Studies from Far Eastern Memorial Hospital Reveal New Findings on Bulimia (Rates and Trends In Healthcare-detected Incidence of Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia Nervosa: a National Health Insurance Claim Data Study In Taiwan, 2002-2013)

2021 JAN 13 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Daily News -- Investigators publish new report on Eating Disorders - Bulimia. According to news reporting originating in New Taipei, Taiwan, by NewsRx journalists, research stated, “This study aimed to examine the incidence rates of diagnosed anorexia nervosa (AN) and bulimia nervosa (BN) and their variations over time in Taiwan. The data of individuals with AN and BN, as defined by the International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification’s (ICD-9-CM), were extracted from merged databases by means of unique identification numbers.”

Financial support for this research came from Far Eastern Memorial Hospital.

The news reporters obtained a quote from the research from Far Eastern Memorial Hospital, “To fulfill the criteria of incident cases, individuals must not have had an AN or BN diagnosis in the preceding 2 years. The time trends were analyzed using Joinpoint regression analysis. The overall AN and BN incidence rates were 1.1 and 6.1 per 100,000, respectively. There was no significant change in the overall incidence rate for AN or both sexes across the study period. A significant increase in AN incidence occurred in the age groups of 10-14 and 30-39 years. The overall incidence rate of BN increased significantly in the few years before 2009 and then decreased. A similar trend occurred among the females and groups aged above 20 years. There was no significant change in the overall BN incidence rate over the whole period. Compared with Western countries, the AN incidence in Taiwan is very low, whereas the BN incidence is in the lower end of the range.”

According to the news reporters, the research concluded: “The findings that the age of the first-time detected AN and BN is older in Taiwan and that the significant increases in age-specific incidence are mainly among adults suggest that more effort is needed to detect individuals with AN and BN at a younger age in Taiwan.”

This research has been peer-reviewed.

For more information on this research see: Rates and Trends In Healthcare-detected Incidence of Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia Nervosa: a National Health Insurance Claim Data Study In Taiwan, 2002-2013. International Journal of Eating Disorders, 2020;53(3):331-338. International Journal of Eating Disorders can be contacted at: Wiley, 111 River St, Hoboken 07030-5774, NJ, USA. (Wiley-Blackwell - http://www.wiley.com/; International Journal of Eating Disorders - http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1002/(ISSN)1098-108X)

Our news correspondents report that additional information may be obtained by contacting Mei-Chih M. Tseng, Far Eastern Memorial Hospital, Dept. of Psychiatry, New Taipei, Taiwan. Additional authors for this research include Chao-Ying Tu, Shu-Feng Hsieh and Chin-Hao Chang.

The direct object identifier (DOI) for that additional information is: https://doi.org/10.1002/eat.23203. This DOI is a link to an online electronic document that is either free or for purchase, and can be your direct source for a journal article and its citation.

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