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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2-3
pubmed:dateCreated
1985-11-19
pubmed:abstractText
We used a purpose-designed questionnaire to survey the prevalence of binge-eating and bulimia in a sample of 1063 Dublin third-level students aged 17-25 yr. There were 361 males and 701 females. The questionnaire was based on DSM-III, and included a written definition of a binge and cross-check questions. Although 17.7% of males and 37% of females claimed to have had an eating binge, cross-check items reduced this to 1.1% of males and 10.8% of females who met the DSM-III definition. No male and only 7.7% of females also met the behavioural criteria under item B of DSM-III, and only 5% of females reported dysphoric mood. Excluding those experiencing fewer than one episode per week gave a prevalence of 2.8% in females and 0% on males. Previously-reported prevalences using questionnaire may be inflated due to poor respondent understanding of the psychiatric terms being used.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0022-3956
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
19
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
161-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1985
pubmed:articleTitle
The prevalence of binge-eating and bulimia in 1063 college students.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article