美国大学生厌食症和嗜食症诊断中的种族/种族差异
Angelina Van Dyne1, Nicole Washington1, Miguel Villodas1
1Department of Psychology, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, USA.
Eating behaviors
|July 7, 2023
概括
这项研究发现,美国印第安人,阿拉斯加原住民或夏威夷原住民学生的厌食症 (AN) 和嗜食症 (BN) 诊断率最高. 研究结果强调了对大学生文化敏感的饮食障碍预防和治疗的需要.
科学领域:
- 精神病学是一个精神病学.
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 流行病学 流行病学
背景情况:
- 饮食障碍,包括神经性厌食症 (AN) 和神经性嗜食症 (BN),在大学年龄人口中代表着重大的公共卫生问题.
- 了解不同种族和民族群体的流行和诊断模式对于有针对性的干预至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 检查各种种族和种族背景的大学生中厌食症 (AN) 和嗜食症 (BN) 诊断的流行情况.
- 在美国大学生人口中确定AN和BN诊断中的特定种族/民族差异.
主要方法:
- 使用了美国大学健康协会 - 国家大学健康评估II-C调查 (ACHA-NCHA II-C) 的档案数据.
- 分析了2015-2019年间426,425名大学生的数据.
- 采用二元物流回归分析来比较AN和BN诊断在种族和民族群体之间的几率.
主要成果:
- 与其他种族/族群相比,美国印第安人,阿拉斯加原住民或夏威夷原住民 (AI/AN/NH) 学生对AN和BN诊断的几率最高.
- 与黑人,西班牙裔/拉丁裔和亚洲裔学生相比,白人和双种族/多种族学生的AN诊断率也显着更高.
- 与黑人和西班牙裔/拉丁裔学生相比,亚洲学生的BN诊断几率更高,而与黑人和西班牙裔/拉丁裔学生相比,白人和双种族/多种族学生的BN诊断几率更高.
结论:
- 在美国大学生中,神经性厌食症和神经性厌食症的诊断在美国大学生中存在显著的种族和民族差异.
- 这些发现强调了在大学校园中制定和实施文化敏感的饮食障碍预防和治疗策略的必要性.
- 进一步的研究是有必要的,以探索导致这些观察到的差异的潜在因素,并为文化上有能力的护理模式提供信息.
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