Kecenderungan orthorexia nervosa pada mahasiswa program studi gizi

https://doi.org/10.22146/ijcn.76039

Syifaul Khusna(1), Sri Warsini(2*), Siti Helmiyanti(3)

(1) Program Studi Ilmu Keperawatan Fakultas Kedokteran, Kesehatan Masyarakat, dan Keperawatan, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta
(2) Program Studi Ilmu Keperawatan Fakultas Kedokteran, Kesehatan Masyarakat, dan Keperawatan, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta
(3) Departemen Gizi Kesehatan Fakultas Kedokteran, Kesehatan Masyarakat, dan Keperawatan, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta
(*) Corresponding Author

Abstract


Orthorexia nervosa tendency in nutritional students

Background: Orthorexia nervosa (ON) is a condition when someone is over obsessive about healthy food, and focus on food quality can lead to disturbed life. One of the vulnerable group is health related student which include health nutrition student. There is no research about this.

Objectives: The study aims to  evaluate the prevalence of ON tendency on nutritional student, and explore and investigate the related factors between common characteristics and ON tendency.

Methods: This study is descriptive research with a cross-sectional design involving 100 samples of nutrition students chosen by proportional random sampling. Questionnaire-based on an Indonesian version of ORTO-15 which has been validated. Data were analyzed using Mann-Whitney, Spearman Rank, and multivariate.

Results: Orthorexia nervosa tendency was documented in 38% of the sample (using cut-off point 40). The mean score of the participants from the ORTO-15 test is 39.99± 3.221. Meal frequencies were associated with ON tendency (p=0.040). While no significant correlation between orthorexic tendencies with sex, allergy, dietary pattern, frequent exercising, amount of social media accounts, and accessing social media duration (p>0.05).

Conclusions: The prevalence of ON tendencies in nutritional students is 38%. The factor that influences the tendency to ON is the frequency of eating.


Keywords


eating disorders; nutritional student; orthorexia nervosa

Full Text:

PDF


References

  1. Kurniawan MY, Briawan D, Caraka RE. Persepsi tubuh dan gangguan makan pada remaja. Jurnal Gizi Klinik Indonesia. 2015;11(03):105–14. doi: 10.22146/ijcn.19287
  2. Dukay-szabo. Evidence and gaps in the literature on orthorexia nervosa. Eat Weight Disord. 2013;18(2):103–11. doi: 10.1007/s40519-013-0026-y
  3. Brytek-Matera A. Orthorexia nervosa – an eating disorder, obsessive- -compulsive disorder or disturbed eating habit ? Archives of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy. 2012;14(1):55–60.
  4. Barthels F, Meyer F, Huber T, Pietrowsky R. Orthorexic eating behaviour as a coping strategy in patients with anorexia nervosa. Eat Weight Disor. 2017;22(2):269–76. doi: 10.1007/s40519-016-0329-x
  5. Costa CB, Hardan-khalil K, Gibbs K. Orthorexia nervosa: a review of the literature orthorexia nervosa. Issues Ment Health Nurs. 2017;38(12):980–8. doi: 10.1080/01612840.2017.1371816
  6. Dunn TM, Bratman S. On orthorexia nervosa: a review of the literature and proposed diagnostic criteria. Eat Behav. 2016;21:11–7. doi: 10.1016/j.eatbeh.2015.12.006
  7. Donini LM, Marsili D, Graziani MP, Imbriale M, Cannella C. Orthorexia nervosa: validation of a diagnosis questionnaire. Eat Weight Disor. 2005;10(2):e28–32. doi: 10.1007/BF03327537
  8. Bağci Bosi AT, Camur D, Güler C. Prevalence of orthorexia nervosa in resident medical doctors in the faculty of medicine (Ankara, Turkey). Appetite. 2007;49(3):661–6. doi: 10.1016/j.appet.2007.04.007
  9. Barnett MJ, Dripps WR, Blomquist KK. Organivore or organorexic? Examining the relationship between alternative food network engagement, disordered eating, and special diets. Appetite. 2016;105:713-20. doi: 10.1016/j.appet.2016.07.008
  10. Tremelling K, Sandon L, Vega GL, McAdams CJ. Orthorexia nervosa and eating disorder symptoms in registered dietitian nutritionists in the United States. J Acad Nutr Diet. 2017;117(10):1612–7. doi: 10.1016/j.jand.2017.05.001
  11. Bratman S. Orthorexia vs . theories of healthy eating. Eat Weight Disord. 2017;22(3):381–5. doi: 10.1007/s40519-017-0417-6
  12. Depa J, Schweizer J, Carolin SB, Stroebele-Benschop N. Prevalence and predictors of orthorexia nervosa among German students using the 21-item-DOS. Eat Weight Disord. 2017;22(1):193–9. doi: 10.1007/s40519-016-0334-0
  13. Korinth A, Schiess S, Westenhoefer J. Eating behaviour and eating disorders in students of nutrition sciences. Public Health Nutrition. 2010;13(1):32–7. doi: 10.1017/S1368980009005709
  14. Varga M, Thege BK, Dukay-Szabó S, Túry F, van Furth EF. When eating healthy is not healthy: orthorexia nervosa and its measurement with the ORTO-15 in Hungary. BMC Psychiatry. 2014;14:59. doi: 10.1186/1471-244X-14-59
  15. Chaki B, Pal S, Bandyopadhyay A. Exploring scientific legitimacy of orthorexia nervosa : A newly emerging eating disorder. Journal of Human Sport and Exercise. 2013;8(4):1045–53. doi: 10.4100/jhse.2013.84.14
  16. Supriyanto I, Warsini S. Validity and reliability testing of Indonesian version of ORTO-15: an instrument for orthorexia nervosa assessment. Philippine Journal of Nursing. 2020;90(2):29-33.
  17. Agopyan A, Kenger EB, Kermen S, Ulker MT, Uzsoy MA, Yetgin MK. The relationship between orthorexia nervosa and body composition in female students of the nutrition and dietetics department. Eat Weight Disord. 2019;24(2):257-66. doi: 10.1007/s40519-018-0565-3
  18. Brytek-Matera A, Donini LM, Krupa M, Poggiogalle E, Hay P. Orthorexia nervosa and self-attitudinal aspects of body image in female and male university students. J Eat Disord. 2015;3:2. doi: 10.1186/s40337-015-0038-2
  19. De Souza QJOV, Rodrigues AM. Risk behavior for orthorexia nervosa in nutrition students. J Bras Psiquiatr. 2014;63(3):200–4. doi: 10.1590/0047-20850 00000 026
  20. Plichta M, Jezewska-zychowicz M. Orthorexic tendency and eating disorders symptoms in polish students: examining diffwrences in eating behaviors. Nutriens. 2020;12(1):218. doi: 10.3390/nu12010218
  21. Ramacciotti CE, Perrone P, Coli E, Burgalassi A, Conversano C. Orthorexia nervosa in the general population: a preliminary screening using a self-administered questionnaire (ORTO-15). Eat Weight Disord. 2011;16(2):127–30. doi: 10.1007/BF03325318
  22. Barthels F, Meyer F, Pietrowsky R. Orthorexic eating behavior: a new type of disordered eating. Ernahrungs Umschau. 2015;62(10):156–61.
  23. Osso LD, Abelli M, Carpita B, Massimetti G, Pini S, Rivetti L, et al. Orthorexia nervosa in a sample of Italian university. 2016;51(5):190–6. doi: 10.1708/2476.25888
  24. World Health Organization (WHO). Social determinants of health and well-being among young people: Health Behaviour in School-Aged Children (HBSC) study: international report from
    the 2009/2010 survey. [series online] 2012 [cited 2019 Maret 4]. Available from: URL: https://www.who.int/europe/publications/i/item/9789289014236
  25. Turner PG, Lefevre CE. Instagram use is linked to increased symptoms of orthorexia nervosa. Eat Weight Disord. 2017;22(2):277–84. doi: 10.1007/s40519-017-0364-2
  26. Fidan T, Ertekin V, Işikay S, Kirpinar I. Prevalence of orthorexia among medical students in Erzurum, Turkey. Compr Psychiatry. 2010;51(1):49–54. doi: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2009.03.001
  27. Lucka I, Janikowska-Holowenko D, Domarecki P, Plenikowska-Slusarz T, Domarecka M. Orthorexia nervosa-a separate clinical entity of eating disorder spectrum or another manifestation of obsessive-compulsive disorder?. Psychiatr Pol. 2019;53(2):371-82. doi: 10.12740/PP/OnlineFirst/85729



DOI: https://doi.org/10.22146/ijcn.76039

Article Metrics

Abstract views : 5995 | views : 5990

Refbacks

  • There are currently no refbacks.


Bookmark and Share


Copyright (c) 2023 Jurnal Gizi Klinik Indonesia

Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

Jurnal Gizi Klinik Indonesia (JGKI) Indexed by:
 
  

  free web stats View My Stats