Assessment of Healthy Eating Obsession (Orthorexia Nervosa) and Eating Attitudes of Individuals Age 65 and Older

Abstract

Objective: The current study was cross-sectional and aimed to determine the eating behaviors and orthorexia nervosa related factors, the relationship between eating behaviors and orthorexia nervosa (ON), and the frequency of eating behaviors and orthorexia nervosa during the pandemic period in individuals aged 65 and older.
Materials and Methods: The sample of the research is a large group of individuals age 65 and older in Turkey. A total of 895 elderly individuals were included in the study. Data were collected with Personal Information Form, Eating Attitude Test (EAT-40) and Orthorexia-15 Scale (ORTO-15). Data were evaluated in SPSS statistical package program 18.0 and frequency, percentage, student-t test, chi-square, Pearson correlation analysis were used as statistical analysis, and type 1 error level was accepted as p<0.05.
Results: The risk of orthorexia was found in 45.8% of the elderly individuals and the mean ORTO-15 score was found 34.35±4.428. In addition, it was determined that 99.1% of the elderly had eating attitude and behavior disorders, and the mean EAT-40 score of the elderly individuals was found 68.81±13,873. A negative correlation (r=-.476; p=0.001) was found between EAT-40 and ORTO-15. Therefore, 45.7% of elderly individuals had both orthorexia nervosa risk and eating attitude disorder.
Conclusion: This study showed that elderly individuals are at risk of orthorexia and have eating disorders. According results, it would be appropriate to raise awareness of elderly individuals against orthorexia nervosa and also eating attitude and behavior disorder tendencies with a multidisciplinary approach.

Keywords

• orthorexia
• elderly
• eating attitude
• covid-19
• nutrition

65 Yaş Üstü Bireylerin Sağlıklı Beslenme Takıntısı (Ortoreksiya Nervoza) ve Yeme Tutumlarının Değerlendirilmesi

Abstract

Amaç: Çalışma 65 yaş ve üzeri bireylerde pandemi döneminde yeme davranışları ve ortoreksiya nevroza(ON) sıklığını, yeme davranışları ve ON ile ilişkili faktörleri, yeme davranışları ve ON ilişkisini belirlemek amacıyla kesitsel olarak yapılmıştır.
Gereç ve Yöntem: Araştırmada evreni Tükiye’deki 65 yaş üstü bireylerin oluşturduğu büyük bir yığındır. Çalışmaya toplam 895 yaşlı birey dahil edilmiştir. Veriler Kişisel Bilgi Formu, Yeme Tutum Testi (YTT-40) ve Ortoreksiya-15 Ölçeği (ORTO-15 ile toplanmıştır. Elde edilen veriler SPSS istatistik paketprogramı 18.0’de değerlendirilmiş ve istatistiksel analiz olarak sıklık, yüzde, student-t test, ki kare, Pearson korelasyon analizi kullanılmış olup, tip 1 hata düzeyi p<0.05 olarak kabul edilmiştir.
Bulgular: Yaşlı bireylerin %45.8’inde ortoreksiya riski saptanmıştır ve ORTO-15 puan ortalamaları 34,35±4,428 olarak bulunmuştur. Buna ek olarak yaşlıların %99,1’inde yeme tutum ve davranış bozukluğu olduğu belirlenmiştir ve yaşlı bireylerin EAT-40 puan ortalamaları 68,81±13,873 olarak bulunmuştur. YTT-40 ve ORTO-15 arasında negatif yönlü ilişki (r=-.476; p=0.001) bulunmuştur. Yaşlı bireylerin %45.7’si hem ortoreksiya nevroza riskine hem de yeme tutum bozukluğuna sahiptir.
Sonuç: Bu çalışma, yaşlı bireylerin ortoreksiya riskine ve yeme bozukluğuna sahip olduğunu göstermiştir. Çalışma verilerine göre yaşlı bireylerin ortoreksiya nevroza ile yeme tutum ve davranış bozukluğu eğilimlerine karşı multidisipliner bir yaklaşımla bilinçlendirilmesinin uygun olacağı kanatindeyiz. 

Keywords

• Ortoreksiya
• yaşlı
• yeme tutum ve davranış bozukluğu
• covid-19
• beslenme

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