Abstract

FERNANDEZ-HERNANDEZ, José-Luis; HERRANZ-HERNANDEZ, Pablo  and  SEGOVIA-TORRES, Laura. Importance of disclosing the temporal evolution of the prognosis in anorexia nervosa. Rev Hum Med [online]. 2021, vol.21, n.2, pp. 398-416.  Epub Aug 28, 2021. ISSN 1727-8120.

Anorexia nervosa is a disorder with high levels of chronicity. However, epidemiological data related to prognosis usually obviate the probability of recovery over time, referring exclusively to the beginning of the course of the disorder. The objective of this article is to show how the probability of recovery of patients with anorexia nervosa varies over time based on the information obtained from a study published by Theander in 1985 with data covering an average observation period of 33 years. The relevance of the present study lies in the fact that the care of patients who suffer from it requires an adequate knowledge of the possibilities of therapeutic success at each moment of the evolution of the disorder and not only at its onset. It is convenient to offer data on the temporal evolution of the probabilities of recovery and chronicity, which provide a more accurate view of the therapeutic perspectives.

Keywords : anorexia nervosa; bioethics; epidemiological methods.

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