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A two‐stage epidemiologic study on prevalence of eating disorders in female university students in Mexico
Author(s) -
MancillaDiaz Juan Manuel,
FrancoParedes Karina,
VazquezArevalo Rosalia,
LopezAguilar Xochitl,
AlvarezRayon Georgina L.,
TellezGiron Ma. Trinidad O.
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
european eating disorders review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.511
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1099-0968
pISSN - 1072-4133
DOI - 10.1002/erv.796
Subject(s) - bulimia nervosa , eating disorders , anorexia nervosa , prevalence , eating attitudes test , psychology , psychiatry , not otherwise specified , anorexia , clinical psychology , medicine , epidemiology
Objective This study investigated the prevalence of eating disorders (ED) in women. Method Two samples of university students (1995, n = 522; 2002, n = 880) completed the Eating Attitudes Test and the Bulimia Test (BULIT; Stage 1). During Stage 2, the women that exceeded the cut‐off point of one or both questionnaires and a random sample of women that did not exceed the cut‐off point were interviewed. Results The results showed a prevalence rate of 0.49% for ED in 1995 (0.14% for bulimia nervosa [BN] and 0.35% for EDs not otherwise specified [EDNOS]) and a prevalence rate of ED of 1.15% in 2002 (0.24% for BN and 0.91% for EDNOS). Anorexia nervosa was not found in either of the evaluated periods. Nevertheless, the results must be taken with reservation since there was a high rate of loss to follow‐up (second stage). Discussion The data of this study support the findings of other studies, including studies with Spanish‐speaking samples, that EDNOS is the most common ED followed by BN and AN. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd and Eating Disorders Association.