Prevalencia de riesgo de trastornos de comportamiento alimentario en una población femenina de estudiantes de secundaria, Manizales, Colombia, 2011
Abstract
Objective: Determining the presence of eating behavior disorders (EBD) as a high risk factor (positive or negative) according to the EDI-2 questionnaire and associated factors in three schoolgirl populations in the city of Manizales, Colombia.Materials and methods: This was cross-sectional study in which students from three private all-girls schools in the city of Manizales filled in the eating disorder inventory (EDI-2) questionnaire. The inclusion criteria involved being in the 8th, 9th, 10thor 11th grades (i.e. aged around 14-19). Informed consent forms were signed. . Sample size was 481 students; schools and students were probabilistically sampled and stratified by institution and grade. The variables measured were sociodemographic; family Apgar and anthropometric measurements were taken. The EDI-2 subscales used were: drive for thinness, bulimia, body dissatisfaction, ineffectiveness, perfectionism, interpersonal distrust, introspective awareness, fear of maturity, asceticism, regulation of impulsiveness and social insecurity. The result was expressed as a risk factor for positive or negative eating behavior disorders; this was positive if the drive for thinness subscale had a value greater than 14. Analysis involved measures of central tendency and dispersion for continuous variables and percentages for categorical variables.Results: It was found that 24.7% of the study population had a positive risk factor for developing EBD according to the EDI-2 questionnaire. The…
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