THE CORRELATION BETWEEN ORTHOREXIA NERVOSA AND SOCIAL MEDIA USE IN NURSING STUDENTS

Year 2023, Volume: 11 Issue: 1, 1144 - 1158, 17.03.2023

Tuğçe Gözde Özkefeli Hamurcu , Sevil Yılmaz

https://doi.org/10.33715/inonusaglik.1156789

Cited By: 3

Abstract

This cross-sectional and descriptive study investigated the correlation between orthorexia nervosa and social media use in nursing students. The study sample consists of 339 students who volunteered to participate in the research. Data were collected using the Sociodemographic Data Form, the Social Media Use Integration Scale (SMUIS), and the ORTO-11 scale. The mean ORTO-11 scale score of the nursing students was 27.98 ± 4.92, and 30.38% were under 25 points. A significant negative relationship was found between the ORTO-11 scores and the SMUIS total scores (r = -0.136, p=0.01), the Integration into Social Routines sub-dimension (r = -0.138, p=0.01), and the duration of social media use (r = -0.11, p = 0.04). It was found that there was no difference between orthorexia tendencies according to the type of social media tools used by the students, but the orthorexia nervosa tendency increased as the duration of social media use increased. Curriculum studies can be recommended so that nursing faculty students can reach accurate information about the effects of social media and healthy nutrition.

Keywords

Eating disorders, Nursing students, Orthorexia Nervosa, Social media

Hemşirelik Öğrencilerinde Ortoreksiya Nervoza ve Sosyal Medya Kullanımı Arasındaki İlişki

Abstract

Kesitsel ve tanımlayıcı olan bu çalışmada hemşirelik öğrencilerinde ortoreksiya nervoza ile sosyal medya kullanımı arasındaki ilişki araştırıldı. Araştırmanın örneklemini araştırmaya katılmaya gönüllü olan 339 öğrenci oluşturdu. Veriler Sosyodemografik Veri Formu, Sosyal Medya Kullanım Entegrasyon Ölçeği (SMUIS) ve ORTO-11 ölçeği kullanılarak toplandı. Hemşirelik öğrencilerinin ORTO-11 ölçeği puan ortalamaları 27.98 ± 4.92 olup, öğrencilerin %30.38'i 25 puanın altındaydı. ORTO-11 puanları ile SMUIS toplam puanları (r = -0.136, p=0.01), Sosyal Rutinlere Uyum alt boyutu (r = -0.138, p=0.01) ve sosyal medya kullanım süresi (r = -0.110, p=0.04) arasında negatif yönde anlamlı ilişki bulundu. Öğrencilerin kullandığı sosyal medya araçlarının türüne göre ortoreksiya eğilimi arasında fark olmadığı, ancak sosyal medya kullanım süresi arttıkça ortoreksiya nervosa eğiliminin arttığı bulundu. Hemşirelik fakültesi öğrencilerinin sosyal medyanın ve sağlıklı beslenmenin etkileri hakkında doğru bilgilere ulaşabilmeleri için müfredat çalışmaları yapılması önerilebilir.

Keywords

Hemşirelik öğrencileri, Ortorexia Nervosa, Sosyal medya, Yeme bozuklukları

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