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Is There an Association Between Body Uneasiness and Aberrant Salience in Anorexic Patients? A Preliminary Study

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 March 2020

L. Mallardo ,
B. Campone ,
T. Tofani ,
E. Ciampi ,
E. Corsi ,
C. Baschirotto ,
C. Appignanesi ,
L. Lelli ,
F. Pietrini  and
F. Rotella
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B. Campone
Affiliation:
University of Florence, Department of Neurosciences, Psychology, Drug Research and Child Health, Neurofarba, Pharmacology and Toxicology Section, and Psychiatric Section, Florence, Italy
T. Tofani
Affiliation:
University of Florence, Department of Neurosciences, Psychology, Drug Research and Child Health, Neurofarba, Pharmacology and Toxicology Section, and Psychiatric Section, Florence, Italy
E. Ciampi
Affiliation:
University of Florence, Department of Neurosciences, Psychology, Drug Research and Child Health, Neurofarba, Pharmacology and Toxicology Section, and Psychiatric Section, Florence, Italy
E. Corsi
Affiliation:
University of Florence, Department of Neurosciences, Psychology, Drug Research and Child Health, Neurofarba, Pharmacology and Toxicology Section, and Psychiatric Section, Florence, Italy
C. Baschirotto
Affiliation:
University of Florence, Department of Neurosciences, Psychology, Drug Research and Child Health, Neurofarba, Pharmacology and Toxicology Section, and Psychiatric Section, Florence, Italy
C. Appignanesi
Affiliation:
University of Florence, Department of Neurosciences, Psychology, Drug Research and Child Health, Neurofarba, Pharmacology and Toxicology Section, and Psychiatric Section, Florence, Italy
L. Lelli
Affiliation:
University of Florence, Department of Neurosciences, Psychology, Drug Research and Child Health, Neurofarba, Pharmacology and Toxicology Section, and Psychiatric Section, Florence, Italy
F. Pietrini
Affiliation:
University of Florence, Department of Neurosciences, Psychology, Drug Research and Child Health, Neurofarba, Pharmacology and Toxicology Section, and Psychiatric Section, Florence, Italy
F. Rotella
Affiliation:
University of Florence, Department of Neurosciences, Psychology, Drug Research and Child Health, Neurofarba, Pharmacology and Toxicology Section, and Psychiatric Section, Florence, Italy
V. Ricca
Affiliation:
University of Florence, Department of Neurosciences, Psychology, Drug Research and Child Health, Neurofarba, Pharmacology and Toxicology Section, and Psychiatric Section, Florence, Italy
A. Ballerini
Affiliation:
University of Florence, Department of Neurosciences, Psychology, Drug Research and Child Health, Neurofarba, Pharmacology and Toxicology Section, and Psychiatric Section, Florence, Italy

Abstract

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The process whereby objects and representations come to be attention grabbing and capture thought and behaviour is called salience, and it is defined as aberrant when a significance is allocated to neutral stimuli. The Aberrant Salience Inventory (ASI) is a scale to measure aberrant salience, characterized by 29 dichotomic items. By now, a correlation between aberrant salience and eating disorders is unknown. Aim of this study is to evaluate an alteration of salience in patients with anorexia nervosa, to estimate the existance of a correlation between aberrant salience and the experience of body shape.

Methods

Twenty-six female patients with AN (diagnosed using DSM-5) were enrolled at the Psychiatry Department of Florence. Psychopathological features were assessed at the time of enrollment using the following scales: SCL-90-R, BUT, EDE-Q. Salience alteration was assessed by the means of the ASI. Statistical analysis were realized using SPSS 20.0 with Spearman bivariate correlation.

Results

Mean age was (mean ± SD) 26.2 ± 8.72 and mean Body Mass Index (BMI) 16.1 ± 2.46. Global Severity Index (GSI), Positive Symptom Total (PST) and Positive Symptom Distress Symptom Index (PSDI) were estimated for BUT and SCL-90-R and compared to total value of ASI. Thus, we found a statistical significant (P < 0.05) direct correlation between ASI and BUTpsdi and ASI and SCL-90-Rgsi (correlation coefficient of 0.446 and 0.398, respectively).

Conclusion

In this study, we found a significant direct correlation between Aberrant Salience Inventory (ASI) values and one dimension of body uneasiness in anorexic patients. These preliminary data need further studies with a wider sample to confirm the above-mentioned data.

Disclosure of interest

The authors have not supplied their declaration of competing interest.

Type
e-Poster Walk: Sexual medicine and mental health/sleep disorders and stress/eating disorders
Information
European Psychiatry , Volume 41 , Issue S1: Abstract of the 25th European Congress of Psychiatry , April 2017 , pp. S285 - S286
Copyright
Copyright © European Psychiatric Association 2017
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