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Castro, A., Cordova, E., Reyes, N., Galindo, E. (2021). Asociación entre el estado de ansiedad y el grado de binge eating en estudiantes de medicina de una universidad peruana [Trabajo de investigación, Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas (UPC)]. http://hdl.handle.net/10757/654831
Castro, A., Cordova, E., Reyes, N., Galindo, E. Asociación entre el estado de ansiedad y el grado de binge eating en estudiantes de medicina de una universidad peruana [Trabajo de investigación]. PE: Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas (UPC); 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/10757/654831
@misc{renati/393995,
title = "Asociación entre el estado de ansiedad y el grado de binge eating en estudiantes de medicina de una universidad peruana",
author = "Galindo Flores , Edshon Ayrton",
publisher = "Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas (UPC)",
year = "2021"
}
Introduction: Anxiety can generate feelings of deep concern and has been associated with inadequate nutrition and one of the affected groups is university students, who present changes in the quality of food and tend to binge, especially in those who are in the first years of the medical career. The objective of this study is to identify the association between the state of anxiety and the degree of Binge Eating in medical students from the Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas (UPC). Methodology: Cross-sectional analytical study in students over 18 years of age of the Medicine career of the UPC. 126 students were invited to applied the Beck anxiety questionnaire (BAI) and according to the score obtained, the level of anxiety was classified as: very low (less than 22 points, moderate anxiety (22 to 35 points), high anxiety (36 or more points) To evaluate Binge Eating, a questionnaire that measures the Binge Eating Scale (BES) was used and according to the results it was classified as: nonexistence of Binge Eating (0 to 17 points), moderate presence (18 to 26 points). points) and severe presence (27 or more points). Results: An increase in the prevalence of Binge Eating was observed in participants with higher levels of anxiety. Conclusions: Although there was evidence of an association between the state of anxiety and the degree of Binge eating, the presence of variables such as symptoms of depression, measured with PHQ-2, showed a greater relationship with it.
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