PMID- 16755169 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20060706 LR - 20191110 IS - 1590-1262 (Electronic) IS - 1124-4909 (Linking) VI - 10 IP - 4 DP - 2005 Dec TI - Eating behavior affects quality of life in type 2 diabetes mellitus. PG - 251-7 AB - We evaluated the prevalence of disordered eating behavior in 168 unselected outpatients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and the effects on the health related quality of life (HRQL). Subjects in generally good glycemic control, treated by diet or oral hypoglycemic agents (58% M; 63.8+/-SD 10.1 years; BMI, 29.7+/-5.9 kg/m2) completed self-administered questionnaires for HRQL (SF-36) and eating behavior [(Three-Factor Eating Questionnaire (TFEQ); Binge Eating Scale (BES)]. Data on HRQL were computed as effectsizes in comparison to population norm. The prevalence of altered TFEQ scales was not different between genders, and varied between 22.1% (disinhibition) and 41.4% (restriction), but only 6.7% had a positive BES score. Age (OR, 0.58 for decade; 95% CI, 0.39-0.87), duration of diabetes (OR, 1.33 for 5 years; 1.01-1.74) and BMI (OR, 1.11; 1.04-1.18) were predictive for the presence of disinhibition. BMI also predicted hunger (OR, 1.16; 1.08-1.25). SF36 domains were not different in relation to positive BES. Disinhibition at TFEQ was significantly associated with poor social functioning (p=0.018) and role-emotional (p=0.022), whereas hunger was associated with poor physical functioning (p=0.010), role-physical (p=0.0014), social functioning (p=0.015) and role-emotional (p=0.0001). Metabolic control, duration of diabetes, and the presence of complications were not associated with HRQL. A disordered eating behavior may be present in T2DM patients, and is associated with poor HRQL. This condition must be considered for an olistic approach to weight control. FAU - Cerrelli, F AU - Cerrelli F AD - Unit of Metabolic Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine and Gastroenterology, Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna, 40138 Bologna, Italy. FAU - Manini, R AU - Manini R FAU - Forlani, G AU - Forlani G FAU - Baraldi, L AU - Baraldi L FAU - Melchionda, N AU - Melchionda N FAU - Marchesini, G AU - Marchesini G LA - eng PT - Journal Article PL - Germany TA - Eat Weight Disord JT - Eating and weight disorders : EWD JID - 9707113 SB - IM MH - Aged MH - Body Mass Index MH - Cross-Sectional Studies MH - Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2/*psychology MH - *Feeding Behavior MH - Feeding and Eating Disorders/*epidemiology/psychology MH - Female MH - Health Status MH - Humans MH - Male MH - Middle Aged MH - Prevalence MH - *Quality of Life EDAT- 2006/06/07 09:00 MHDA- 2006/07/11 09:00 CRDT- 2006/06/07 09:00 PHST- 2006/06/07 09:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2006/07/11 09:00 [medline] PHST- 2006/06/07 09:00 [entrez] AID - 2666 [pii] AID - 10.1007/BF03327492 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Eat Weight Disord. 2005 Dec;10(4):251-7. doi: 10.1007/BF03327492.