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Night-Eating Syndrome and Depressive Symptoms in College Freshmen: Fitness Improvement Tactics in Youths (FITYou) Project
- Source :
- Psychology Research and Behavior Management. 13:185-191
- Publication Year :
- 2020
- Publisher :
- Informa UK Limited, 2020.
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Abstract
- Background Emerging evidence has shown that night-eating syndrome is correlated to depressive symptoms. However, these studies were mainly small-scale investigations. Purpose This study aimed to examine the association of night-eating syndrome with depressive symptoms among college students using a large-scale sample. Methods A cross-sectional study, which was a part of the Fitness Improvement Tactics in Youth Project, was conducted in 2017. The current study included 3278 college freshmen from Shenyang, China. They completed self-administered questionnaires and provided their sociodemographic and lifestyle information. Night-eating syndrome was assessed using the night-eating questionnaire (NEQ). Depressive symptoms were measured using the Self-rating Depression Scale (SDS). Results Of participants, 5.4% had night-eating syndrome (NEQ score ≥30), and 21.3% had depressive symptoms (SDS score ≥53). Prevalence of night-eating syndrome was higher in male than female students (p = 0.006). Logistic regression analysis indicated that students with night-eating syndrome had a higher prevalence of depressive symptoms than those without the syndrome after adjusting covariates (odds ratios [95% CI]: 3.28 [2.40, 4.48], p < 0.001). Consistent results were found when night-eating syndrome was defined as NEQ score ≥25. In addition, analysis of covariance showed a significant association between NEQ quartiles and SDS score (mean [95% CI]: Q1, 44.4 [43.8, 45.0]; Q2, 43.4 [42.7, 44.0]; Q3, 44.4 [43.7, 45.1]; Q4, 47.5 [46.9, 48.2], p < 0.001 for linear and quadratic trend). Conclusion This study showed an association between night-eating syndrome and depressive symptoms among Chinese college freshmen.
- Subjects :
- Depression scale
business.industry
05 social sciences
Odds ratio
Logistic regression
medicine.disease
Quadratic trend
050105 experimental psychology
Night eating syndrome
03 medical and health sciences
Psychiatry and Mental health
0302 clinical medicine
Quartile
Medicine
0501 psychology and cognitive sciences
030212 general & internal medicine
business
Female students
General Psychology
Depressive symptoms
Clinical psychology
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Details
- ISSN :
- 11791578
- Volume :
- 13
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Psychology Research and Behavior Management
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........638a8489729c8e7bad60158b0f0765c9