Impact of Social Media on the Development of Anorexia Nervosa

Assessing the Impact of Social Media on the Development of Anorexia Nervosa in Undergraduate Students-A Cross Sectional Study From a Developing Country

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT05917197

Enrollment

214

Registered

2023-06-23

Start date

2022-03-01

Completion date

2022-08-01

Last updated

2023-06-23

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Conditions

The Focus of Study Were the Medical Students Whose Eating Behaviors Were Studied

Brief summary

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.

Interventions

OTHERsurvey based information

Only survey based information collected

Study design

Observational model

ECOLOGIC_OR_COMMUNITY

Time perspective

CROSS_SECTIONAL

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to 25 Years

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

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Social media use	6 months	Instagram usage was more as compared to other social media sites

Countries

Pakistan

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026