Compulsive Exercise and Vaping among a Sample of U.S. College Students Aged 18-26 years.
Thursday, July 15, 2021
Posted by: Natalia Gromov
Ganson
KT, Lavender JM, Rodgers RF, Cunningham M, Nagata JM.
Compulsive Exercise and
Vaping among a Sample of U.S. College Students Aged 18-26 years.
Eat Weight Disord. 2021 Jun 28. doi: 10.1007/s40519-021-01251-z. Epub ahead of
print. PMID: 34181209.
Purpose.
To determine the association between compulsive exercise and vaping among
college students aged 18-26 years, and to characterize the type of vaping used
among participants who report compulsive exercise.
Methods. Cross-sectional,
pooled data from two survey years (2018-2020; N = 2125) of the national (U.S.)
Healthy Minds Study were analyzed. Compulsive exercise was measured based on
number of occurrences in the past 28 days (analyzed continuously and among
those who reported ≥ 1 and ≥ 20 occurrences). Vaping was measured based on
reported use in the past 30 days. Most recent type of vaping was assessed only
among participants who reported vaping. Logistic regression analyses were
conducted to estimate the associations between compulsive exercise and vaping,
while adjusting for covariates.
Results.
For every additional occurrence of compulsive exercise reported by
participants, their odds of also reporting vaping increased by 5% (95% CI
1.01-1.09). Participants who reported 20 or more occurrences of compulsive
exercise in the past 28 days, a clinical threshold, had 3.71 (95% CI
1.28-10.76) higher odds of vaping in the past 30 days. Among participants who
endorsed vaping, nicotine vaping was the most common recent type for those who
reported any (76.2%) or 20 or more (50.2%) occurrences of compulsive exercise.
Conclusion.
Compulsive exercise is associated with vaping in a national, U.S. sample of
college students, with nicotine vaping being the most common type used.
Screening for both compulsive exercise and vaping, particularly if either is
reported, among college-age young adults is necessary to implement prevention
and intervention strategies.
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