Open AccessAnorexia nervosa in a worker: a case report
Author(s) -
Luis Reinoso-Barbero,
Ramón Díaz-Garrido,
Rocío Reyes-García,
Miguel Fernández-Fernández,
María-Concepción Garrido-Astray,
Carmen Muñóz-Ruipérez
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
archivos de prevención de riesgos laborales
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1578-2549
pISSN - 1138-9672
DOI - 10.12961/aprl.2015.18.1.04
Subject(s) - anorexia nervosa , eating disorders , medicine , promotion (chess) , body mass index , population , health surveillance , psychology , health promotion , psychiatry , gerontology , nursing , public health , political science , environmental health , pathology , politics , law
We describe the management of a case of anorexia nervosa (body mass index, -BMI-, 13,6 Kg/m2) in a bank teller. The case was detected through routine occupational health surveillance. After being evaluated by different specialists (general practitioner, psychiatrist and endocrinologist) and being closely monitored (by psychology, nursing, and occupational medicine), the worker regained weight to a near normal BMI (17 Kg/m2) in less than a year and a half. Eating disorders are a common pathology (non-occupationally related), but their high prevalence (5% of the population over a lifetime) and social and job-related impact (affecting more than 20% of cases), make them a necessary focus of attention for health promotion in the workplace. Health prevention, promotion and surveillance may be also reinforced at the workplace.