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Bulimia symptoms in Czech youth: prevalence and association with internalizing problems

OBJECTIVE: Although clinical studies suggest that bulimia symptoms are common in youth, research on the prevalence of such symptoms and of their association with comorbid internalizing problems in the general population has been limited. This study aimed to evaluate the gender-specific prevalence of...

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Autores principales: Larsen, Anna, Lilja, Marie, Sturidsson, Knut, Blatny, Marek, Hrdlicka, Michal, Stickley, Andrew, Ruchkin, Vladislav
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer International Publishing 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7581576/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31621001
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40519-019-00790-w
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author Larsen, Anna
Lilja, Marie
Sturidsson, Knut
Blatny, Marek
Hrdlicka, Michal
Stickley, Andrew
Ruchkin, Vladislav
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Lilja, Marie
Sturidsson, Knut
Blatny, Marek
Hrdlicka, Michal
Stickley, Andrew
Ruchkin, Vladislav
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description OBJECTIVE: Although clinical studies suggest that bulimia symptoms are common in youth, research on the prevalence of such symptoms and of their association with comorbid internalizing problems in the general population has been limited. This study aimed to evaluate the gender-specific prevalence of bulimia symptoms in Czech youth and explored the association between a clinical level of self-reported bulimia symptoms (CLBS) and internalizing problems by gender, controlling for age, socio-economic status and puberty status. METHOD: The study was conducted on a representative national sample of Czech youth (N = 4430, 57.0% female) using self-report scales. Multivariate analysis of covariance (MANCOVA) was used to examine the associations. RESULTS: The 3-month CLBS prevalence was higher in girls (11.4%) than in boys (3.8%) and in both genders a CLBS was associated with higher levels of comorbid internalizing problems. DISCUSSION: Timely recognition of bulimia symptoms and associated risk factors is important for early prevention and intervention strategies. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: V, cross-sectional descriptive study (according to Oxford (UK) CEBM Levels of Evidence, 2011).
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spelling pubmed-75815762020-10-27 Bulimia symptoms in Czech youth: prevalence and association with internalizing problems Larsen, Anna Lilja, Marie Sturidsson, Knut Blatny, Marek Hrdlicka, Michal Stickley, Andrew Ruchkin, Vladislav Eat Weight Disord Original Article OBJECTIVE: Although clinical studies suggest that bulimia symptoms are common in youth, research on the prevalence of such symptoms and of their association with comorbid internalizing problems in the general population has been limited. This study aimed to evaluate the gender-specific prevalence of bulimia symptoms in Czech youth and explored the association between a clinical level of self-reported bulimia symptoms (CLBS) and internalizing problems by gender, controlling for age, socio-economic status and puberty status. METHOD: The study was conducted on a representative national sample of Czech youth (N = 4430, 57.0% female) using self-report scales. Multivariate analysis of covariance (MANCOVA) was used to examine the associations. RESULTS: The 3-month CLBS prevalence was higher in girls (11.4%) than in boys (3.8%) and in both genders a CLBS was associated with higher levels of comorbid internalizing problems. DISCUSSION: Timely recognition of bulimia symptoms and associated risk factors is important for early prevention and intervention strategies. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: V, cross-sectional descriptive study (according to Oxford (UK) CEBM Levels of Evidence, 2011). Springer International Publishing 2019-10-16 2020 /pmc/articles/PMC7581576/ /pubmed/31621001 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40519-019-00790-w Text en © The Author(s) 2019 Open AccessThis article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made.
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Blatny, Marek
Hrdlicka, Michal
Stickley, Andrew
Ruchkin, Vladislav
Bulimia symptoms in Czech youth: prevalence and association with internalizing problems
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title_short Bulimia symptoms in Czech youth: prevalence and association with internalizing problems
title_sort bulimia symptoms in czech youth: prevalence and association with internalizing problems
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7581576/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31621001
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40519-019-00790-w
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