Is the low weight a good indicator of the severity of anorexia nervosa

e-Lib o de Resúmenes del Symposium Hispano-Luso de Medicina Conduc ual y Psicología de la Salud 44 Is he low weigh a good indica o o he se e i y o ano exia ne osa? Sand a To es; Ma ina P is a Gue a & Leono Lencas e Uni e sidade do Po o, Po ugal & An ónio Roma To es Hospi al de S. João, Po o, Po ugal Aims: Some au ho s ha e been de ending ha DSM-IV diagnos ic c i e ia o ano exia ne osa (AN) a e no homogeneous, assuming di e en impo ance le els. In his s udy we looked in o he analysis o he a ia ion o he AN c i e ia’s se e i y h ough he In e iew o he diagnosis o Ea ing Diso de s – IV (IDED-IV; Ku lesic e al., 1998). Me hod: The Po uguese e sion o IDED-IV was applied o 80 emales wi h AN diagnosis aging be ween 12 and 34 y.o. The IDED-IV assesses he p esence and he se e i y o speci ic symp oms o ea ing diso de s. Each symp om is a ed in a scale be ween 1 and 5. The le el 3 indica es he pa hological p esence o he symp om. Resul s: I em- o al co ela ions we e calcula ed o e alua e he s eng h o he ela ionship be ween each symp om a e and he o al o he in e iew. The esul s sugges ed ha some a ings ha e mo e signi ican con ibu ions o he IDED-IV o al sco e, in conc e e: ea o gaining weigh (.64) and eel a e en hough unde -weigh (.61). The low weigh (.07) and he ameno hea (.19) symp oms p esen ed a low con ibu ion o he o al sco e. Conclusion: The esul s sugges ha ea o gaining weigh and dis u bance in he way one’s body weigh o shape is expe ienced ha e a highe impac on AN se e i y and a e p obably cen al c i e ia in he di e en ia ion o he AN om o he ea ing diso de s. These obse a ions a e compa ible wi h he concep ualiza ion o AN as a con inuum de ined no only by ood es ic ion bu also by i s mul iple associa ed ea u es.