Affiliation:
1. İSTANBUL MEDENİYET ÜNİVERSİTESİ, SAĞLIK BİLİMLERİ FAKÜLTESİ
Abstract
Purpose: Increased social media exposure and obsession with healthy eating to minimise the risk of getting the COVID-19 may cause anxiety symptoms in individuals during the pandemic. We evaluated the interaction between social media, obsessive healthy eating and anxiety symptoms.
Methods: An online questionnaire was applied to individuals in COVID-19 semi-quarantine (n=525) using Google forms. Orthorexia and anxiety symptoms were evaluated using the ORTO-11 and Generalised Anxiety Disorder questionnaires, respectively.
Results: The time spent on social media to follow the COVID-19, health, and nutrition news was closely associated with higher orthorexic symptoms in both sexes, and higher anxiety symptoms in women (r=-0.638 in men; r=-0.560 in women, p
Publisher
Acibadem Universitesi Saglik Bilimleri Dergisi
Subject
General Engineering,Ocean Engineering
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