在校园 (TERRACE) 研究中人类测量和心理社会问题的概况:研究方案和初步结果
Oladimeji Adebayo1, Kehinde Kazeem Kanmodi2,3, Joshua Martins Agbogidi4
1Department of Medicine, University College Hospital, Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria.
Dialogues in health
|March 22, 2024
概括
青少年肥胖和心理社会问题正在尼日利亚引起越来越多的公共卫生问题. TERRACE研究发现,伊巴丹的年轻人中体重不足,肥胖,抑郁和焦虑的比例很高.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 人类测量学 人类测量学.
- 心理社会健康 心理健康
背景情况:
- 青少年肥胖是一个日益增长的全球公共卫生挑战.
- 相关的心理社会问题加剧了这个问题.
- 高等教育机构是研究青少年健康的关键环境.
研究的目的:
- 介绍TERRACE研究的理由和设计.
- 报告尼日利亚青年初步的人类测量和心理社会发现.
- 建立未来公共卫生干预措施的基准.
主要方法:
- 跨截面研究设计涉及225名年龄在16-35岁的参与者.
- 尼日利亚伊巴丹的三所高等院校的多阶段采样技术.
- 通过问卷和人体测量测量收集的数据;使用SPSS v23.3进行分析.
主要成果:
- 低体重 (20.4%),超重/肥胖 (12%),中度至重度抑郁症 (87.9%) 和焦虑症的高患病率.
- 男性表现出比女性更高的缩血压和吸烟率.
- 参与者主要是女性,自雇,月收入低.
结论:
- 初步发现表明,尼日利亚年轻人中体重不足,肥胖和心理社会问题的负担很大.
- "特拉斯研究"将为人类测量和心理社会问题的公共卫生干预提供信息.
- 结果为进一步研究这一群体提供了关键的基线数据.
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