Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về y học được đăng trên tạp chí y học General Psychiatry cung cấp cho các bạn kiến thức về ngành y đề tài: Estimated intelligence quotient in anorexia nervosa: a systematic review and meta-analysis of the literature. | Lopez et al. Annals of General Psychiatry 2010 9 40 http content 9 1 40 ANNALS OF GENERAL PSYCHIATRY REVIEW Open Access Estimated intelligence quotient in anorexia nervosa a systematic review and meta-analysis of the literature Carolina Lopez1 2 Daniel Stahl1 Kate Tchanturia1 Abstract Background It has been hypothesised that people with anorexia nervosa have a higher intelligence quotient IQ level than the general population. The purpose of this review was to systematically appraise the research into reported IQ levels in people with anorexia nervosa. Methods A search using the terms intelligence quotient IQ intelligence cognition eating disorders and anorexia was conducted in electronic databases only. Results In all 30 peer-reviewed studies written in English that used well established measures of intelligence quotient the National Adult Reading Test and Wechsler Intelligence Scales were identified. This review established that people with anorexia nervosa score units and units above the average intelligence quotient of the normative population on the National Adult Reading Test and Wechsler Intelligence Scales respectively. An association was found between Body Mass Index and intelligence quotient as measured by the National Adult Reading Test. Conclusions More studies including other eating disorder categories and recovered people are needed to explore important questions regarding the role of the intelligence quotient in treatment response. Introduction Eating disorders EDs are a group of psychiatric disorders with a lifelong course and considerable morbidity and mortality. In the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders fourth edition DSM-IV EDs include anorexia nervosa AN bulimia nervosa BN and eating disorders not otherwise specified EDNOS . The aetiology of EDs remains unknown. There has been increasing interest in the study of the neuropsychological functioning of people with EDs for the last three .
