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Ansiedad, depresión y trastorno de la imagen corporal en pacientes que consultan en la Unidad de Obesidad del Hospital de Clínicas

Authors

  • Claudia Analia Parodi

Keywords:

obesidad, ansiedad, depresión, imagen corporal, psicopatología

Abstract

La obesidad es una epidemia mundial y constituye una enfermedad de etiología multifactorial. Debido a esta característica, su tratamiento debe ser también multidisciplinario. Existen pocos datos en la literatura acerca de las características emocionales y cognitivas, conductuales y psicopatológicas de los pacientes con obesidad en la edad adulta, sobre todo en nuestra región. El objetivo de este estudio fue identificar la presencia de psicopatología en pacientes que consultan en la Unidad de Obesidad del Hospital de Clínicas. Este estudio observacional, descriptivo, de corte transverso incluyó en forma consecutiva a 69 pacientes que consultaron en la Unidad de Obesidad del Hospital de Clínicas de octubre a noviembre de 2014. El muestreo fue de tipo no probabilístico, de casos consecutivo. El diagnóstico de sobrepeso y obesidad se realizó de acuerdo a la escala de Índice de Masa Corporal (IMC). Las entidades psicopatológicas investigadas fueron ansiedad y depresión mediante la versión española de la HADS (Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale) que fue autoadministrada. La existencia de trastorno de la imagen corporal también fue evaluada mediante un instrumento autoadministrado. El 88,4% de los pacientes fue de sexo femenino y la edad media 42,8 años (DE: 12,7). El 43% de los pacientes presentó obesidad grado III. La prevalencia de ansiedad fue 18,8% y de depresión 8,7%. El 44,9% de los pacientes presentaron trastorno de la imagen corporal. Los resultados coinciden con los datos encontrados en literatura internacional, encontrando una prevalencia aumentada de psicopatología en pacientes que consultan por Obesidad. Se registraron datos con respecto a descontrol alimentario, lo que indica la necesidad de aplicar herramientas validadas para el diagnóstico de Trastorno por Atracones.

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Published

2015-12-01

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How to Cite

Parodi, C. A. (2015). Ansiedad, depresión y trastorno de la imagen corporal en pacientes que consultan en la Unidad de Obesidad del Hospital de Clínicas. Memorias Del Instituto De Investigaciones En Ciencias De La Salud, 13(3). https://revistascientificas.una.py/index.php/RIIC/article/view/1832