Background
Both ED and ADHD are common and serious disorders with longstanding debilitating symptoms
There is an overlap in prevalence and treatment response between ADHD and ED
Aim
Methods
Participants
ED and gender | Number | Age years Mean (SD) | BMI Mean (SD) | Living aloneb
% (n/N)a
| Work-/studyingc
% (n/N)a
|
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Females | 1118 | 27.6 (8.6) | 23.1 (6.0) | 40.5 (394/973) | 88.1 (966/1096) |
AN-R | 68 | 23.2 (6.6) | 15.8 (1.4) | 22.7 (15/66) | 81.8 (54/66) |
AN-BP | 37 | 24.1 (6.2) | 16.3 (0.9) | 21.2 (7/33) | 86.5 (32/37) |
EDNOS-R | 148 | 26.3 (8.1) | 21.3 (5.8) | 39.1 (54/138) | 84.9 (124/146) |
BN | 421 | 27.6 (7.7) | 23.8 (4.6) | 45.1 (167/370) | 90.2 (370/410) |
EDNOS-BP | 329 | 27.4 (8.1) | 22.9 (4.6) | 39.9 (110/276) | 89.9 (294/327) |
BED | 91 | 34.2 (11.8) | 33.0 (6.9) | 51.5 (34/66) | 83.0 (73/88) |
EDNOS 5 | 24 | 29.8 (13.2) | 20.1 (4.1) | 29.2 (7/24) | 86.4 (19/22) |
Males | 47 | 31.5 (10.9) | 28.1 (9.9) | 42.5 (17/40) | 89.4 (42/47) |
Total | 1165 | 27.7 (8.7) | 23.3 (6.3) | 40.6 (411/1013) | 88.2 (1008/1143) |
Measures
Statistical analysis
Results
Prevalence of self-reported ADHD symptoms
Femalesa
| Males | EDNOS 5 | |
---|---|---|---|
Number | 1094 | 47 | 24 |
ASRS-screener ≥14 n (%) | 346 (31.6) | 16 (34.0) | 3 (12.5) |
ITS mean (SD) | 6.95 (3.94) | 7.47 (4.10) | 6.17 (2.70) |
HTS mean (SD) | 3.85 (2.20) | 3.96 (2.20) | 3.42 (1.74) |
Bingeing n (%) | 740 (67.6) | 36 (76.6) | 10 (41.7) |
Purging n (%) | 544 (49.7) | 17 (36.2) | 4 (16.7) |
Loss of control over eating n (%) | 859 (78.5) | 35 (74.5) | 11 (45.8) |
BMI > 17.5 n (%) | 968 (88.5) | 47 (100) | 18 (75.0) |
CPRS dep mean (SD) | 10.56 (4.57) | 9.97 (4.88) | 9.17 (3.85) |
CPRS anx mean (SD) | 9.67 (4.19) | 8.65 (4.54) | 8.54 (3.30) |
CPRS com mean (SD) | 9.16 (4.25) | 8.28 (4.78) | 9.10 (4.47) |
Differences in self-reported ADHD symptoms between ED diagnoses and symptoms
AN-R | AN-BP | EDNOS-R | BN | EDNOS-BP | BED | Total |
p
a
| Cramer’s V | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
% (n/N) | 17.6 % (12/68) | 35.1 % (13/37) | 25.7 % (38/148) | 37.1 % (156/421) | 31.0 % (102/329) | 27.5 % (25/91) | 31.6 % (356/1094) | <0.01 | 0,12 |
Median score | U | Z |
p
| r | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
AN-R | ASRSTS | 7 | ||||
AN-BP (vs. AN-R) | ASRSTS | 11 | 910 | −2.34 | 0.019 | 0.23 |
BN (vs. AN-R) | ASRSTS | 12 | 8942 | −4.98 | 0.000* | 0.23 |
EDNOS-BP (vs. AN-R) | ASRSTS | 10 | 7922 | −3.80 | 0.000* | 0.19 |
BED (vs. AN-R) | ASRSTS | 10 | 2187 | −3.17 | 0.002* | 0.25 |
AN-R | ITS | 5 | ||||
AN-BP (vs. AN-R) | ITS | 7 | 855 | −2.72 | 0.007* | 0.26 |
BN (vs. AN-R) | ITS | 8 | 8480 | −5.41 | 0.000* | 0.24 |
EDNOS-BP (vs. AN-R) | ITS | 6 | 7982 | −3.73 | 0.000* | 0.19 |
BED (vs. AN-R) | ITS | 7 | 1930 | −4.07 | 0.000* | 0.32 |
AN-R | HTS | 3 | ||||
AN-BP (vs. AN-R) | HTS | 5 | 1033 | −1.53 | 0.127 | 0.15 |
BN (vs. AN-R) | HTS | 4 | 11801 | −2.34 | 0.019 | 0.11 |
EDNOS-BP (vs. AN-R) | HTS | 4 | 8995 | −2.57 | 0.010* | 0.13 |
BED (vs. AN-R) | HTS | 3 | 2959 | −0.47 | 0.635 | 0.04 |
AN-R | CPRS-dep | 9.5 | ||||
AN-BP (vs. AN-R) | CPRS-dep | 11.5 | 955 | −2.03 | 0.042 | 0.06 |
BN (vs. AN-R) | CPRS-dep | 11.0 | 11901 | −2.23 | 0.026 | 0.07 |
EDNOS-BP (vs. AN-R) | CPRS-dep | 10.0 | 9947 | −1.44 | 0.150 | 0.04 |
BED (vs. AN-R) | CPRS-dep | 10.0 | 2763 | −1.16 | 0.248 | 0.04 |