Volume : VI, Issue : X, October - 2017

Prevalence of binge eating disorder among adults in the eastern province of Saudi Arabia

Huda Abdul Rahman Mohaini, Mansour Alenzi, Ama Alshammary

Abstract :

Background: Binge eating disorder (BED) is an eating disorder characterized by frequent consumption of unusually large amounts of food within a 2–hour period accompanied by a sense of lack of control, without the use of compensatory behaviors such as vomiting, gorging, or excessive exercising unlike bulimia nervosa (BN). [A1] It is associated with feelings of guilt, disgust, depression after a binge eating episode. It also involves eating without being hungry and sometimes eating out of board, [A2] leading to various complications mainly obesity.

Objectives: This study aimed to determine the prevalence of BED among health care workers at King Fahd Military Medical Complex (KFMMC) in the eastern province of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, determine the risk factors of BED among them, and measure the association between body mass index (BMI) and BED from 2016 to 2017.

Methodology: A cross–sectional study design was used to determine the prevalence of BED and the associated factors. Self–administered questionnaires including the binge eating scale were used for data collection to measure the symptoms and characteristics of BED with a cutoff point of 18. A score of 18–26 was considered as moderate binge eating and above 27 as severe binge eating. The questionnaire was distributed among a representative sample of health care workers at KMMC. The samples were selected using the simple randomization method.

 Results: A total of 377 adult females and males participated in this study, with a response rate of 100%. About 50% participants were male and 50 % were female. The mean age was 33.69 years. The mean body mass index (BMI) was 25.35. Binge eating habits were present in 28.64 % of the health care workers at KFMMC. Results showed a strong association between binge eating score (BES) and BMI[A3] , with a p–value of 0.001. However, the association between BES and age was less significant, with a p–value of 0.044.

Conclusion: Only 28.64% of health care workers at KFMMC were binge eaters. Causality could not be determined due to the cross–sectional limitation, and further prospective studies need to be conducted.

 [A1]This sentence is revised in order to enhance clarity. Please check if revision made is acceptable.

 [A2]Do you mean out of boredom?

 [A3]In the methodology, you have not indicated that this correlation was investaged.

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Huda Abdul Rahman Mohaini, Mansour Alenzi, Ama Alshammary, Prevalence of binge eating disorder among adults in the eastern province of Saudi Arabia, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH : Volume-6 | Issue-10 | October-2017


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