European Eating Disorders Review
Volume 18, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 399-403

The incidence of anorexia nervosa in Netherlands Antilles immigrants in the Netherlands (Article)

Van Hoeken D.* , Veling W. , Smink F.R.E. , Hoek H.W.
  • a Parnassia Bavo Psychiatric Institute, Parnassia Bavo Academy, Kiwistraat 43, 2552 DH The Hague, Netherlands
  • b Parnassia Bavo Psychiatric Institute, Parnassia Bavo Academy, Kiwistraat 43, 2552 DH The Hague, Netherlands
  • c Parnassia Bavo Psychiatric Institute, Parnassia Bavo Academy, Kiwistraat 43, 2552 DH The Hague, Netherlands, Columbia University, NY, United States, University of Groningen, Netherlands
  • d Parnassia Bavo Psychiatric Institute, Parnassia Bavo Academy, Kiwistraat 43, 2552 DH The Hague, Netherlands

Abstract

Objective: Previously we found that the incidence of anorexia nervosa (AN) in the general population was much lower in the Netherlands Antilles than in the Netherlands. As a follow-up we compared the incidence of AN in the Netherlands in persons from the Netherlands Antilles to native Dutch. Method: A national register of psychiatric hospital admissions was screened for cases of AN. Incidence rates (IR) and incidence rate ratios (IRR) were computed. Results: The IR of AN was 1.32 per 100 000 person years (95% confidence interval (CI): 0.53-2.71) for Netherlands Antilleans and 1.09 (95% CI: 1.04-1.15) for native Dutch. The age-and sex-adjusted IRR was 1.21 (95% CI: 0.58-2.54). Conclusion: Contrary to the Netherlands Antilles, in the Netherlands AN is as common among Netherlands Antilleans as among native Dutch. Exposure to the Western idealization of thinness is a risk factor for the development of AN, possibly in interaction with migration-related stress. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd and Eating Disorders Association.

Author Keywords

Incidence Anorexia nervosa culture Epidemiology

Index Keywords

hospital admission Netherlands Netherlands Antilles immigrant hospitalization social change follow up human morbidity anorexia nervosa Humans Cross-Cultural Comparison Adolescent male Emigrants and Immigrants female Risk Factors Incidence Article major clinical study adult
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DOI: 10.1002/erv.1040
ISSN: 10724133
Cited by: 5
Original Language: English