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Family perception of anorexia and bulimia: a systematic review
Cybele Ribeiro Espíndola1, Sérgio Luís Blay
1Escola Paulista de Medicina (EPM). Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP). São Paulo, SP, Brasil. cybelepsi@bol.com.br
Abstract:
A systematic literature review published between 1990 and 2006 using a qualitative approach was conducted to explore family members' perception of anorexia and bulimia nervosa patients. Articles were critically reviewed and a meta-synthesis analysis was carried out based on a meta-ethnographic method to analyze and summarize data. Of a total of 3,415 studies, nine met the study inclusion and exclusion criteria. Reciprocal translation was used for data interpretation allowing to identifying two concepts: disease awareness and disease impacts. Feelings of impotence were often described in family reorganization. The study results point to distortions in the concept of disease associated with family involvement, resulting in changes in communication, attitudes, and behaviors in a context of impotence.
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