Repositori URV

Identifier: TDX:613

Handle: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11797/TDX613

Authors:
Pérez Manuel, Susana

Abstract:
OBJETIVES:- To estimate the prevalence of eating disorders (ED) at a different levels of severity (diagnosed as anorexia and nervous bulimia and eating disorders not otherwise specified (EDNOS) and symptoms of ED) in teenagers from the town of Tarragona and surrounding areas of Tarragona.- To describe and analysed the varying degrees of severity of the EDs.- To evaluate the influence of the different factors which contribute to the risk of contracting EDs.METHODS AND MATERIAL: A cross sectional study in two phases of teenagers of both sexes (12-16 years) who study (1st ,2nd ESO) in 26 both publics and privates schools in the Tarragona region. First phase (n=2967): To evaluate the prevalence of EDs symptoms using two screening test: Eating Attitudes Test (EAT) and Youth's Inventory. Second phase: only females studied (n=295). With the results of the test two groups were selected those which fell into the risk category (EAT>25 or Youth's (+) for ED) and non-risk category of ED (controls); evaluating: body satisfaction and autoperception, sociocultural influence, family climate, psychopathologic symptoms, physical activity, knowledge, preferences and dietary habits using written questionnaires. Individually evaluated was: food consumption using 24-h recall, body composition and the interview 'Schedules for Clinical Assessment in Neuropsychiatry' (SCAN) in version DSM-IV, ICD-10 was administered to obtain the diagnoses.RESULTS:13,3-17,1% of participants were considered at risk of suffering from an ED (18,9-22,5% females, 7,6-11,7% males) depending on the screening test used. The education level of parents is lower in parents of those female teenagers with ED symptoms. Stressful family backgrounds are also associated with a greater risk of ED symptoms. The