Table 2 Summary of studies with focus on eating disorder symptoms in the Arab world
From: Eating disorders in the Arab world: a literature review
Country/ Population | Authors (year) | Participants | Study design | Measures | Eating disorder symptoms |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Egypt | Dolan & Ford (1991) [11] | N = 218, mean age = 20, university students | Cross sectional | BSQ Restraint scale Binge scale | Binge eating: female 82%, male 76% |
Jordan | Mousa, Mashal, Al-Domi, & Jibril (2010) [84] | N = 326, female, age: 10–16 | Cross sectional | EAT 26 BSQ | Binge eating: 33% |
Jordan | Mousa, Al-Domi, Mashal, & Jibril (2010) [77] | N = 432, female, age: 10–16 | Cross sectional | EAT 26 BSQ Eating habits questionnaire | Binge eating: 16.9%, self-induced vomiting: 11% |
Kuwait | El-Ghazali, Ibrahim, Kanari, & Ismail (2010) [92] | N = 320, 223 male, 97 female, mean age = 21.1 | Cross sectional | Questionnaire for emotional eating (self- developed) | Emotional eating: female: 85.6%, male: 87.9% |
Lebanon | Yahia, El- Ghazale, Achkar, & Rizk (2011) [93] | N = 252, female, students | Cross sectional | BSQ | Laxatives: 8%, diet pills: 4% |
Lebanon | Zeeni, Gharibeh, & Katsounari (2013) [23] | N = 400, female, university students in Cyprus (n = 200) and Lebanon (n = 200) | Cross sectional | Dutch eating behavior questionnaire | Restrained eating Lebanese students: 30% |
Jordan | Afifi- Soweid, Najem Kteily, & Shedia- Rizkallah (2001) [94] | N = 954, mean age = 18, university students | Cross sectional | Self-developed questionnaire | Binge eating: 4.9%, secretly overeating: 3.7% |
Jordan | Mousa, Mashal, Al-Domi, & Jibril (2010) [84] | N = 326, female, age: 10–16 | Cross sectional | EAT 26 | Restrained: 40.5% |
Oman | Al Adawi et al., (2002) [29] | N = 293, 106 teenagers, mean age = 15.12, 100 adults, mean age = 38.71, 87 Western teenagers resided in Oman, mean age = 15.10 | Cross sectional | EAT Bulimic Investigatory Test | Binge eating: Omani teenagers 14%, Western teenagers 18% Restrained: 33% Omani teenagers, 9% Western teenagers |
Palestinians residing in the Northern and Haifa district | Latzer, Azaiza, & Tzischinsky (2009) [70] | N = 928, female, age: 12–18, 81.2% Islamic, 11.2% Christian, 7.6% Druze | Cross sectional | EAT 26 | Laxatives: 7%, self-induced vomiting: 8% |
UAE | Schulte (2016) [90] | N = 236 Mean age = 19.78 | Cross sectional | Body esteem scale Emotional eating scale Weight and body related shame and guilt scale | Body esteem scale: 24.4–35.6% Binge eating: moderate binge eating 16.9–24.9%, severe binge eating 6.4–13.2%, Emotional eating scale: emotional eating 23–24.5% |