Evaluation of Symptom Patterns and Frequency of Body Dysmorphic Disorder in Students of Mashhad University of Medical Sciences

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

1 Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Ibn-e-Sina Psychiatric Hospital,Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran

2 Psychiatrist,MashhadUniversity of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran

3 Resident of Psychiatry, Ibn-e-Sina Hospital,Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran

Abstract

Introduction
Body dysmorphic disorder (BDD) is one of the somatoform disorders characterized by excessively concerned with an imagined or slight defect in appearance. As frequency of BDD is reported differently in literature and BDD is more frequent in students, we decided to evaluate the symptoms pattern and frequency of body image concerns and BDD in students of Mashhad University of Medical Sciences.
Materials and Methods
In this cross sectional study, 500 randomly selected students filled the demographic forms and BDD questionnaire (BDDQ) and results were analyzed by SPSS and statistical chi square, independent t and analysis variance tests.
Results
Mean age was 23.45 years. Prevalence of body image concerns was 34.4% (172 students) and prevalence of BDD was 7.4%. The most common concerns were about face especially nosed and skin (68 students). Sex differences were not statistically meaningful (p=0.242) and all of BDD students were single.
Conclusions
BDD and body image concerns are prevalent among Iranian students. Body image concern patterns of Iranian and western students were different.

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medical journal of mashhad university of medical sciences
Volume 52, Issue 1 - Serial Number 1
March and April 2008
Pages 49-56

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