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Body Dysmorphic Disorder: Gender differences and prevalence in a Pakistani medical student population

UnHope20

December 6, 2020

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Title	Body Dysmorphic Disorder: Gender differences and prevalence in a Pakistani medical student population
Author	UnHope20
Upvotes	2
Comments	1
Date	December 6, 2020 1:10 AM UTC (5 years ago)
Subreddit	Posted in /r/Male_Studies
Original Link	https://old.reddit.com/r/Male_Studies/comments/k7jw69/body_dysmorphic_disorder_gender_differences_and/
Archive Link	https://theredarchive.com/r/Male_Studies/body-dysmorphic-disorder-gender-differences-and.1216566 https://theredarchive.com/post/1216566

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[–]UnHope20[S] 0 points1 point2 points 5 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link

Results

"Out of the 156 students, 57.1% were female. A total of 78.8% of the students reported dissatisfaction with some aspect of their appearance and 5.8% met the DSM-IV criteria for BDD. The male to female ratio for BDD was 1.7. Regarding gender differences in body foci of concern, the top three reported foci of concern in male students were head hair (34.3%), being fat (32.8%), skin (14.9%) and nose(14.9%),"

"Male students were significantly more concerned about being thin (p = 0.01) and about head hair (p = 0.012)."

Conclusion

"BDD is fairly common in our medical student population, with a higher prevalence in males. Important gender differences in BDD symptomatology and reported body foci of concern were identified which reflected the influence of media on body image perception. The impact of cultural factors on the prevalence as well as gender differences in BDD symptomatology was also established."