Abstract/Details

Factores asociados a la prevalencia de trastornos de la conducta alimentaria en las adolescentes Navarras

Perez Gaspar, Marta.   Universidad de Navarra (Spain) ProQuest Dissertations & Theses,  1997. C801779.

Abstract (summary)

Few epidemiologic studies have reflected the magnitude of the problem of eating disorders in mediterranean countries.

The objectives of our study were: (1) To estimate the prevalence of eating disorders in a representative sample of girls of Navarre (Spain). (2) To assess the factors cross-sectionally associated with these problems.

Subjects of this study were female adolescents (12–21 years) living in Navarra in 1997. A multi-stage random sampling procedure was used to select classrooms as the sampling unit. Information was collected by means of a questionnaire which included the validated Spanish versions of the Eating Attitudes Test (Garner and Garfinkel, 1979), the Eating Disorder Inventory (Garner et al., 1984), the Eysenck Personality Inventory (Eysenck and Eysenck, 1990) and the “Autoconcepto forma A” (Musitu et al., 1994) as well as a 24-hour recall and a Food Frequency questionnaire (Martin Moreno et al, 1993). A double stage design was used to diagnose eating disorders. In the first stage (screening) we applied the Eating Attitudes Test. In the second stage, adolescents scoring high in this test (EAT > 30) were interviewed by a psychiatrist. Subjects who fulfilled DSM-IV diagnostic criteria were classified as a case.

Participation rate was 90.4% and response rate was 82.4%. Finally 2862 girls participated in the study.

Total prevalence of eating disorders was 4.1% (CI 95%: 3.5–5.0). Eating disorders non specified (EDNOS) were the most frequent diagnoses with a prevalence of 3.1% (CI 95%: 2.5–3.8). The prevalence of anorexia nervosa was 0.3% (CI 95%: 0.1–0.6) and of bulimia nervosa 0.8% (CI 95%: 0.48–1.16).

Multivariate analyses identified the following factors associated to eating disorders: previous eating disorders in the family, frequent reading of magazines for adolescents, high neuroticism indexes, high scores of perfectionism, low scores for interoceptive awareness, a lower energy intake and a lower fat intake.

Indexing (details)


Subject
Public health;
Nutrition;
Social psychology;
Womens studies
Classification
0573: Public health
0570: Nutrition
0451: Social psychology
0453: Womens studies
Identifier / keyword
Health and environmental sciences; Social sciences; Psychology; Adolescents; Eating disorders
Title
Factores asociados a la prevalencia de trastornos de la conducta alimentaria en las adolescentes Navarras
Author
Perez Gaspar, Marta
Number of pages
0
Degree date
1997
School code
5864
Source
DAI-C 61/02, Dissertation Abstracts International
University/institution
Universidad de Navarra (Spain)
University location
Spain
Degree
Dr.
Source type
Dissertation or Thesis
Language
Spanish
Document type
Dissertation/Thesis
Dissertation/thesis number
C801779
ProQuest document ID
304409800
Copyright
Database copyright ProQuest LLC; ProQuest does not claim copyright in the individual underlying works.
Document URL
https://www.proquest.com/docview/304409800