Bulimia e transtorno da compulsão alimentar periódica: revisão sistemática e metassíntese

• Autor(a) principal: Espíndola, Cybele Ribeiro [UNIFESP]
• Data de Publicação: 2006
• Outros Autores: Blay, Sergio Luis [UNIFESP]
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da UNIFESP
• Texto Completo: http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0101-81082006000300006; http://repositorio.unifesp.br/handle/11600/3365
• topic: Review literature; qualitative research; bulimia; Literatura de revisão; pesquisa qualitativa; bulimia

OBJECTIVE: The aim of this systematic review is to identify the scope of qualitative investigations on the life experience of patients with bulimia and binge eating disorder. METHODOLOGY: Searches were conducted using the following databases: PubMed, ISI, PsycInfo, Embase, LILACS and Scielo, for articles published between 1990 and 2005. Inclusion criteria were: 1) articles with main focus on bulimia or binge eating disorders; 2) original research reported in English, Spanish, French or Portuguese; 3) use of any qualitative method, such as interview, focal group or field observation. Exclusion criteria were exclusively theoretical articles and those assessing children or elderly subjects. A meta-ethnographic approach was used to synthesize the data. Each study was carefully read, and their thematic categories were interpreted and compared to the categories of all other studies. RESULTS: Fifteen studies were included of a total of 3,415 articles. Seven overlapping main themes were identified: illness representation; negative feelings (fear, guilt, anger, loneliness, loss of control); positive feelings (self-control, power); symptom function; interpersonal relationships; sociocultural context; recovery. CONCLUSIONS: Although many issues were negative, the overall experience was not reported as being only bad. Some aspects of eating disorders were considered beneficial by the patients.