What's in a Self-report? A Comparison of Pregnant Women with Self-reported and Hospital Diagnosed Eating Disorder

TY - JOUR

T1 - What's in a Self-report?

T2 - A Comparison of Pregnant Women with Self-reported and Hospital Diagnosed Eating Disorder

AU - Larsen, Pernille Stemann

AU - Andersen, Anne-Marie Nybo

AU - Olsen, Else Marie

AU - Micali, Nadia

AU - Strandberg-Larsen, Katrine

N1 - Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd and Eating Disorders Association.

PY - 2016/11/1

Y1 - 2016/11/1

N2 - The aim of this study was to examine how similar pregnant women with self-reported lifetime eating disorder (ED) were to pregnant women with a hospital diagnosis of ED. A total of 83 731 pregnant women enrolled in the Danish National Birth Cohort reported on ED, and by linkage to the Danish health registers, hospital diagnoses of ED were obtained. Characteristics of women with self-reported ED, hospital diagnosed ED and without ED were compared using chi-square tests, t-test and logistic regression models with robust standard errors. In total, 4.8% women reported ED, and 0.5% had a hospital diagnosis of ED recorded in the health registers. Women with self-reported ED were comparable with women with hospital diagnosed ED on most reproductive and health characteristics, while they differed from women without ED concerning all characteristics studied. Our findings highlight that women with self-reported ED have impaired function and adverse health outcomes, consistent with diagnosable ED.

AB - The aim of this study was to examine how similar pregnant women with self-reported lifetime eating disorder (ED) were to pregnant women with a hospital diagnosis of ED. A total of 83 731 pregnant women enrolled in the Danish National Birth Cohort reported on ED, and by linkage to the Danish health registers, hospital diagnoses of ED were obtained. Characteristics of women with self-reported ED, hospital diagnosed ED and without ED were compared using chi-square tests, t-test and logistic regression models with robust standard errors. In total, 4.8% women reported ED, and 0.5% had a hospital diagnosis of ED recorded in the health registers. Women with self-reported ED were comparable with women with hospital diagnosed ED on most reproductive and health characteristics, while they differed from women without ED concerning all characteristics studied. Our findings highlight that women with self-reported ED have impaired function and adverse health outcomes, consistent with diagnosable ED.

U2 - 10.1002/erv.2464

DO - 10.1002/erv.2464

M3 - Journal article

C2 - 27511865

SN - 1072-4133

VL - 24

SP - 460

EP - 465

JO - European Eating Disorders Review

JF - European Eating Disorders Review

IS - 6

ER -