Investigation of the relationship between body image, orthorexia nervosa, and cyberchondria in pregnant women

Year 2024, Volume: 5 Issue: 2, 121 - 127, 31.08.2024

Metin Yıldız , Burcu Demir Gökmen , Seyithan Güler , Ahsen Demirhan Kayacık

https://doi.org/10.61534/anatoljhr.1435910

Abstract

Aim: The study aimed to determine the relationship between body image, orthorexia nervosa, and cyberchondria in pregnant women.
Methods: The correlational-cross-sectional-descriptive study was conducted with 288 pregnant women between 06.12.2022 and 01.12.2023. Data was analyzed with SPSS 25.0, G*Power 3.1, and R programming language 4.1.3.
Results: The statistical results of the hierarchical regression model in our study showed that the model was significant and usable (F(2.285)= 7.457, p=0.001). The analysis of the regression model's t-test results regarding the regression coefficient's significance revealed that a statistically significant decrease in the participants' level of "orthorexia nervosa" (score increase decreasing orthorectic attitude) was caused by an increase in their body image (t=3.856, p< 0.001). Regression analysis revealed that there was no relationship between "orthorexia nervosa" level and cyberchondria level (t=-0.450, p=0.653). In our study, it was determined that Random Forest made the best prediction in determining the most important variable in the prediction of orthorexia nervosa. According to Shapley values, the most important variable in the prediction of orthorexia nervosa was body image. In our study, 95.35% of pregnant women with orthorexia nervosa were correctly predicted by machine learning.
Conclusion: In our study, it was found that the level of orthorexia nervosa decreased as the level of body image appreciation of pregnant women increased, and cyberchondria levels did not affect the level of orthorexia nervosa.

Keywords

anxiety, body image, pregnancy, orthorexia nervosa, cyberchondria

Gebelerde beden imajı, ortoreksiya nervoza ve siberkondri arasındaki ilişkinin incelenmesi

Abstract

Amaç: Bu araştırma, gebelerde beden imajı, ortoreksiya nervoza ve siberkondri arasındaki ilişkinin belirlenmesi amacıyla yapıldı.
Yöntem: İlişkisel-kesitsel-tanımlayıcı tipteki çalışma 06.12.2022-01.12.2023 tarihlerinde 288 gebe ile yürütülmüştür. Veriler SPSS 25.0, G*Power 3.1 ve R programlama dili 4.1.3 programları kullanılarak analiz edilmiştir.
Bulgular: Çalışmamızda hiyerarşik regresyon modeline ilişkin istatistiksel sonuçlar, modelin anlamlı ve kullanılabilir olduğunu göstermektedir (F(2.285)= 7.457, p=0.001). Regresyon modelinde, regresyon katsayısının anlamlılığına ilişkin t testi sonuçları incelendiğinde; katılımcıların, beden imajı düzeyinin artması (t=3.856, p< 0.001); “ortoreksiya nervoza” düzeyinin istatistiksel olarak azalmasına sebep olduğu belirlenmiştir (Puan artışı ortorektik tutumu azaltmaktadır). Regresyon analizi sonucunda siberkondri düzeyinin “ortoreksiya nervoza” düzeyine etkisinin olmadığı belirlenmiştir (t=-0.450, p=0.653). Çalışmamızda ortoreksiya nervoza tahmininde en önemli değişkenin belirlenmesinde Random Forest en iyi tahmini yaptığı belirlenmiştir. Shapley değerlerine göre ortoreksiya nervoza tahmininde en önemli değişken beden imajı olmuştur. Çalışmamızda makine öğrenmesiyle ortoreksiya nervosa olan gebelerin % 95.35’i doğru tahmin edilmiştir.
Sonuçlar: Çalışmamızda gebelerin beden imajını beğenme düzeyi arttıkça ortoreksiya nervoza düzeylerinin azaldığı, siberkondri düzeylerinin ortoreksiya nervoza düzeyini etkilemediği saptanmıştır.

Keywords

anksiyete, beden imajı, gebelik, ortoreksiya nevroza, siberkondri

Ethical Statement

Sağlık Bilimleri Fakültesi Dekanlığının ilgi yazısına istinaden "Gebelerde Beden İmajı, Ortoreksiya ve Siberkondri Arasındaki İlişkinin İncelenmesi" başlıklı bilimsel araştırması Ağrı İbrahim Çeçen Üniversitesi Bilimsel Araştırmalar Etik Kurulunca incelenmiş olup, 29.11.2022 tarih ve 290 sayılı karar ile söz konusu araştırmaya izin verilmiştir.

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