Health perceptions and orthorexia nervosa tendencies among academics

AbstractPurposeThe aim  of this study was to determine the perception of academicians' health status, identify academicians' orthorexia nervosa (ON) tendencies, and identify the factors associated with academicians' ON tendencies.Design and MethodsPersonal information form (14 questions), Perception of Health status Scale, and ON  (ORTO-11) Scale were used in data collection.FindingsThe mean age of the participants was 42.23  ± 8.18. Of the academicians, 77.6% were female and 38.8% were in health-related departments. The health perception mean score was 1.82 ± 0.64. The average score of the ORTO-11 Scale was 22.86 ± 4.00, and 84.5% were found to be at risk of ON. There was a correlation between perceptio n of health status and ORTO-11 (r = −0.286;p <  0.05).Practice ImplicationsMost of the academicians had a high tendency to ON. However, it is necessary to increase their awareness by providing training. Further studies should be carried out for certain diagnosis of ON.
Source: Perspectives in Psychiatric Care - Category: Psychiatry Authors: Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research