27th National Clinical Education Symposium Presentation Abstracts

Actions for Presentation

Download PDF Back to list

Other presentations

Maladaptive Daydreaming and Academic Procrastination: The Relationship with Psychological Symptoms in Medical Students - Page 44
MUSTAFA KARAAĞAÇ, Şükrü Alperen Korkmaz

Are Adverse Childhood Experiences Associated with Metabolic Syndrome in Patients with Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder? - Page 45
Merve Çelik Özer, Sahide Nur Nurıpek Melez, Şeyma YAŞAR, Neslihan Cansel

An Examination of Climate Change Anxiety and Its Variables in Patients Diagnosed with Major Depressive Disorder - Page 46
Gamze Güleryüz Yeşilkaya, Aylin Ertekin Yazıcı

The Relationships Between Mind-Wandering, Insomnia, Chronotype and Theory of Mind in Patients Diagnosed with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder - Page 47-48
Oğuzhan Şenel, Esat Fahri Aydın

Evaluation of the Relationship Between Eating Behavior and Clinical and Demographic Data in Individuals Diagnosed with Obesity Using the Dutch Eating Behavior Questionnaire (DEBQ) - Page 49
Yasemin Koçyiğit, Hatice Ayça Kaloğlu

Association Between Autistic Traits and Retrospective Course of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder - Page 50
Yunus Akkeçili Dinar

30 APRIL 2025, WEDNESDAY
10.30-11.45 ORAL PRESENTATION SESSION - 12

Orthorexia Nervosa and associated factors in pregnant women

Beyza Yıldırım1, Özkan Güler1, Gökçen Örgül2, Kübra Sevinç2

1. Department of Psychiatry, Selçuk University, Konya, Turkey
2. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Selçuk University, Konya, Turkey

DOI: 10.5080/kes27.abs22 Page 43

BACKGROUND AND AIM: Orthorexia nervosa (ON) is an obsession with healthy eating, which can lead to physical, psychological, and social difficulties. Pregnancy involves changes that may influence eating behaviors. This study evaluates the prevalence of ON and associated factors among pregnant women at Selçuk University Faculty of Medicine.
METHODS: This cross-sectional study was conducted between August 2 and August 16, 2024, with 99 pregnant women from the obstetrics outpatient clinic. Participants completed a 14-item sociodemographic questionnaire and the 24-item Orthorexia Nervosa Inventory (ONE). Assessed variables included age, education, employment status, family income, pregnancy count, gestational age, pre-pregnancy weight, height, smoking status, daily meal frequency, folic acid use in the first trimester, and iron, vitamin D, and multivitamin supplementation in the second trimester. Ethical approval was obtained from the Selçuk University Local Ethics Committee (Approval number: 2024/426). Statistical analyses included correlation and group comparisons.
RESULTS: Participants were aged 17–44 years, with a mean ONI score of 41 ± 8.3. Those in the second trimester who did not use iron had higher ONI disturbance subscale scores (p = 0.024). Pregnant women who did not use vitamin D had higher total ON scores (p = 0.047) and higher ONE disorder subscale scores (p = 0.036). A positive correlation was observed between age and ONI total scores (r = 0.202, p = 0.045), as well as between pre-pregnancy body weight and emotional stress (p = 0.048, r = 0.202) and disturbance subscale scores(p = 0.023, r = 0.232).
CONCLUSIONS: The findings suggest that ON risk in pregnant women is influenced by sociodemographic and psychological factors. The increased ON tendencies in those not using vitamin D and iron suggest a potential link between nutrition and ON risk. Nutritional and psychological counseling during pregnancy may help mitigate these risks.