A questionnaire survey regarding the support needed by Yogo teachers to take care of students suspected of having eating disorders (second report)

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ID19536724
AuthorsKaoru Seike (Chiba University, corresponding author), Michiko Nakazato (0000-0002-4025-7594, Chiba University), Hisashi Hanazawa (Chiba University), Toshiyuki Ohtani (0000-0002-8013-0424, Chiba University), Tomihisa Niitsu (0000-0003-2713-700X, Chiba University), Shin-ichi Ishikawa, Shin‐ichi Ishikawa (0000-0002-6961-3484, Kobe Medical Center), Atsuko Ayabe (Saitama Prefecture), Ryoko Otani (0000-0002-0668-6838, Saitama Prefecture), Kentaro Kawabe (0000-0002-6569-7828, Ehime University), Fumie Horiuchi (0000-0002-0833-0173, Ehime University), Shizuo Takamiya (Kobe Medical Center), Ryoichi Sakuta (0000-0002-5444-0568, Saitama Prefecture)
Year2016
Volume10
Issue1
Pages28-28
Publication date2016-12-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueBioPsychoSocial Medicine (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1751-0759 • E-ISSN: 1751-0759
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media LLC (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1186/s13030-016-0079-z
PMID27708695
OpenAlexW2526295703
LanguageEN
References cited37

The lowering of the age of onset and chronicity have been key problems related to eating disorders (EDs). As the proportion of teens in the estimated onset ages has increased, it has become important to detect students with EDs and to clarify how they can be supported. Though epidemiological surveys of Yogo teachers (school nurse/health science teachers) have been conducted to inquire about the number of such students, none of these were done according to ED type based on DSM-5. Thus, we conducted a wide area survey in Japan with the goal of proposing a better framework of support for Yogo teachers in their efforts to care for students with EDs. A questionnaire survey organized by ED type (based on DSM-5) was administered to Yogo teachers working at elementary/junior high/senior high/special needs schools in four prefectures of Japan in 2015, and 1,886 responses were obtained. Based on the results, the encounter rates (the proportion of Yogo teachers who had encountered a student with an ED) were calculated, and factors that could affect the rates were examined by logistic regression analysis. The order of the encounter rates of the ED types was as follows: Anorexia Nervosa (AN) > Bulimia Nervosa (BN) > Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID) > Binge Eating Disorder (BED) > Others. The factors significantly affecting the rates were “location, school type, number of students, experience years, and AN knowledge” for AN, “school type, experience years, and BN knowledge” for BN, “school type, experience years, and BED knowledge” for BED, “location, experience years, and ARFID knowledge” for ARFID, and “school type, experience years, and Others knowledge” for Others. Because the encounter rate of AN was the highest, providing support for AN would be the most effective. Moreover, one factor that affected the encounter rate of all ED types was ED knowledge. In addition to this, senior high schools had the highest encounter rates for AN, BN and BED, and special needs schools had the highest rates for Others. These findings imply that, in order to detect and support ED students at an early stage, it is necessary to offer knowledge of the most prevalent ED types to Yogo teachers at the corresponding school type

Eating disorders · Family medicine · Medical education · Psychiatry · Psychosomatic medicine · Eating Disorders and Behaviors · Medicine · Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders · Psychology · Workaholism, burnout, and well-being

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