Depresión y trastornos de la conducta alimentaria en una muestra no clínica de adolescentes mujeres Depression and eating disorders in a non clinical sample of adolescent women

Este trabajo tiene por objetivo investigar si existe alguna asociación entre la Depresión y la sintomatología de los Trastornos de la Conducta Alimentaria, en una muestra no clínica de 700 adolescentes mujeres de 12 a 21 años de edad. Durante 2008, se aplicaron de manera auto-administrada 2 cuestionarios: el Beck Depression Inventory-BDI (Beck, 1972) y el Eating Attitude Test-EAT-26 (Garner, Olmsted, Bohr & Garfinkel, 1982) en escuelas públicas de un Distrito bonaerense. Los resultados arrojan una asociación entre ambos instrumentos. Se analiza la relación entre las variables Depresión-TCA, en cada fase de la adolescencia, (temprana, media y tardía); confirmándose correlaciones en los 3 segmentos etáreos. Finalmente, se rastrea qué ítems del test de Beck son los mejores predictores de cada escala del EAT-26 y del total de dicho cuestionario. Conclusiones: Los resultados hallados confirman la asociación entre ambos trastornos. Se sugiere ahondar en el estudio de la comorbilidad.<br>The aim of the work was to research of the association between Depression and Eating Disorders in a non clinical female sample of 700 adolescents between 12 and 21 years old. During 2008, 2 questionnaires were self-administered: the Beck Depression Inventory-BDI (Beck, 1972) and the Eating Attitude Test-EAT-26 (Garner, Olmsted, Bohr& Garfinkel, 1982) in state schools of a suburb of Buenos Aires. Results show a high correlation between the test of Beck and the Eating Attitude Test. The relation between both variables (depression and TCA) in each phase of the adolescence (early, middle and late) was also analyzed; confirming the correlations in the 3 segments. Finally it was tracked which items of the test of Beck were the best predictors of each scale of the EAT-26 and the total of this questionnaire. Conclusions: Results confirm association between both disorders. Suggestion of studying comorbidity is been made