作者
Lizeth Cifuentes, Alejandro Campos, Maria Laura Ricardo Silgado, Sydney Kelpin, Jessica Stutzman, Maria Daniela Hurtado, Karen Grothe, Donald D Hensrud, Matthew M Clark, Andres Acosta
发表日期
2022/9/1
期刊
Obesity Pillars
卷号
3
页码范围
100021
出版商
Elsevier
简介
Background
Given the link between eating behavior and obesity, it is critical to identify individuals who have eating behaviors which contribute to obesity etiology. This study aimed to investigate the potential relationship between symptoms of anxiety and eating behaviors in patients with obesity.
Methods
This was a cross-sectional study analyzing baseline characteristics of 438 patients with obesity (BMI>30). Patients completed the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) questionnaire, the Three-Factor Eating Questionnaire R21 (TFEQ-R21), and the Weight Efficacy Lifestyle Questionnaire (WEL). Pearson correlation coefficients were used to evaluate the association between questionnaires. Two-sample independent t-test were conducted to examine differences in the TFEQ-R21 and WEL between low and moderate to severe levels of symptoms of anxiety.
Results
Anxiety scores (HADS-A) positively …
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