[Study of eating habits in a female population comparing groups with and without food-related diseases]. / Estudio de hábitos alimentarios en población femenina comparando grupos con patología y sin patología alimentaria.

GOAL: To analyze female subjects in the rural setting to detect food-related disorders and factors associated with these. To isolate these factors and prevent the development of food-related disorders in Primary Health Care. Also to assess continuity in the alterations in the general, sub-clinical and bulimic populations. SCOPE AND SUBJECTS: 127 women with absence of dysfunctions: 57 sub-clinical and 63 bulimics, all from south-western Spain. INTERVENTIONS: Those adolescents at risk of dysfunctions would present positive results in pathological personality traits; therefore, their identification in Primary Health Care would avoid the transition to complete forms and would be favour the theory of the continuum. RESULTS: Significant differences were found between sub-clinical and bulimic women for mean age and age of onset of eating-related difficulties. Subjects without eating-related dysfunctions have a lower body mass index (BMI) than sub-clinical ones and the latter have less than bulimic subjects, both now and in the past. The objective and subjective history of excess weight was recorded for all three populations, together with eating-related behaviour and the various symptoms suggesting personality disorders, and data on their consumption of toxic substances. CONCLUSIONS: In our sample, 30% of the population obtained scores above the cut-off value in the two scales used, so they could be considered at risk for having food-related dysfunctions and it is necessary to take action at the level of Primary Health Care, as it is in the transition from childhood to adolescence that diets are begun to be followed because of an excessive assessment of weight and it is in this sphere that early action can be taken.

Estudio de hábitos alimentarios en población femenina comparando grupos con patología y sin patología alimentaria / Study of eating habits in female populations comparing groups with and without food-related pathology

Objetivo: Analizar sujetos femeninos del medio rural, para detectar trastornos alimentarios, y factores relacionados con ellos; aislar dichos factores, y prevenir el desarrollo de trastornos alimentarios en atención primaria, así como valorar la continuidad en las alteraciones en población general, subclínica y bulímica. Ámbito y sujetos: Ciento veintisiete mujeres con disfunciones ausentes; 57 subclínicas, y 63 bulímicas; todas del sudoeste español. Intervenciones: Aquellas adolescentes con riesgo de disfunciones presentarían resultados positivos en rasgos de personalidad patológicos; por lo que la captación en atención primaria, evitaría el paso a formas completas, y estaría a favor de la teoría del continuum. Resultados: Para las edades medias, y de inicio de las dificultades alimentarias, se encontraron diferencias significativas entre subclínicas y bulímicas. Los sujetos sin disfunciones alimentarias tienen IMC (índice de masa corporal) más bajos que los subclínicos, y éstos que los bulímicos, tanto ahora como en el pasado. Se recogen antecedentes, objetivos y subjetivos, de sobrepeso en las tres poblaciones, conductas relacionadas con la alimentación y el peso, así como los diferentes síntomas sugerentes de trastornos de personalidad, y datos referentes al consumo de tóxicos. Conclusiones: En nuestra muestra el 30 por ciento de la población puntuaba por encima del punto de corte de las dos escalas utilizadas, por lo que se pueden considerar de riesgo para tener disfunciones alimentarias, y es necesario intervenir desde atención primaria, ya que es en el paso desde la infancia a la adolescencia donde se empiezan a hacer dietas por sobrevaloración del peso, y es en este ámbito donde se puede actuar precozmente (AU)

Goal: To analyze female subjects in the rural setting to detect food-related disorders and factors associated with these. To isolate these factors and prevent the development of food-related disorders in Primary Health Care. Also to assess continuity in the alterations in the general, sub-clinical and bulimic populations. Scope and subjects: 127 women with absence of dysfunctions: 57 sub-clinical and 63 bulimics, all from south-western Spain. Interventions: Those adolescents at risk of dysfunctions would present positive results in pathological personality traits; therefore, their identification in Primary Health Care would avoid the transition to complete forms and would be favour the theory of the continuum. Results: Significant differences were found between sub-clinical and bulimic women for mean age and age of onset of eating-related difficulties. Subjects without eating-related dysfunctions have a lower body mass index (BMI) than sub-clinical ones and the latter have less than bulimic subjects, both now and in the past. The objective and subjective history of excess weight was recorded for all three populations, together with eating- related behaviour and the various symptoms suggesting personality disorders, and data on their consumption of toxic substances. Conclusions: In our sample, 30% of the population obtained scores above the cut-off value in the two scales used, so they could be considered at risk for having food related dysfunctions and it is necessary to take action at the level of Primary Health Care, as it is in the transition from childhood to adolescence that diets are begun to be followed because of an excessive assessment of weight and it is in this sphere that early action can be taken (AU)

Estudio de la consistencia interna de la prueba de tachado de letras de la batería de diagnóstico neuropsicológico de la Universidad de La Habana (DNUH)

En el trabajo se presenta un estudio de la consistencia interna de la prueba a partir del cálculo de los índices de dificultad y discriminación y cuyos resultados avalan la confiabilidad de la versión 2002 de la prueba de Tachado de Letras de la Bateria de Diagnóstico Neuropsicológico de la Universidad de La habana (DNHU) (AU)