Potential eating disorder exhibited with daytime functional vulnerabilities associated with sleep problems in Japanese adolescents: A cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Eating disorders (ED) are serious psychiatric disorders that affect individuals, especially adolescents. It has been suggested that nonclinical ED-like characteristics are related to sleep problems. We conducted a survey of Japanese adolescents to investigate this claim.

Method

In this cross-sectional study, 398 adolescents aged 12-18 years responded to a self-administered questionnaire survey. We used the Eating Attitudes Test-26 (EAT-26) and the Athens Insomnia Scale (AIS) to measure potential ED and sleep problems, respectively.

Results

Adolescents with potential ED had significantly higher daytime functional vulnerability potentially associated with sleep problems than those without ED. In particular, problems with a sense of well-being and physical and

SUBMITTER: Hirai T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9226844 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature