Publication: The evaluation of orthorexia nervosa tendency in primary health care workers
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2022-04-01
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Purpose: The purpose of the current study was to
assess the tendency and frequency of orthorexia
nervosa (ON) among primary health care workers.
At the same time, it was our special purpose to
evaluate its relation with eating attitude disorders
and obsessive-compulsive symptoms.
Materials and methods: This cross-sectional study
was conducted with the participation of primary
health care workers in Istanbul, Turkey, in
September-October 2016. The total number of 202
primary health care workers were composed of
physicians and nurses. We reached 72.2% (n=156)
of the research population. Participants completed a
questionnaire inquiring about sociodemographic
characteristics, and also three scales, namely ORTO11, Eating Attitude Test-40 (EAT-40), and Maudsly
Obsessive-Compulsive Inventory (MOCI).
Results: The mean ORTO-11 score of the
participants was 26.8±4.8. The ORTO-11 score was
higher in the physicians (27.8±4.62) than in the
nurses (25.8±5.01) (p=0.018). Therefore, physicians
tend to have less tendency for ON. There was a low
but statistically significant correlation between the
scores of ORTO-11 and EAT-40 (rho=- 0.299 and
p<0.001) and MOCI (rho=-0.261 and p=0.001).
EAT-40 and MOCI (rho=0.192 and p=0.016) scores
were found to be statistically significant at low
correlation.
Conclusions: The tendency of ON, eating attitude
disorder and obsessive-compulsive symptoms were
found to be higher in nurses as compared to
physicians as far as occupational groups were
concerned. There can be a relation between ON
tendency and eating attitude disorders and obsessivecompulsive symptoms.
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Sağlık Bilimleri, Health Sciences, Klinik Tıp (MED), Clinical Medicine (MED), orthorexia nervosa, eating attitude disorders, obsessive-compulsive symptoms, primary health care workers
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Kulak E., Aktaş A., Doğan E., Hıdıroğlu S., Karavuş M., "The evaluation of orthorexia nervosa tendency in primary health care workers", PROGRESS IN HEALTH SCIENCES, cilt.12, sa.1, ss.93-100, 2022