecutive inpatients at a Child and Adolescence Mental Health Unit underwent each of the 3 conditions at lunchtime in random order and separated by 2 days: Treatment as usual, wearing heating vest during lunch time, and wearing heating vest during first 30 min of rest time.
Results: According to median prelunch anxiety, half of the sample were classified as a High prelunch anxiety group (HPA), while the remaining 7 were classified as a Low prelunch anxiety group (LPA). Wearing the heating vest either during lunch time or during the 30 min lunch rest significantly decreased patient anxiety in the HPA group, but no differences were in observed in the LPA patients.
Conclusion: These results corroborated prior reports of the anxiolytic effect of warming during lunch rest and extend this anxiolytic effect of warming to lunchtime.
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Journal of Eating Disorders is the first open access, peer-reviewed journal publishing leading research in the science and clinical practice of eating disorders. It disseminates research that provides answers to the important issues and key challenges in the field of eating disorders and to facilitate translation of evidence into practice.
The journal publishes research on all aspects of eating disorders namely their epidemiology, nature, determinants, neurobiology, prevention, treatment and outcomes. The scope includes, but is not limited to anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, binge eating disorder and other eating disorders. Related areas such as important co-morbidities, obesity, body image, appetite, food and eating are also included. Articles about research methodology and assessment are welcomed where they advance the field of eating disorders.