Impact of Social Media on the Development of Anorexia Nervosa

• Sponsor: Jinnah Sindh Medical University (Other)
• Overall Status: Completed
• CT.gov ID: NCT05917197
• Collaborator: (none)
• Enrollment: 214
• Location: 1
• Actual Duration (Months): 5
• Patients Per Site Per Month: 42.6

Study Details

Study Description

Brief Summary

The study involves the recruitment of medical students from all government medical colleges of Karachi,Pakistan. The sample size was 214. The study is a cross sectional study that requires the participants to fill out an online questionnaire after giving an informed consent online.

Condition or Disease	Intervention/Treatment	Phase
The Focus of Study Were the Medical Students Whose Eating Behaviors Were Studied	Other: survey based information

Detailed Description

The study involves the recruitment of medical students from all government medical colleges of Karachi, Pakistan. The sample size was 214. The study is a cross sectional study that requires the participants to fill out an online questionnaire after giving an informed consent online.The questionnaire contained 15 items related to their social media use and its impact on their body image and eating behaviours.

Study Design

• Study Type: Observational
• Actual Enrollment: 214 participants
• Observational Model: Ecologic or Community
• Time Perspective: Cross-Sectional
• Official Title: Assessing the Impact of Social Media on the Development of Anorexia Nervosa in Undergraduate Students-A Cross Sectional Study From a Developing Country
• Actual Study Start Date: Mar 1, 2022
• Actual Primary Completion Date: Jun 1, 2022
• Actual Study Completion Date: Aug 1, 2022

Arms and Interventions

Arm	Intervention/Treatment
Medical students	Other: survey based information; Only survey based information collected

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

1. Social media use [6 months]

   Instagram usage was more as compared to other social media sites

Eligibility Criteria

Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 Years to 25 Years
• Sexes Eligible for Study: All
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Inclusion Criteria:

• Medical students of Karachi

• All should be aged 18 to 25 years

• Both genders included

Exclusion Criteria:

• Non consenting participants

• Those who donot have access to social media

Contacts and Locations

Locations

	Site	City	State	Country	Postal Code
1	Sindh	Karachi		Pakistan

Sponsors and Collaborators

• Jinnah Sindh Medical University

Investigators

• Principal Investigator: Areeba Ismail, Jinnah Sindh Medical University

Study Documents (Full-Text)

None provided.

More Information

Publications

None provided.

• Responsible Party: Areeba Ismail, Areeba Ismail, Jinnah Sindh Medical University
• ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT05917197
• Other Study ID Numbers: 2021-576
• First Posted: Jun 23, 2023
• Last Update Posted: Jun 23, 2023
• Last Verified: Jun 1, 2023

• Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement: No
• Plan to Share IPD: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product: No
• Additional relevant MeSH terms: Anorexia; Anorexia Nervosa

Study Results

No Results Posted as of Jun 23, 2023