Eating Behavior during First-Year College Students, including Eating Disorders—RUVIC-RUNEAT-TCA Project. Protocol of an Observational Multicentric Study
Abstract
:1. Introduction
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- Determine the eating behavior and predisposition to suffer EDs in first-year college students.
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- Determine the prevalence of eating-disorder risk in first-year college students, through validated test of EDs.
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- Determine the occurrence of changes in eating habits during the first year of college.
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- Appraise changes in the weight, waist circumference and triceps fold of the participating individuals.
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- Determine the emotional intake of participants.
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- Assess the degree of adherence to the Mediterranean Diet.
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- Rate eating behavior, including eating disorders during the COVID-19 pandemic.
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Study Design
2.2. Participant Recruitment
2.3. Data Collection and Measures
2.4. Statistical Analysis
- Normality distribution for quantitative variables will be assessed using the Kolmogorov–Smirnov normality test. The quantitative variables will be expressed as the mean and standard deviation, and the body mass index (BMI) will be distributed using WHO range classification.
- For the dichotomic quantitative variables, Student’s t-test or the nonparametric Mann–Whitney test will be used and for the polycotomic ANOVA test, or the nonparametric Kruskal–Wallis test. Univariate comparisons will be investigated between groups extracted from the same tests, but from two groups (students living with parents and those living independently in residences or apartment flat). The fact of comparing means implies the fact of carrying out the Levene Test, which is undertaken to observe the equality or inequality of the variances in the two groups.
- For the qualitative variables, we will make a contingency table to observe from each possible answer how many people have selected it. We will use the percentages in these variables and for the comparison of the data using the Pearson X2 test or nonparametric Fisher’s exact test for categorical data.
- The criterion of significance is established at p < 0.05. All computer data will be analyzed using the “Statistical Package for the Social Sciences” (SPSS) software, version 26.0 for Windows.
2.5. Ethical Approval, Ethical Considerations and Dissemination
3. Discussion
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Phase of Study | Period | Information Will Be Collected: |
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1st phase: Initial interview | September/October |
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2nd phase: Intermediate interview | February |
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3rd phase: Final interview | April/May |
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Inclusion Criteria | Adult students (≥18 years). First-year students of different genders. First-year students residing in the university residences. First-year students residing in student flats in the city of Vic or Santander. First-year students residing in the family home. |
Exclusion Criteria | Students residing in the university residences in the cities of Vic or Santander who take courses other than first-year. Students with a history or current diagnosis of EDs. Students with temporary residence type Erasmus. Students who do not commit to follow-up throughout the project. Students who have not signed the Informed Consent document. |
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Vila-Martí, A.; Elío, I.; Sumalla-Cano, S. Eating Behavior during First-Year College Students, including Eating Disorders—RUVIC-RUNEAT-TCA Project. Protocol of an Observational Multicentric Study. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2021, 18, 9457. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18189457
Vila-Martí A, Elío I, Sumalla-Cano S. Eating Behavior during First-Year College Students, including Eating Disorders—RUVIC-RUNEAT-TCA Project. Protocol of an Observational Multicentric Study. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2021; 18(18):9457. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18189457
Chicago/Turabian StyleVila-Martí, Anna, Iñaki Elío, and Sandra Sumalla-Cano. 2021. "Eating Behavior during First-Year College Students, including Eating Disorders—RUVIC-RUNEAT-TCA Project. Protocol of an Observational Multicentric Study" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18, no. 18: 9457. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18189457