Australian Healthcare Professionals’ Knowledge of and Attitudes toward Binge Eating Disorder
Objective: This study aimed to investigate Australian healthcare practitioners’ knowledge and attitudes toward binge eating disorder (BED).Method: Participants were 175 healthcare professionals, who were randomized to one of two conditions that assessed diagnostic and treatment knowledge of either c...
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| author | Belinda Cain Kimberly Buck Matthew Fuller-Tyszkiewicz Matthew Fuller-Tyszkiewicz Isabel Krug |
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| description | Objective: This study aimed to investigate Australian healthcare practitioners’ knowledge and attitudes toward binge eating disorder (BED).Method: Participants were 175 healthcare professionals, who were randomized to one of two conditions that assessed diagnostic and treatment knowledge of either comorbid BED and obesity or only obesity via case vignette, as well as weight bias toward obese patients.Results: Results suggested that participants demonstrated a reluctance to diagnose comorbid BED and obesity, that their knowledge of physical complications associated with BED was limited, and that they indicated a narrow range of evidence-based treatment options. When compared with levels of weight bias expressed by healthcare professionals in previous international studies, Australian clinicians were significantly less biased, however, still largely endorsed ‘negative’ attitudes toward obesity.Conclusion: Findings suggest that future clinical training in eating disorders should therefore focus not only on diagnostic criteria, physical complications and treatment options, but also on practitioner attitudes toward eating and weight. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-322fe5cdd3374bc6a67c010b8bbd91402022-12-21T23:28:22ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782017-08-01810.3389/fpsyg.2017.01291268405Australian Healthcare Professionals’ Knowledge of and Attitudes toward Binge Eating DisorderBelinda Cain0Kimberly Buck1Matthew Fuller-Tyszkiewicz2Matthew Fuller-Tyszkiewicz3Isabel Krug4Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences, The University of Melbourne, MelbourneVIC, AustraliaMelbourne School of Psychological Sciences, The University of Melbourne, MelbourneVIC, AustraliaSchool of Psychology, Deakin University, BurwoodVIC, AustraliaCentre for Social and Early Emotional Development, Deakin University, BurwoodVIC, AustraliaMelbourne School of Psychological Sciences, The University of Melbourne, MelbourneVIC, AustraliaObjective: This study aimed to investigate Australian healthcare practitioners’ knowledge and attitudes toward binge eating disorder (BED).Method: Participants were 175 healthcare professionals, who were randomized to one of two conditions that assessed diagnostic and treatment knowledge of either comorbid BED and obesity or only obesity via case vignette, as well as weight bias toward obese patients.Results: Results suggested that participants demonstrated a reluctance to diagnose comorbid BED and obesity, that their knowledge of physical complications associated with BED was limited, and that they indicated a narrow range of evidence-based treatment options. When compared with levels of weight bias expressed by healthcare professionals in previous international studies, Australian clinicians were significantly less biased, however, still largely endorsed ‘negative’ attitudes toward obesity.Conclusion: Findings suggest that future clinical training in eating disorders should therefore focus not only on diagnostic criteria, physical complications and treatment options, but also on practitioner attitudes toward eating and weight.http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2017.01291/fulleating disordersbinge eating disorderobesityknowledgeattitudesdiagnosis |
| spellingShingle | Belinda Cain Kimberly Buck Matthew Fuller-Tyszkiewicz Matthew Fuller-Tyszkiewicz Isabel Krug Australian Healthcare Professionals’ Knowledge of and Attitudes toward Binge Eating Disorder Frontiers in Psychology eating disorders binge eating disorder obesity knowledge attitudes diagnosis |
| title | Australian Healthcare Professionals’ Knowledge of and Attitudes toward Binge Eating Disorder |
| title_full | Australian Healthcare Professionals’ Knowledge of and Attitudes toward Binge Eating Disorder |
| title_fullStr | Australian Healthcare Professionals’ Knowledge of and Attitudes toward Binge Eating Disorder |
| title_full_unstemmed | Australian Healthcare Professionals’ Knowledge of and Attitudes toward Binge Eating Disorder |
| title_short | Australian Healthcare Professionals’ Knowledge of and Attitudes toward Binge Eating Disorder |
| title_sort | australian healthcare professionals knowledge of and attitudes toward binge eating disorder |
| topic | eating disorders binge eating disorder obesity knowledge attitudes diagnosis |
| url | http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2017.01291/full |
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