Factors influencing metabolic syndrome, binge eating disorder, and depression among students of a university in Phranakhon Si Ayutthaya province, Thailand
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Background: A variety of factors contribute to depression among university students. Individual characteristics, especially health factors, are significant causal factors.
Objectives: To investigate the factors influencing metabolic syndrome, binge eating disorder, and depression among students at a university in Phranakhon Si Ayutthaya Province.
Methods: A cross-sectional analytical study was conducted with 366 students from years 1-4 at a university in Phranakhon Si Ayutthaya province, Thailand. Data were collected between September 2023 and January 2024 using questionnaires, binge eating disorder symptoms assessment, and depression assessment (9Q) and analyzed using descriptive statistics such as frequency, percentage, mean, and standard deviation, and inferential statistics to test the factors influencing depression by analyzing multiple binomial logistic regression.
Results: Most students did not suffer from depression 60.9%. Factors influencing depression in university students at a statistically significant level of .05 included adequate income, stress from teasing about body shape, and symptoms of binge eating disorder. However, no influence was found between metabolic syndrome and depression.
Conclusions: The university and related agencies should promote and care for students' health, such as providing counseling services to solve mental health problems, managing stress and depression in students, encouraging students to earn more income or reduce expenses, promoting self-confidence and not encouraging the parody of others, and preventing and managing symptoms of binge eating disorder.
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ข้อความที่ปรากฏในบทความแต่ละเรื่องในวารสารวิชาการเล่มนี้เป็นความคิดเห็นส่วนตัวของผู้เขียนแต่ละท่านไม่เกี่ยวข้องกับวิทยาลัยพยาบาลบรมราชชนนี จังหวัดนนทบุรี และคณาจารย์ท่านอื่น ในวิทยาลัยฯ แต่อย่างใด ความรับผิดชอบองค์ประกอบทั้งหมดของบทความแต่ละเรื่องเป็นของผู้เขียนแต่ละท่าน หากมีความผิดพลาดใด ๆ ผู้เขียนแต่ละท่านจะรับผิดชอบบทความของตนเองแต่ผู้เดียว
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