Singh Mannat M, Ashok Lena, Binu V S, Parsekar Shradha S, Bhumika T V
Department of Public Health, Manipal University, Manipal, Karnataka, 576104, India.
Department of Statistics, Manipal University, Manipal, Karnataka, India.
Indian J Pediatr. 2015 Dec;82(12):1107-11. doi: 10.1007/s12098-015-1768-5. Epub 2015 May 8.
To assess proportion of adolescents perceiving their body image as normal and to study association between body shape, self-esteem and body mass index; each with body image perception.
A cross sectional study was conducted among pre university college (PUC) students of Udupi taluk. A total of 550 students in the age group of 15-19y were randomly selected from 11 PUC's: four were taken from government and unaided strata respectively and three from aided. The PUC's were selected based on proportional allocation from a total of 48 PUC's. From each PUC a class was randomly chosen as a cluster; all students in the class were included. Body shape questionnaire and Rosenberg self-esteem scale were used to assess body shape concerns and self-esteem respectively. Height and weight was measured and body mass index was calculated. SPSS version 15 has been used for analysis. Results were tabulated using frequency distribution and proportions. Multinomial logistic regression was done.
About 38 % of the respondents perceived their body image as normal. Body shape [OR = 0.48,95 % CI: 0.305, 0.76], self-esteem [OR = 6.12,95 % CI: 2.76, 13.9] and body mass index [OR = 4.65,95 % CI: 2.13,10.12] were found to be independently associated with body image perception.
Educational institutes are a major component of adolescent's lives; the identified factors for body image perception should be taken into consideration and appropriate educational efforts to be incorporated into the routine curriculum.
评估青少年认为自己身体形象正常的比例，并研究体型、自尊与体重指数之间的关联；以及它们各自与身体形象认知的关系。
在乌杜皮县的大学预科（PUC）学生中开展了一项横断面研究。从11所PUC中随机抽取了550名年龄在15 - 19岁的学生：其中四所分别来自政府和非资助阶层，三所来自资助阶层。这些PUC是从总共48所PUC中按比例分配选取的。从每所PUC中随机选择一个班级作为群组；该班级的所有学生都被纳入研究。分别使用体型问卷和罗森伯格自尊量表来评估对体型的担忧和自尊。测量身高和体重并计算体重指数。使用SPSS 15版进行分析。结果以频率分布和比例列表呈现。进行了多项逻辑回归分析。
约38%的受访者认为自己的身体形象正常。发现体型[比值比（OR）= 0.48，95%置信区间（CI）：0.305，0.76]、自尊[OR = 6.12，95% CI：2.76，13.9]和体重指数[OR = 4.65，95% CI：2.13，10.12]与身体形象认知独立相关。
教育机构是青少年生活的重要组成部分；应考虑到已确定的影响身体形象认知的因素，并将适当的教育措施纳入日常课程。
