期刊名称：International Journal of Applied Behavioral Sciences
出版年度：2016
卷号：3
期号：1
页码：25-30
语种：English
出版社：Behavioral Sciences Research Center Of (SBMU)
其他摘要：Introduction : Eating disorders are serious psychiatric illness, defined by abnormal eating behaviors, shape and weight regulation difficulties and weight over concern. Objectives: this study sought to explore the prevalence and intensity of anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, binge eating and their sub-thresholds in women who referred to wellness and fitness centers. Materials and Methods: 946 women with a mean age of 24.64 were selected via simple random sampling. All participants were asked to complete Eating Disorder Diagnostic Scale (EDDS) and their body mass index (BMI) was calculated. . Analyzing data was done using descriptive statistics; Chi-square test, and multivariate analysis of variance. Results: the prevalence rate of anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, binge eating in whole sample is 6.02%, 4.01% and 13.0% respectively. Discussion: DSM-5-defined eating disorders and its sub thresholds are common in women, binge eating with 16% prevalence rate is more common than other disorders. Further studies with assessing DSM-5 eating disorders in clinical and non-clinical population are greatly needed.
