■大学生,谁有饮食失调(ED)的风险,更倾向于使用认知增强剂和精神兴奋剂来改善他们的认知功能和减肥。巴勒斯坦男学生的ED是一个被忽视的健康问题。我们的目的是调查ED和认知增强剂之间的患病率和关联,安纳杰国立大学学生(ANNU)使用精神兴奋剂。
■在ANNU于2020年进行的一项横断面研究中,1047名学生完成了对认知增强剂实践的匿名调查,进食姿态测试-26(EAT-26),生病了,Control,一,脂肪和食品(SCOFF)筛查测试。
■根据EAT-26,ANNU学生中ED的患病率为21.2%(男性为17.1%,根据SCOFF,女性为23.8%)和31.5%(男性为24.0%,女性为36.3%)。二元逻辑回归显示,有ED风险的学生是水管吸烟者(OR:1.471,p值0.047),尤其是男性,而较不可能患有ED的学生是男性(OR:0.341,p值<0.001),咖啡用户(OR:0.581,p值0.014)和巧克力用户(OR:0.530,p值0.041)比非用户。此外,ED的风险随着体重指数的增加而增加(p值<0.01)。与临床前(22.5%)相比,临床医学学生的患病率最低(11.1%),健康科学(23.7%),和非医学生(20.9%)(p值0.059)。
■我们的研究结果强调,吸烟是ED男性的重大健康问题,这可能需要独特的治疗和预防策略。此外,咖啡和巧克力消费与ED风险降低相关,只有在男性中。与国际结果相比,ED患病率的性别差距非常狭窄。这些结果提示需要在未来的研究中关注两种性别而不是女性。他们还建议迫切需要通过教育学生心理健康来解决巴勒斯坦大学生中的ED,识别高风险学生,并提供易于获得的心理帮助。
UNASSIGNED: University students, who are at risk of eating disorders (ED), are more liable to use cognitive enhancers and
psychostimulants to improve their cognitive functions and lose weight. ED in Palestinian male students is a neglected health issue. We aimed to investigate the prevalence and the association between ED and cognitive enhancers, and
psychostimulants use among An-Najah National University students (ANNU).
UNASSIGNED: In a cross-sectional
study conducted in 2020 at ANNU, 1047 students completed anonymous surveys for cognitive enhancers practice, the Eating Attitude Test-26 (EAT-26), Sick, Control, One, Fat and FOOD (SCOFF) screening tests.
UNASSIGNED: The prevalence of ED among ANNU students was 21.2% based on EAT-26 (17.1% in males, 23.8% in females) and 31.5% based on SCOFF (24.0% in males, 36.3% in females). The binary logistic regression revealed that students at risk to have ED were water-pipe smokers (OR: 1.471, p-value 0.047), especially males, while students who were less likely to have ED were males (OR: 0.341, p-value<0.001), coffee users (OR: 0.581, p-value 0.014) and chocolate users (OR: 0.530, p-value 0.041) than nonusers. Moreover, the risk of ED increased with increasing body mass index (p-value<0.01). Clinical medical students showed the lowest prevalence (11.1%) compared to preclinical (22.5%), health sciences (23.7%), and non-medical students (20.9%) (p-value 0.059).
UNASSIGNED: Our findings highlight water-pipe smoking as a significant health problem in males with ED, which may require unique treatment and prevention strategies. Moreover, coffee and chocolate consumption were associated with decreased risk of ED, only among males. The gender-gap in ED prevalence was very narrow compared to international results. These results prompt the need to focus on both genders in future studies instead of females. They also suggest the urgent need to address ED among Palestinian university students by educating students about mental health, identifying high-risk students, and offering easily accessible psychological help.