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- Title
Assessment of eating disorders and depression in postpartum women.
- Authors
Tayhan, Fatma; Doğan, Gökcen; Yabancı Ayhan, Nurcan; Sancar, Ceren
- Abstract
Objective: To determine the prevalence of eating disorders and orthorexia in postpartum women and examine the relationship with postpartum depression. Study design: Included in this study were 227 postpartum women. The Eating Attitude Test-26 (EAT-26) was used to determine the risk of eating disorders in the women, followed by the Orthorexia 11 Scale (ORTO-11) to identify orthorexia, and the Edinburgh Postpartum Depression Scale (EPDS) to identify postpartum depression. Results: 63 of the women (27.8%) exhibited an orthorexic tendency, which was also related to eating disorders and postpartum depression. Each one-point increase in the EAT-26 score led to a decrease of 0.32 points in the ORTO-11 score. Similarly, each one-point increase in the EPDS score caused a reduction of 0.18 points in the ORTO-11 score. The ORTO-11 score increased by 0.26 points per each live birth. Conclusion: An obsessive focus on healthful nutrition may result in the impairment of health and numerous adverse psychological and physiological outcomes in the future. Healthy eating habits should be maintained to improve the quality of life without causing an obsession with healthy eating.
- Subjects
TURKEY; POSTPARTUM depression diagnosis; EDINBURGH Postnatal Depression Scale; BEHAVIOR disorders; ORTHOREXIA nervosa; PUERPERIUM; QUESTIONNAIRES; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; DISEASE prevalence; EATING disorders; FOOD habits; QUALITY of life; WOMEN'S health; NUTRITION
- Publication
European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 2024, Vol 78, Issue 4, p314
- ISSN
0954-3007
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1038/s41430-023-01384-7