Balhara Y P S, Mathur S, Kataria D K
Department of Psychiatry and De-addiction, Lady Hardinge Medical College and SSK Hospital, New Delhi, India.
East Asian Arch Psychiatry. 2012 Jun;22(2):70-4.
OBJECTIVES. Eating disorders have been associated with body image disturbances, disordered eating attitudes, and other psychiatric difficulties. There is limited published literature on body shape and eating attitudes from non-western settings. This article presents the findings of a study of eating attitude and body shape concerns among female nursing students in India. METHODS. A cross-sectional observational study was conducted at a government nursing college associated with a tertiary-level multi-specialty hospital. Instruments used included semi-structured proforma, Eating Attitudes Test-26 (EAT-26), and the Body Shape Questionnaire (BSQ). Correlations of age and body mass index with EAT-26 and BSQ scores were carried out using Pearson's correlation statistics. The level of statistical significance was accepted at p < 0.05. RESULTS. A total of 97 nursing students returned the completed study questionnaire. There was a significant positive correlation between body mass index and BSQ score. However, body mass index was not found to be correlated with EAT-26 score. CONCLUSIONS. The findings from the current study bring some interesting insights into body shape and eating attitudes of female nursing students from India.
目的。饮食失调与身体意象障碍、紊乱的饮食态度及其他精神问题相关。关于非西方背景下身体形态和饮食态度的已发表文献有限。本文介绍了一项针对印度女性护理专业学生饮食态度和身体形态担忧的研究结果。方法。在一所与三级多专科医院相关联的政府护理学院进行了一项横断面观察性研究。使用的工具包括半结构化表格、饮食态度测试-26（EAT-26）和身体形态问卷（BSQ）。采用Pearson相关统计分析年龄和体重指数与EAT-26及BSQ分数之间的相关性。统计学显著性水平设定为p < 0.05。结果。共有97名护理专业学生返回了完整的研究问卷。体重指数与BSQ分数之间存在显著正相关。然而，未发现体重指数与EAT-26分数相关。结论。本研究结果为印度女性护理专业学生的身体形态和饮食态度带来了一些有趣的见解。
