沙特高中生的饮食习惯变化是否表明他们的心理健康问题日益严重？
Do changes in eating behaviors signal rising mental health concerns among Saudi high schoolers?
机构信息
School of Public Administration, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, China.
Department of Civil Engineering, College of Engineering, Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University, Al-Kharj, 11942, Saudi Arabia.
出版信息
BMC Psychol. 2024 Aug 2;12(1):424. doi: 10.1186/s40359-024-01920-5.
BACKGROUND
Deteriorated eating attitudes have emerged as a prominent psychiatric illness with increasing prevalence in industrialized societies. This research endeavors to investigate the relationships between deteriorated eating patterns and mental health among Saudi high school students after the COVID-19 outbreak.
METHODS
A sample of 2817 students from two high schools in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, completed a questionnaire about their demographic characteristics and symptoms of anxiety (GAD-7), depression (PHQ-9), and deteriorated eating patterns (Eating Attitudes Test 26) via convenience sampling technique. Multiple regression analysis was carried out to predict the potential associations between deteriorated eating patterns and levels of anxiety and depression among the study participants.
RESULTS
The findings demonstrated a moderate and statistically significant correlation between deteriorated eating patterns and levels of anxiety and depression among the participants in the study. In evaluating the three dimensions of deteriorated eating patterns through regression analysis, it is observed that dieting (anxiety: β = 0.275, depression: β = 0.287) exhibits the highest potential in predicting the levels of anxiety and depression, followed by oral control (anxiety: β = 0.240, depression: β = 0.232) and bulimia & food preoccupation (anxiety: β = 0.218, depression: β = 0.186).
CONCLUSIONS
The findings highlight the necessity to place additional emphasis on students displaying deteriorated eating patterns and symptoms, as these individuals may potentially be experiencing accompanying mental health concerns warranting further assessment.
背景
在工业化社会中，饮食态度恶化已成为一种突出的精神疾病，其患病率不断上升。本研究旨在调查 COVID-19 爆发后沙特高中生饮食模式恶化与心理健康之间的关系。
方法
采用方便抽样技术，对沙特吉达市两所高中的 2817 名学生进行问卷调查，内容包括人口统计学特征、焦虑症状（GAD-7）、抑郁症状（PHQ-9）和饮食模式恶化（Eating Attitudes Test 26）。采用多元回归分析预测研究参与者饮食模式恶化与焦虑和抑郁水平之间的潜在关联。
结果
研究结果表明，研究参与者的饮食模式恶化与焦虑和抑郁水平之间存在中度且具有统计学意义的相关性。通过回归分析评估饮食模式恶化的三个维度，发现节食（焦虑：β=0.275，抑郁：β=0.287）在预测焦虑和抑郁水平方面具有最高的潜力，其次是口腔控制（焦虑：β=0.240，抑郁：β=0.232）和贪食和食物关注（焦虑：β=0.218，抑郁：β=0.186）。
结论
研究结果强调需要更加重视出现饮食模式恶化和症状的学生，因为这些人可能同时存在需要进一步评估的心理健康问题。
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