Authors
Haitham Jahrami, Mai Sater, Ahmed Abdulla, Mo’ez Al-Islam Faris, Ahmed AlAnsari
Publication date
2019/6/1
Source
Eating and Weight Disorders-Studies on Anorexia, Bulimia and Obesity
Volume
24
Pages
397-410
Publisher
Springer International Publishing
Description
Purpose
Medical students appear to be a high-risk group to develop psychological problems including eating disorders (ED). The prevalence estimates of ED risk vary greatly between studies. This systematic review and meta-analysis was done to estimate the prevalence of ED risk among medical students.
Methods
An electronic search of EMBASE, MEDLINE, ProQuest and Google Scholar was conducted. Studies that reported the prevalence of ED risk among medical students and were published in English peer-reviewed journals between 1982 and 2017 were included. Information about study characteristics and the prevalence of ED risk were extracted by four investigators. Each article was reviewed independently by at least two investigators. Estimates were pooled using random-effects meta-analysis using the DerSimonian–Laird method. The main …
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H Jahrami, M Sater, A Abdulla, MAI Faris, A AlAnsari - Eating and Weight Disorders-Studies on Anorexia …, 2019