Elsa Sfeir1,2, Chadia Haddad3,4, Pascale Salameh5,6,7, Hala Sacre5,8, Rabih Hallit1, Marwan Akel5,9, Karl Honein1, Maria Akiki1, Nelly Kheir10, Sahar Obeid11,12,13, Souheil Hallit14,15. 1. Faculty of Medicine and Medical Sciences, Holy Spirit University of Kaslik (USEK), Jounieh, Lebanon. 2. Department of Pediatrics, Notre Dame des Secours University Hospital, Byblos, Lebanon. 3. Research Department, Psychiatric Hospital of the Cross, P.O. Box 60096, Jall-Eddib, Lebanon. 4. Université de Limoges, UMR 1094, Neuroépidémiologie Tropicale, Institut d'Epidémiologie et de Neurologie Tropicale, GEIST, Limoges, 87000, France. 5. INSPECT-LB: Institut National de Santé Publique, Épidémiologie Clinique et Toxicologie, Beirut, Lebanon. 6. Faculty of Pharmacy, Lebanese University, Hadat, Lebanon. 7. Faculty of Medicine, Lebanese University, Hadat, Lebanon. 8. Drug Information Center, Order of Pharmacists of Lebanon, Beirut, Lebanon. 9. School of Pharmacy, Lebanese International University, Beirut, Lebanon. 10. Faculty of Pedagogy, Holy Family University, Batroun, 5534, Lebanon. 11. Research Department, Psychiatric Hospital of the Cross, P.O. Box 60096, Jall-Eddib, Lebanon. saharobeid23@hotmail.com. 12. INSPECT-LB: Institut National de Santé Publique, Épidémiologie Clinique et Toxicologie, Beirut, Lebanon. saharobeid23@hotmail.com. 13. Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Holy Spirit University of Kaslik (USEK), Jounieh, Lebanon. saharobeid23@hotmail.com. 14. Faculty of Medicine and Medical Sciences, Holy Spirit University of Kaslik (USEK), Jounieh, Lebanon. souheilhallit@hotmail.com. 15. INSPECT-LB: Institut National de Santé Publique, Épidémiologie Clinique et Toxicologie, Beirut, Lebanon. souheilhallit@hotmail.com.
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: To assess the implication of disordered eating behaviors (DEBs) on the quality of life (QOL) of a sample of the Lebanese population, after adjustment over sociodemographic characteristics of those participants. Secondary objective aimed to assess the role of body dissatisfaction (BD) in the association of DEBs and QOL. METHODS: This cross-sectional study was done between January and May 2018 and enrolled 811 participants from the community. A proportionate random sample technique was used to select the sample from all Lebanese Mohafazat. The World Health Organization Quality-of-life (WHOQOL)-BREF was used to assess the QOL and it includes four domains: physical health, psychological health, social relations, and environment. RESULTS: Body dissatisfaction was found to be a major confounding factor contributing to psychological and environmental HQOL impairments in patient with restrained eating. Nevertheless, orthorexia nervosa was associated with QOL impairments in its physical and environmental domains, regardless of body dissatisfaction that was shown to be a major contributor for QOL impairments. Similarly, ON was directly correlated with QOL of life impairment in its physical and environmental domains, independently of all other risk factors. CONCLUSION: When adding body dissatisfaction as a confounding variable, restrained eating and orthorexia nervosa remained significantly associated with quality-of-life impairments. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: Level V, cross-sectional descriptive study.
OBJECTIVES: To assess the implication of disordered eating behaviors (DEBs) on the quality of life (QOL) of a sample of the Lebanese population, after adjustment over sociodemographic characteristics of those participants. Secondary objective aimed to assess the role of body dissatisfaction (BD) in the association of DEBs and QOL. METHODS: This cross-sectional study was done between January and May 2018 and enrolled 811 participants from the community. A proportionate random sample technique was used to select the sample from all Lebanese Mohafazat. The World Health Organization Quality-of-life (WHOQOL)-BREF was used to assess the QOL and it includes four domains: physical health, psychological health, social relations, and environment. RESULTS: Body dissatisfaction was found to be a major confounding factor contributing to psychological and environmental HQOL impairments in patient with restrained eating. Nevertheless, orthorexia nervosa was associated with QOL impairments in its physical and environmental domains, regardless of body dissatisfaction that was shown to be a major contributor for QOL impairments. Similarly, ON was directly correlated with QOL of life impairment in its physical and environmental domains, independently of all other risk factors. CONCLUSION: When adding body dissatisfaction as a confounding variable, restrained eating and orthorexia nervosa remained significantly associated with quality-of-life impairments. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: Level V, cross-sectional descriptive study.
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Keywords:
Binge eating; Body dissatisfaction; Eating attitudes; Orthorexia nervosa; Quality of life; Restrained eating
Authors: Antonio Preti; Giovanni de Girolamo; Gemma Vilagut; Jordi Alonso; Ron de Graaf; Ronny Bruffaerts; Koen Demyttenaere; Alejandra Pinto-Meza; Josep Maria Haro; Piero Morosini Journal: J Psychiatr Res Date: 2009-05-08 Impact factor: 4.791