Prisco Ana Paula Kalil, de Araújo Tânia Maria, de Almeida Maura Maria Guimarães, Santos Kionna Oliveira Bernardes
Departamento de Saúde, Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana, Feira de Santana, BA, 44031-460.
Cien Saude Colet. 2013 Apr;18(4):1109-18. doi: 10.1590/s1413-81232013000400024.
This article seeks to estimate the prevalence of eating disorders among workers living in urban areas of Feira de Santana, Bahia. It involves an epidemiologic, descriptive and exploratory cross-sectional study of 1,273 randomly selected workers. Socio-demographic and work characteristics, lifestyle, psychosocial aspects at work and eating behavior were investigated. Females were predominant (60.2%), the youngest 51.7% were up to 35 years old, married (53.1%), Afro-Brazilian descent (55.2%), with high school education (51.5%) and with low incomes (81.2%). The prevalence of Binge Eating Disorder and Bulimia Nervosa were, respectively, 4.3% and 1%. The prevalence of these disorders was higher among workers who indulged in excessive alcohol consumption, were dissatisfied with their personal appearance and weight, reported violence in childhood and had financial problems or related worries. Also included were those involved in house care services and commerce, who had informal work arrangements or were in highly demanding work environments. Besides investigating the relation between eating disorders and work, data was provided about these disorders in a population-based study. It is hoped that this study may encourage investments in health policies for these disorders.
本文旨在估算巴伊亚州费拉德桑塔纳市区工人饮食失调症的患病率。这是一项针对1273名随机抽取工人的流行病学、描述性和探索性横断面研究。研究调查了社会人口学和工作特征、生活方式、工作中的心理社会因素以及饮食行为。女性占主导地位（60.2%），最年轻的51.7%年龄在35岁及以下，已婚（53.1%），有非洲裔巴西血统（55.2%），接受过高中教育（51.5%）且收入较低（81.2%）。暴饮暴食症和神经性贪食症的患病率分别为4.3%和1%。在酗酒、对自己的外貌和体重不满意、童年时期遭受过暴力以及有经济问题或相关担忧的工人中，这些疾病的患病率更高。还包括那些从事家庭护理服务和商业工作、工作安排不正规或处于高要求工作环境的人。除了调查饮食失调症与工作之间的关系外，本研究还在一项基于人群的研究中提供了有关这些疾病的数据。希望这项研究能够鼓励对针对这些疾病的健康政策进行投资。
