Prevalencia de los trastornos de la conducta alimentaria en adolescentes de Málaga (España)
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| contents | Prevalencia de los trastornos de la conducta alimentaria en adolescentes de Málaga (España) Teresa Rivas Serafina Castro Rosa Bersabé Medicina male prevalence Epidemiology eating disorders female adolescents This paper estimates the prevalence of eating disorders (ED) in asample of male and female adolescents of the Province of Málaga(Spain). The frequency of the subjects´ symptomatic behaviours isgiven. Information provided by the subjects themselves and by theirparents is also taken into account.Method: Data collection took place during 1998 and 1999. The samplecomprises 1,555 subjects (625 male and 930 female aged from 12 to21 years) from 14 different public and private schools. TheQuestionnaire for Eating Disorder Diagnoses (Q-EDD; Mintz, O´Halloran,Mulholland and Schneider, 1997) was anonymously completed bythe participants. A new version of the Q-EDD was also given to theparents for obtaining more information from them about theirchildren. The 50-question Q-EDD operacionalizes eating disordercriteria of the DSM-IV. Diagnoses are generated by a scoring manualthat consists of flowchart decision rules. Subjects with ED areclassified as anorexia nervosa (AN), bulimia nervosa (BN) and eatingdisorders not otherwise specified (EDNOS). Subjects without EDare classified as symptomatic (with some symptoms of the disordersbeing diagnosed) and asymptomatic (responding negatively to alleating disorder behaviours).Results: Most of the adolescents (69.1%) were classified as asymptomatic;27.5% were symptomatic, although only 3.4% met alldiagnostic criteria for ED. Females are four times more likely tohave eating disorders than males (Odds Ratio=4.6). The pathologymost frequently diagnosed was EDNOS (0.5% males, 3.9% females).The prevalence of AN was 0.5% in males and 0.4% in females. Theprevalence of BN was 0.2% in males and 0.6% in females. Theseresults are all comparable to those obtained in previousepidemiological studies, except for the prevalence of AN in males,which is higher in this work. These data suggest that ED, althoughpredominantly a female complaint, is not exclusive of them. Furtherstudy on the possible increase of these disorders is justified,particularly on AN in the male population. Finally, the parents´ reports showed a lower frequency of ED than the adolescents´ self-reports. 2001 artículo científico 0185-3325 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=58222405 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=582 Salud Mental application/pdf Instituto Nacional de Psiquiatría Ramón de la Fuente Muñiz Salud Mental (México) Num.2 Vol.24 |
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| spellingShingle | Prevalencia de los trastornos de la conducta alimentaria en adolescentes de Málaga (España) Teresa Rivas Medicina male prevalence Epidemiology eating disorders female adolescents Prevalencia de los trastornos de la conducta alimentaria en adolescentes de Málaga (España) Teresa Rivas Serafina Castro Rosa Bersabé Medicina male prevalence Epidemiology eating disorders female adolescents This paper estimates the prevalence of eating disorders (ED) in asample of male and female adolescents of the Province of Málaga(Spain). The frequency of the subjects´ symptomatic behaviours isgiven. Information provided by the subjects themselves and by theirparents is also taken into account.Method: Data collection took place during 1998 and 1999. The samplecomprises 1,555 subjects (625 male and 930 female aged from 12 to21 years) from 14 different public and private schools. TheQuestionnaire for Eating Disorder Diagnoses (Q-EDD; Mintz, O´Halloran,Mulholland and Schneider, 1997) was anonymously completed bythe participants. A new version of the Q-EDD was also given to theparents for obtaining more information from them about theirchildren. The 50-question Q-EDD operacionalizes eating disordercriteria of the DSM-IV. Diagnoses are generated by a scoring manualthat consists of flowchart decision rules. Subjects with ED areclassified as anorexia nervosa (AN), bulimia nervosa (BN) and eatingdisorders not otherwise specified (EDNOS). Subjects without EDare classified as symptomatic (with some symptoms of the disordersbeing diagnosed) and asymptomatic (responding negatively to alleating disorder behaviours).Results: Most of the adolescents (69.1%) were classified as asymptomatic;27.5% were symptomatic, although only 3.4% met alldiagnostic criteria for ED. Females are four times more likely tohave eating disorders than males (Odds Ratio=4.6). The pathologymost frequently diagnosed was EDNOS (0.5% males, 3.9% females).The prevalence of AN was 0.5% in males and 0.4% in females. Theprevalence of BN was 0.2% in males and 0.6% in females. Theseresults are all comparable to those obtained in previousepidemiological studies, except for the prevalence of AN in males,which is higher in this work. These data suggest that ED, althoughpredominantly a female complaint, is not exclusive of them. Furtherstudy on the possible increase of these disorders is justified,particularly on AN in the male population. Finally, the parents´ reports showed a lower frequency of ED than the adolescents´ self-reports. 2001 artículo científico 0185-3325 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=58222405 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=582 Salud Mental application/pdf Instituto Nacional de Psiquiatría Ramón de la Fuente Muñiz Salud Mental (México) Num.2 Vol.24 |
| title | Prevalencia de los trastornos de la conducta alimentaria en adolescentes de Málaga (España) |
| topic | Medicina male prevalence Epidemiology eating disorders female adolescents |
| url | https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=58222405 |