Objective: To determine the association between body image dissatisfaction (BID) and depressive
symptoms in adolescents from a school in Lima, Peru.
Methods: A cross-sectional study was performed through a census of 875 high-school students, aged
13 to 17 years, from a school in Lima. Participants completed a survey containing the Body Shape
Questionnaire (BSQ) and the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9). Data regarding demographics,
alcohol and tobacco use, self-esteem, and family history of depression were also obtained. To identify
associated factors, Poisson regression with robust variance was used. Prevalence ratios with 95%
confidence intervals were calculated.
Results: Of the 875 adolescents, 55.8% were male. The mean age was 14.161.5 years. Depressive
symptoms were observed in 19.9% of participants. An association between BID and depressive
symptoms was found. Alcohol and tobacco use were also associated with the outcome of interest.
Conclusions: Teens who had BID were 3.7 times more likely to report depressive symptoms.
Additionally, those who used tobacco or alcohol were 1.5 and 1.4 times more likely to have depressive
symptoms, respectively. Further studies targeting other populations and using longitudinal designs are
recommended.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:PERUUPC/oai:repositorioacademico.upc.edu.pe:10757/621303 |
| Date | January 2017 |
| Creators | Flores-Cornejo, Fiorela, Kamego-Tome, Mayumi, Zapata-Pachas, Mariana A., Alvarado, German F. |
| Contributors | zapatamari31@gmail.com |
| Source Sets | Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas (UPC) |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Rights | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/, info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
| Relation | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-44462017005007101&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en |
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