Nader Salari, Pegah Heidarian, Mohammad Javad Tarrahi, Marjan Mansourian, Zara Canbary, Alireza Daneshkhah, Maryam Nasirian, Seyed Hassan Faghihi, Masoud Mohammadi
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背景：众所周知，进食障碍（EDs）是一种慢性精神疾病，可对包括儿童在内的不同年龄段人群的身心造成不良影响，并扰乱他们的生长发育。基于此，本研究旨在确定全球儿童进食障碍的发病率：为了开展这项研究，我们使用相关关键词（"流行"、"爆发"、"饮食失调"、"喂养失调"、"饮食问题"、"食欲失调"）对PubMed、Scopus、Web of science、Embase、ScienceDirect和Google Scholar搜索引擎中的每个数据库进行了系统检索，以找到截至2024年7月23日所有涉及儿童ED流行情况的研究，并进行进一步评估。数据提取后，采用综合荟萃分析软件（第2版）进行分析；分析采用随机效应模型，并使用I2指数检验研究的异质性：根据荟萃分析得出的全球儿童 ED 患病率为 1%（95% CI：0.6-1.6）；根据儿童饮食失调研究进行的亚组分析表明，儿童偏食症的患病率为 2.1%（95% CI：1-4.6），暴饮暴食症的患病率为1%（95% CI：0.6-1.8），神经性厌食症和神经性贪食症在儿童中的患病率分别为0.6%（95% CI：0.01-34.4）和0.1%（95% CI：0-0.4）：结论：考虑到营养对儿童的重要性以及儿童ED的报告，医护人员和医务人员必须重视这类疾病，及时告知家长，以减少其引起的并发症。
Global prevalence of eating disorders in children: a comprehensive systematic review and meta-analysis.
Background: Eating disorders (EDs) are known as chronic mental disorders that can cause adverse physical and mental effects and affect different age groups, including children, and disrupt their growth and development. Based on this, the aim of this research is to determine the global prevalence of EDs in children.
Methods: To conduct this research, each of the databases PubMed, Scopus, Web of science, Embase, ScienceDirect and Google Scholar search engine were systematically searched using relevant keywords ("prevalence,""outbreak,""eating disorder,""feeding disorder,""eating problem,""appetite disorder,"to find all the studies that refer to the prevalence of EDs in children until July 23, 2024 to obtain and perform further evaluations. After data extraction, their analysis was done by Comprehensive Meta-Analysis software (Version 2); Random effects model was used for analysis and I2 index was also used to check the heterogeneity of studies.
Results: Based on the global prevalence of EDs in children based on meta-analysis was 1% (95% CI: 0.6-1.6); Subgroup analysis based on the study of eating disorders in children showed that the prevalence of pica among children is 2.1% (95% CI: 1-4.6), the prevalence of binge eating disorder is 1% (95% CI: 0.6-1.8), and the prevalence of anorexia nervosa and Bulimia nervosa among children is 0.6% (95% CI: 0.01-34.4) and 0.1% (95% CI: 0-0.4), respectively.
Conclusion: Considering the importance of nutrition in children and the report of EDs among them, healthcare workers and medical personnel must pay attention to this category of disorders by timely informing parents to reduce the complications caused by it.
期刊介绍：
Italian Journal of Pediatrics is an open access peer-reviewed journal that includes all aspects of pediatric medicine. The journal also covers health service and public health research that addresses primary care issues.
The journal provides a high-quality forum for pediatricians and other healthcare professionals to report and discuss up-to-the-minute research and expert reviews in the field of pediatric medicine. The journal will continue to develop the range of articles published to enable this invaluable resource to stay at the forefront of the field.
Italian Journal of Pediatrics, which commenced in 1975 as Rivista Italiana di Pediatria, provides a high-quality forum for pediatricians and other healthcare professionals to report and discuss up-to-the-minute research and expert reviews in the field of pediatric medicine. The journal will continue to develop the range of articles published to enable this invaluable resource to stay at the forefront of the field.
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