Eating disorders and psychiatric comorbidity among first-year university students in Sweden: Prevalence and risk factors.

ABSTRACT:

Background

This study explored eating disorders (ED) prevalences, comorbidity of ED with other mental disorders, and risk factors for ED among university students. ED included binge eating disorder (BED), bulimia nervosa (BN), or other specified feeding and eating disorders (OSFED).

Methods

A total of 3425 first-year university students in Sweden completed an online survey covering a range of criteria for psychiatric diagnoses, within the World Mental Health International College Student (WMH-ICS) initiative. Pearson's χ² -tests were used to compare algorithm-based diagnostic prevalences for eating disorders and other comorbid psychiatric disorders between three groups: students with ED with or without other comorbid psychiatric disorders (A), students with psychi

SUBMITTER: Strid C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11924712 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature