López-Bueno Marta, Navarro-Prado Silvia, Fernández-Aparicio Ángel, Mohatar-Barba Miriam, López-Olivares María, Enrique-Mirón Carmen
Department of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, Melilla Campus, University of Granada, 52005 Melilla, Spain.
Instituto de Investigación Biosanitaria (ibs.GRANADA), 18014 Granada, Spain.
Nurs Rep. 2024 Oct 21;14(4):3097-3107. doi: 10.3390/nursrep14040225.
BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES: Overweight and obesity are growing concerns that also affect nursing staff, healthcare professionals that play a critical role in public health awareness and intervention. This study aimed to define the health parameters associated with body weight, analyze if there is an erroneous self-perception of overweight/obesity through the distortion of body weight perception, and determine the predictive factors of body weight distortion.
A cross-sectional study of 224 nursing students gathered anthropometric and demographic data. Self-perceived body weight was assessed using Stunkard and Stellar's scale. Descriptive statistics and multinomial logistic regression identified significant predictors of weight distortion.
The analysis found that men reported greater weight discrepancies than women. Specifically, 57% of the men (28 of 49 participants) underestimated their real BMI, while only 23% of the women (40 of 175 participants) did so. Age, sex, and weight classification emerged as significant explanatory variables for the distortion of body weight perception.
The findings indicate a significant vulnerability among nursing students to the misperception of their own body weight status, highlighting the need for targeted training strategies. These strategies should focus on correcting misperceptions of obesity among health professionals throughout their working life to improve future obesity prevention efforts for society.
背景/目的：超重和肥胖问题日益受到关注，这也影响到护理人员，他们是公共卫生意识和干预的关键角色。本研究旨在确定与体重相关的健康参数，分析是否存在因体重认知偏差导致的对超重/肥胖的错误自我认知，并确定体重认知偏差的预测因素。
对224名护理专业学生进行横断面研究，收集人体测量和人口统计学数据。使用斯图卡德和斯特拉尔量表评估自我感知体重。描述性统计和多项逻辑回归确定了体重认知偏差的重要预测因素。
分析发现，男性报告的体重差异比女性更大。具体而言，57%的男性（49名参与者中的28名）低估了他们的实际体重指数，而只有23%的女性（175名参与者中的40名）这样做。年龄、性别和体重分类成为体重认知偏差的重要解释变量。
研究结果表明，护理专业学生在对自身体重状况的认知上存在显著的易感性，凸显了针对性培训策略的必要性。这些策略应侧重于在整个职业生涯中纠正卫生专业人员对肥胖的错误认知，以改善未来社会的肥胖预防工作。
