Joel Alejandro Barreto Araujo

Department of Medicine, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine,, Philadelphia, Ecuador

Publications

• Original Research Article   
  Harmful Consumption and Alcohol Dependence in Peruvian University Students with Body Dissatisfaction - An Observational Study
  Author(s): Carmen Indira Serrano de La Cruz, Priscilla Nicole Flores Olivares, Joel Alejandro Barreto Araujo, Sebastian Coronel Arias, Victor Serna Alarcón, Raúl Hernán Sandoval Ato and Christian Alberto Rodriguez Saldaña*
  
  The abuse of alcoholic beverages is associated with complex mental health disorders, including Body Dissatisfaction (BD); that form a vicious circle that is very difficult for the person who suffers from them to overcome. The objective of our study was to evaluate the association between the abuse of alcohol consumption and the degree of body dissatisfaction in young women, in four universities in Northern Peru. An analytical cross-sectional study was carried out with a sample of 491 university students. Body dissatisfaction and alcohol consumption was analysed using the Body Shape Questionnaire (BSQ) and the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT), a test designed by the World Health Organization (WHO) as a simple screening method for its specific use in primary care settings, using the score greater than six that predicts harmful use or alcohol dependence. The prevalence o.. Read More»
  DOI: 10.3371/CSRP.NADW.040824

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