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Prevalence and Factors Associated with Eating Disorders in Military First Line of Defense against COVID-19: A Cross-Sectional Study during the Second Epidemic Wave in Peru

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dc.contributor.author Valladares-Garrido, Mario J.
dc.contributor.author León Figueroa, Darwin Anthony
dc.contributor.author Picón-Reátegui, Cinthia Karina
dc.contributor.author García-Vicente, Abigaíl
dc.contributor.author Valladares-Garrido, Danai
dc.contributor.author Failoc-Rojas, Virgilio E.
dc.contributor.author Pereira-Victorio, César Johan
dc.coverage.spatial Lambayeque, Peru
dc.date.accessioned 2023-03-23T15:49:33Z
dc.date.available 2023-03-23T15:49:33Z
dc.date.issued 2023
dc.identifier.uri https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12866/13275
dc.description.abstract Few studies have evaluated eating disorders in military personnel engaged in defense activities during the COVID-19 pandemic. We aimed to determine the prevalence and factors associated with eating disorders in military personnel from Lambayeque, Peru. A secondary data analysis was performed among 510 military personnel during the second epidemic wave of COVID-19 in Peru. We used the Eating Attitudes Test (EAT-26) to assess eating disorders. We explored associations with insomnia, food insecurity, physical activity, resilience, fear to COVID-19, burnout syndrome, anxiety, depression, post-traumatic stress and selected sociodemographic variables. Eating disorders were experienced by 10.2% of participants. A higher prevalence of eating disorders was associated with having 7 to 12 months (PR: 2.97; 95% CI: 1.24–7.11) and 19 months or more (PR: 2.62; 95% CI: 1.11–6.17) working in the first line of defense against COVID-19, fear of COVID-19 (PR: 2.20; 95% CI: 1.26–3.85), burnout syndrome (PR: 3.73; 95% CI: 1.90–7.33) and post-traumatic stress (PR: 2.97; 95% CI: 1.13–7.83). A low prevalence of eating disorders was found in the military personnel. However, prevention of this problem should be focused on at-risk groups that experience mental health burdens. en_US
dc.language.iso eng
dc.publisher MDPI
dc.relation.ispartofseries International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
dc.rights info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess
dc.rights.uri https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.es
dc.subject eating disorders en_US
dc.subject COVID-19 en_US
dc.subject eating symptoms en_US
dc.subject military en_US
dc.subject Peru en_US
dc.subject.mesh Trastornos de Alimentación y de la Ingestión de Alimentos
dc.subject.mesh COVID-19
dc.subject.mesh Personal Militar
dc.title Prevalence and Factors Associated with Eating Disorders in Military First Line of Defense against COVID-19: A Cross-Sectional Study during the Second Epidemic Wave in Peru en_US
dc.type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
dc.identifier.doi https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20042848
dc.relation.issn 1661-7827


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