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Associations of night eating with depressive symptoms among health sciences students living in a postconflict region

Published:2024-02 Issue:1 Volume:88 Page:29-47
ISSN:0025-9284
Container-title:Bulletin of the Menninger Clinic
language:en
Short-container-title:Bulletin of the Menninger Clinic

Author:

Aleksic Vojkan¹,Gazibara Tatjana²,Jeremic Biljana¹,Gasic Sanja³,Dotlic Jelena⁴,Stevanovic Jasmina⁵,Arsovic Aleksandra⁶,Milic Marija⁵

Affiliation:

1. PhD student in the Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia. Also teaches in the secondary school for nursing, Cuprija, Serbia, where Biljana Jeremic is a teacher.

2. Institute of Epidemiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia.

3. The Institute of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Pristina, temporarily seated in Kosovska Mitrovica, Serbia.

4. Clinic for Obstetrics and Gynecology, Clinical Center of Serbia, Belgrade, Serbia, and in the Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia.

5. Department of Epidemiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Pristina temporarily seated in Kosovska Mitrovica, Mitrovica, Serbia, and the Institute of Public Health of Serbia, “Dr Milan Jovanovic Batut,” Belgrade, Serbia.

6. The Military Medical Academy of the University of Defense, Belgrade, Serbia.

Abstract

Populations affected by war may experience food insecurity, which could predispose them to eating disorders. A cross-sectional study was conducted among health sciences students in Northern Kosovo from November 2018 to March 2019. Data were collected using the sociodemographic Night Eating Questionnaire (NEQ), the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), and the Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI). The study sample comprised 534 students. The prevalence of students who had at least mild depression (BDI ≥ 10) was 20.6%. More frequent night eating was consistently associated with a higher EDI score in the total sample as well as in the subgroup of students whose EDI score was ≥ 10. In addition, having poorer sleep quality and having more anxiety symptoms were associated with having stronger depressive symptoms. In a population of health sciences students who live in a post-conflict region, night eating is associated with having stronger depressive symptoms.

Publisher

Guilford Publications

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