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Fazia G, Carbone EA, Rania M, Quirino D, Aloi M, de Filippis R, De Fazio P, Colloca L, Segura-García C. Pain experience in eating disorders: The mediating role of depression, alexithymia and interoceptive awareness. EUROPEAN EATING DISORDERS REVIEW 2024; 32:148-160. [PMID: 37676995 DOI: 10.1002/erv.3020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2023] [Revised: 07/02/2023] [Accepted: 08/03/2023] [Indexed: 09/09/2023]
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OBJECTIVE Evidence suggests reduced sensitivity to pain due to high pain threshold in anorexia and bulimia nervosa and a possible role of depression, alexithymia and interoceptive awareness on pain experience. This study examined whether self-report and real-time evoked pain experience were mediated by depression, alexithymia and interoceptive awareness in a comprehensive sample of patients with eating disorders (ED). METHOD 145 participants (90 ED, 55 healthy controls (HC)) underwent a real-time evoked examination of pain and completed self-report questionnaires for pain (Pain Detect Questionnaire (PD-Q), PD-Q VAS, Leeds Assessment of Neuropathic Symptoms and Signs), depression (BDI-II), interoceptive awareness Multidimensional Assessment of Interoceptive Awareness (MAIA), and alexithymia (TAS-20). Three mediation models, with ED diagnosis as independent variable, and BDI, MAIA and TAS-20 as mediators, were tested. RESULTS Participants with ED and HC exhibited similar pain type and intensity (self-report and real-time). Eating disorders diagnosis was associated with lower self-report pain intensity and non-neuropathic like pain experience (model 1-2). Depressive symptoms partially (model 1-2) or fully (model 3) mediated the association between ED diagnosis and pain experience, alone (model 1) or via alexithymia (model 3). Interoceptive awareness did not influence pain symptomatology. DISCUSSION ED diagnosis is associated with non-neuropathic and lower pain experience. However, concurrent depression and alexithymia are associated with higher pain symptoms and neuropathic features. These results could inform clinicians about the influence of psychopathology on pain experience in ED.
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- Gilda Fazia
- Department of Health Sciences, University "Magna Graecia" of Catanzaro, Catanzaro, Italy
- Outpatient Unit for Clinical Research and Treatment of Eating Disorders, University Hospital Mater Domini, Catanzaro, Italy
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- Outpatient Unit for Clinical Research and Treatment of Eating Disorders, University Hospital Mater Domini, Catanzaro, Italy
- Psychiatry Unit, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University "Magna Graecia" of Catanzaro, Catanzaro, Italy
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- Outpatient Unit for Clinical Research and Treatment of Eating Disorders, University Hospital Mater Domini, Catanzaro, Italy
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- Outpatient Unit for Clinical Research and Treatment of Eating Disorders, University Hospital Mater Domini, Catanzaro, Italy
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- Department of Health Sciences, University "Magna Graecia" of Catanzaro, Catanzaro, Italy
- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Messina, Messina, Italy
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- Outpatient Unit for Clinical Research and Treatment of Eating Disorders, University Hospital Mater Domini, Catanzaro, Italy
- Psychiatry Unit, Department of Health Sciences, University "Magna Graecia" of Catanzaro, Catanzaro, Italy
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- Psychiatry Unit, Department of Health Sciences, University "Magna Graecia" of Catanzaro, Catanzaro, Italy
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- Pain and Translational Symptom Science, University of Maryland School of Nursing, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
- Departments of Anesthesiology and Psychiatry, School of Medicine, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
- Center to Advance Chronic Pain Research, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Outpatient Unit for Clinical Research and Treatment of Eating Disorders, University Hospital Mater Domini, Catanzaro, Italy
- Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University "Magna Graecia" of Catanzaro, Catanzaro, Italy
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Central Sensitization in Chronic Pain and Eating Disorders: A Potential Shared Pathogenesis. J Clin Psychol Med Settings 2019; 28:40-52. [DOI: 10.1007/s10880-019-09685-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Xu F, Zhao X, Liu H, Shao X, Chu S, Gong X, Ma Z, Gu X. Misaligned Feeding May Aggravate Pain by Disruption of Sleep–Awake Rhythm. Anesth Analg 2018; 127:255-262. [DOI: 10.1213/ane.0000000000002727] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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SOUZA SP, ANTEQUERDDS R, ARATANGY EW, SIQUEIRA SRDT, CORDÁS TA, SIQUEIRA JTT. Pain and temporomandibular disorders in patients with eating disorders. Braz Oral Res 2018; 32:e51. [DOI: 10.1590/1807-3107bor-2018.vol32.0051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2017] [Accepted: 05/03/2018] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Emami AS, Woodcock A, Swanson HE, Kapphahn T, Pulvers K. Distress tolerance is linked to unhealthy eating through pain catastrophizing. Appetite 2016; 107:454-459. [DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2016.08.119] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2016] [Revised: 08/23/2016] [Accepted: 08/29/2016] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Lupattelli A, Spigset O, Torgersen L, Zerwas S, Hatle M, Reichborn-Kjennerud T, Bulik CM, Nordeng H. Medication Use before, during, and after Pregnancy among Women with Eating Disorders: A Study from the Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort Study. PLoS One 2015. [PMID: 26200658 PMCID: PMC4511584 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0133045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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INTRODUCTION Little is known about medication use among women with eating disorders in relation to pregnancy. AIMS To explore patterns of and associations between use of psychotropic, gastrointestinal and analgesic medications and eating disorders in the period before, during and after pregnancy. METHOD This study is based on the Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort Study (MoBa). A total of 62,019 women, enrolled at approximately 17 weeks' gestation, had valid data from the Norwegian Medical Birth Registry and completed three MoBa questionnaires. The questionnaires provided diagnostic information on broadly defined anorexia nervosa (AN), bulimia nervosa (BN), binge eating disorder (BED) and recurrent self-induced purging in the absence of binge eating (EDNOS-P), along with self-reported use of medication six months before, during, and 0-6 months after pregnancy. RESULTS The prevalence of eating disorder subtypes before and/or during pregnancy was: 0.09% AN (n = 54), 0.94% BN (n = 585), 0.10% EDNOS-P (n = 61) and 5.00% BED (n = 3104). The highest over-time prevalence of psychotropic use was within the AN (3.7-22.2%) and EDNOS-P (3.3-9.8%) groups. Compared to controls, BN was directly associated with incident use of psychotropics in pregnancy (adjusted RR: 2.25, 99% CI: 1.17-4.32). Having AN (adjusted RR: 5.11, 99% CI: 1.53-17.01) or EDNOS-P (adjusted RR: 6.77, 99% CI: 1.41-32.53) was directly associated with use of anxiolytics/sedatives postpartum. The estimates of use of analgesics (BED) and laxatives (all eating disorders subtypes) were high at all time periods investigated. CONCLUSIONS Use of psychotropic, gastrointestinal, and analgesic medications is extensive among women with eating disorders in the period around pregnancy. Female patients with eating disorders should receive evidence-based counseling about the risk of medication exposure versus the risk of untreated psychiatric illness during pregnancy and postpartum.
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- Angela Lupattelli
- PharmacoEpidemiology and Drug Safety Research Group, School of Pharmacy, PharmaTox Strategic Initiative, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacology, St Olav’s University Hospital, Trondheim, Norway
- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Children’s and Women’s Health, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
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- Division of Mental Health, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway
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- UNC Center of Excellence for Eating Disorders, Department of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America
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- Division of Mental Health, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway
- Department of Psychiatry, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- UNC Center of Excellence for Eating Disorders, Department of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America
- Department of Nutrition, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America
- Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- PharmacoEpidemiology and Drug Safety Research Group, School of Pharmacy, PharmaTox Strategic Initiative, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
- Division of Mental Health, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway
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Bär KJ. [The processing of pain in psychiatric diseases]. DER NERVENARZT 2012; 83:1385-1390. [PMID: 23104599 DOI: 10.1007/s00115-012-3583-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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The perception and processing of pain is disturbed in many psychiatric diseases. Some diseases are known to show decreased perception of pain (e.g. borderline personality disorder), while others are associated with augmented pain perception (e.g. alcohol and drug dependence). The close relationship between psychiatric diseases and pain is most probably caused by aberrant processing of pain in brain structures, known to be involved in psychiatric disorders as well. Aberrant perception and processing of pain in patients with anorexia nervosa (AN) will be used to demonstrate this close relationship. Dysfunction within the insula has been suggested to account for many features of AN and might contribute to reduced pain perception. Moreover, it might lead to increased adrenergic descending inhibition associated with increased sympathetic modulation. Thus, pain research might be able to alter our view on autonomic regulation, which is putatively associated with increased cardiac mortality of the disease.
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- K-J Bär
- Klinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie, AG Pain & Autonomic Integrative Research (PAIR), Universitätsklinikum Jena, Philosophenweg 3, 07743 Jena, Deutschland.
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Aigner M, Treasure J, Kaye W, Kasper S. World Federation of Societies of Biological Psychiatry (WFSBP) guidelines for the pharmacological treatment of eating disorders. World J Biol Psychiatry 2011; 12:400-43. [PMID: 21961502 DOI: 10.3109/15622975.2011.602720] [Citation(s) in RCA: 119] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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OBJECTIVES The treatment of eating disorders is a complex process that relies not only on the use of psychotropic drugs but should include also nutritional counselling, psychotherapy and the treatment of the medical complications, where they are present. In this review recommendations for the pharmacological treatment of eating disorders (anorexia nervosa (AN), bulimia nervosa (BN), binge eating disorder (BED)) are presented, based on the available literature. METHODS The guidelines for the pharmacological treatment of eating disorders are based on studies published between 1977 and 2010. A search of the literature included: anorexia nervosa bulimia nervosa, eating disorder and binge eating disorder. Many compounds have been studied in the therapy of eating disorders (AN: antidepressants (TCA, SSRIs), antipsychotics, antihistaminics, prokinetic agents, zinc, Lithium, naltrexone, human growth hormone, cannabis, clonidine and tube feeding; BN: antidepressants (TCA, SSRIs, RIMA, NRI, other AD), antiepileptics, odansetron, d-fenfluramine Lithium, naltrexone, methylphenidate and light therapy; BED: antidepressants (TCA, SSRIs, SNRIs, NRI), antiepileptics, baclofen, orlistat, d-fenfluramine, naltrexone). RESULTS In AN 20 randomized controlled trials (RCT) could be identified. For zinc supplementation there is a grade B evidence for AN. For olanzapine there is a category grade B evidence for weight gain. For the other atypical antipsychotics there is grade C evidence. In BN 36 RCT could be identified. For tricyclic antidepressants a grade A evidence exists with a moderate-risk-benefit ratio. For fluoxetine a category grade A evidence exists with a good risk-benefit ratio. For topiramate a grade 2 recommendation can be made. In BED 26 RCT could be identified. For the SSRI sertraline and the antiepileptic topiramate a grade A evidence exists, with different recommendation grades. CONCLUSIONS Additional research is needed for the improvement of the treatment of eating disorders. Especially for anorexia nervosa there is a need for further pharmacological treatment strategies.
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- Martin Aigner
- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Medical University Vienna (MUW), Vienna, Austria.
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Coughlin JW, Edwards RR, Redgrave GW, Guarda AS. Pain severity in eating disorders predicts longer inpatient hospitalization. Int J Eat Disord 2010; 43:737-42. [PMID: 19842161 DOI: 10.1002/eat.20766] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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OBJECTIVE This study examined pain intensity (PI) in eating disorders. METHOD Comparisons between inpatients (N = 208) reporting moderate to severe pain (HiP) and no pain or mild pain (LoP) at admission were made, and the relationship between PI and treatment response was examined. RESULTS Patients with HiP were older, had a greater likelihood of having a bingeing and/or purging diagnosis, and reported greater body dissatisfaction, drive for thinness, depressive symptomatology, and neuroticism in comparison to those with LoP. They were also more likely to report widespread pain, to catastrophize about pain and to use praying and hoping to cope with pain. PI was associated with longer length of inpatient hospitalization, even after controlling for degree of underweight, depressive symptomatology, and neurotic personality features. DISCUSSION This is the first observation of a relationship between pain and health care utilization in eating disorders. The results imply that pain management is an important component of treatment.
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- Janelle W Coughlin
- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21287, USA.
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Vocks S, Stahn C, Loenser K, Legenbauer T. Eating and body image disturbances in male-to-female and female-to-male transsexuals. ARCHIVES OF SEXUAL BEHAVIOR 2009; 38:364-377. [PMID: 19030979 DOI: 10.1007/s10508-008-9424-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 102] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/2006] [Revised: 04/30/2008] [Accepted: 07/07/2008] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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The aim of the study was to discover whether persons with Gender Identity Disorder (GID) differed from controls of both sexes and from persons with eating disorders in terms of the degree of eating and body image disturbance, self-esteem, and depression. A total of 88 self-identified male-to-female transsexuals (MtF), 43 female-to-male transsexuals (FtM), 62 females with an eating disorder, 56 male controls, and 116 female controls completed the Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire, Eating Disorder Inventory, Body Checking Questionnaire, Drive for Muscularity Scale, Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale, and Beck Depression Inventory. MtF showed higher scores on restrained eating, eating concerns, weight concerns, shape concerns, drive for thinness, bulimia, body dissatisfaction, and body checking compared to male controls, and concerning some variables also compared to female controls. FtM displayed a higher degree of restrained eating, weight concerns, shape concerns, body dissatisfaction, and body checking compared to male controls. Furthermore, participants with GID showed higher depression scores than did controls, whereas no differences concerning drive for muscularity and self-esteem were found. Between MtF and FtM, the only significant difference emerged for body checking, with MtF displaying higher scores. Although it was shown that on these variables the values for persons with GID were lower than for those with eating disorders, these data lead us to speculate that persons with GID might be at a higher risk of eating disturbances. Therefore, the implementation of prevention programs might help persons with GID to avoid developing a clinically relevant eating disorder.
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- Silja Vocks
- Department of Psychology, Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Ruhr-University Bochum, Universitätsstrasse 150, Bochum, Germany.
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