Alshdifat Enas, Alkhawaldeh Abdullah, Albashtawy Mohammed, Ta'an Wafa'a, Mohammad Khitam, Al-Rawashdeh Sami, Malak Malakeh, Al-Modallal Hanan, Al-Dwaikat Tariq, Aljezawi Ma'en, Hamadneh Shereen, Suliman Mohammad, Abdalrahim Asem, Albashtawy Sa'd
Department of Medical and Surgical, Jordan Ministry of Health, Jordan.
Department of Community and Mental Health Nursing, Princess Salma Faculty of Nursing, Al Al-Bayt University, Mafraq, Jordan.
Iran J Nurs Midwifery Res. 2024 Jan 9;29(1):125-132. doi: 10.4103/ijnmr.ijnmr_301_22. eCollection 2024 Jan-Feb.
Although breakfast skipping among university students is a significant concern, its prevalence and the contributing factors among university students have received little attention in the literature. This study aims to determine the prevalence of skipping breakfast among Jordanian university students and examine the associated factors and variations in rates of skipping breakfast by day of the week.
A cross-sectional study was conducted among undergraduate students between March and May 2022 through a self-questionnaire. A convenience sample of 891 students was chosen at four Jordanian public universities. The data were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics.
The prevalence of skipping breakfast among university students was 66%. The reasons for skipping breakfast were having no time due to oversleeping and having no feeling of hunger (59% for both), followed by having no energy to prepare the breakfast and making no difference (49% and 48%), and not being able to afford to eat or buy breakfast (19%). There is a strong correlation between eating fast food and skipping breakfast. With whom the student eats breakfast is significantly associated with breakfast skipping, revealing that the highest percentages of skipping occur with friends. About 63% of students skipped breakfast through university days compared with 37% on the weekend, while 37% of them had breakfast through university days compared with 67% on the weekend.
A high percentage of university students in Jordan skip breakfast. More attention should be paid to correlating factors and developing interventions to help students adhere to the breakfast.
尽管大学生不吃早餐是一个重大问题，但文献中很少关注其在大学生中的流行情况及影响因素。本研究旨在确定约旦大学生不吃早餐的流行情况，并研究相关因素以及按一周中的日期划分的不吃早餐率的差异。
2022年3月至5月期间，通过自填问卷对本科生进行了一项横断面研究。在约旦四所公立大学选取了891名学生作为便利样本。使用描述性和推断性统计方法对数据进行分析。
大学生不吃早餐的流行率为66%。不吃早餐的原因是因睡过头没时间（两者均为59%）和没有饥饿感，其次是没有精力准备早餐和觉得没区别（分别为49%和48%），以及吃不起或买不起早餐（19%）。吃快餐与不吃早餐之间存在很强的相关性。学生与谁一起吃早餐与不吃早餐显著相关，表明与朋友一起时不吃早餐的比例最高。约63%的学生在大学期间不吃早餐，而周末这一比例为37%；37%的学生在大学期间吃早餐，而周末这一比例为67%。
约旦有很大比例的大学生不吃早餐。应更多关注相关因素并制定干预措施，以帮助学生坚持吃早餐。
