晚餐综合征及其与大学生抑郁症的关联:一个横截面研究
Geethanjali Murthy1, Pavan Kumar Gollapalli2, M Jasmine3
1Community Medicine, Chettinad Hospital and Research Institute, Chengalpattu, IND.
Cureus
|January 21, 2025
概括
夜间饮食综合征 (NES) 影响37.3%的大学生,通常与抑郁症和BMI有关. 这种饮食障碍对于年轻人来说需要更大的意识和干预策略.
科学领域:
- 行为科学 行为科学
- 临床心理学 临床心理学
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
背景情况:
- 夜间饮食综合征 (NES) 是一种饮食障碍,其特征是昼夜节律受干扰,夜间吞过度和夜间醒来以消费食物.
- 年轻人,特别是学生,表现出更高的NES的流行率,通常与压力,不规则的睡眠和失调的饮食模式有关.
研究的目的:
- 在印度泰米尔纳德邦的大学生中确定夜间饮食综合征 (NES) 的患病率.
- 研究NES与社会人口统计学变量之间的关联,以及该学生群体中抑郁症水平.
主要方法:
- 一项涉及223名大学生的横截面研究,在加尔帕图区,通过简单的随机抽样选择.
- 使用修订的夜间饮食诊断问卷来评估NES和患者健康问卷-9 (PHQ-9) 来评估抑郁症.
主要成果:
- 在大学生中,NES的流行率为37.3%.
- 轻度,中度和严重的NES分别在38名,26名和19名学生中被诊断出.
- 在NES和抑郁症 (p<0.001) 和身体质量指数 (BMI) (p<0.001) 之间观察到显著的统计学关联.
结论:
- 夜间饮食综合征在大学生群体中是一个重大的公共卫生问题.
- 这种高患病率强调了需要提高对NES和同时出现的抑郁症的认识,早期检测和有针对性的干预措施.
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