Sawant Neena Sanjiv, More Shermeen Rajesh, Singh Shreyansh Dinesh, Agrawal Ansh Sanjay, Chauhan Ananya
Departments of Psychiatry, Seth GSMC and KEM Hospital, Parel, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
Medical Undergraduates, Seth GSMC and KEM Hospital, Parel, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
Ind Psychiatry J. 2024 Jan-Jun;33(1):127-132. doi: 10.4103/ipj.ipj_298_23. Epub 2024 Feb 16.
Despite increasing incidence, there is little data on abnormal eating behaviours or disorders in Indian youth, especially medical students. Additionally, little literature exists measuring the association of social media use with abnormal eating behaviours.
To assess the prevalence of abnormal eating behaviours amongst medical students, social media usage, and any association of social media usage with eating behaviours.
An online cross-sectional questionnaire-based study was conducted with 272 participants at a medical college, and two scales: the Three-Factor Eating Questionnaire-Revised 21items (TFEQ-R21) and the Scale of Effects of social media on Eating Behaviour (SESMEB) were used.
22% of the participants reported abnormal eating behaviours. A significant difference in the effect of social media on eating behaviour according to the year of study [f = 3.08, = 0.02] was seen with the final years having the lowest and the first years having the highest SESMEB scores. Students using more than 4 social media platforms had a higher SESMEB score [t = -2.02, < 0.04]. A positive correlation was seen between TFEQ domains such as uncontrolled eating [r = 0.38, = 0.01], emotional eating [r = 0.30, = 0.01], and TFEQ total score [r = 0.40, = 0.01] with SESMEB scores.
This study finds a significant correlation between increased social media usage and developing abnormal eating behaviours in medical students. It highlights the need for the creation of policies regulating social media use with eating behaviours in mind.
尽管发病率不断上升,但关于印度青少年,尤其是医学生的异常饮食行为或饮食失调的数据很少。此外,几乎没有文献衡量社交媒体使用与异常饮食行为之间的关联。
评估医学生中异常饮食行为的患病率、社交媒体使用情况,以及社交媒体使用与饮食行为之间的任何关联。
在一所医学院对272名参与者进行了一项基于在线横断面问卷调查的研究,并使用了两个量表:三因素饮食问卷修订版21项(TFEQ-R21)和社交媒体对饮食行为影响量表(SESMEB)。
22%的参与者报告有异常饮食行为。根据学习年份,社交媒体对饮食行为的影响存在显著差异[f = 3.08,P = 0.02],最后一年的SESMEB得分最低,第一年的得分最高。使用超过4个社交媒体平台的学生SESMEB得分更高[t = -2.02,P < 0.04]。TFEQ的一些领域,如失控饮食[r = 0.38,P = 0.01]、情绪化饮食[r = 0.30,P = 0.01]以及TFEQ总分[r = 0.40,P = 0.01]与SESMEB得分呈正相关。
本研究发现医学生中社交媒体使用增加与出现异常饮食行为之间存在显著相关性。它强调了制定考虑到社交媒体使用与饮食行为关系的政策的必要性。