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COVID-19 Pandemisinde Hastane Çalışanlarında Yaşanan Kaygı ve Duygusal Yeme Davranışı: Tanımlayıcı Araştırma
Hospital Workers During the COVID-19 Pandemic Anxiety and Emotional Eating Behavior: Descriptive Research
Arzu AYDOĞANa , Miray AKSUb
aYüksek İhtisas Üniversitesi Sağlık Bilimleri Fakültesi, Hemşirelik Bölümü, Ankara, Türkiye
bSağlık Bilimleri Üniversitesi Gülhane Hemşirelik Fakültesi, Hemşirelik Bölümü, Ankara, Türkiye
Turkiye Klinikleri J Health Sci. 2025;10(1):171-8
doi: 10.5336/healthsci.2024-105403
Article Language: TR
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 Amaç: Duygusal yeme, olumsuz duygulara karşılık olarak gelişen aşırı yeme eğilimini anlatan bir yeme problemidir. Çalışmalar, strese maruz kalmaktan kaynaklanan fiziksel ve duygusal tükenmenin, beslenme ve yeme alışkanlıklarını değiştirdiğini göstermiştir. Koronavirüs hastalığı-2019 [coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19)] pandemi sürecinde uygulamasını yürüttüğümüz bu çalışma, hastane çalışanlarının COVID-19 pandemisi sırasında yaşadıkları kaygı düzeylerini ve duygusal yeme davranışı seviyelerini belirlemeyi ve aralarındaki ilişkiyi incelemeyi amaçlamıştır. Gereç ve Yöntemler: 01 Haziran 2020- 01 Temmuz 2020 tarihleri arasında yürütülen bu çalışma, tanımlayıcı ve kesitsel bir çalışmadır. Araştırmada veriler ''Google Forms'' uygulaması aracılığı ile oluşturulan çevrim içi anketle toplanmıştır. Çalışmada sosyodemografik özellikler veri toplama formu, Duygusal Yeme Ölçeği ve Koronavirüs Kaygı Ölçeği kullanılmıştır. Araştırmanın örneklem sayısı literatüre uygun olarak G Power 3.9.1.4 programında %95 güven aralığı (1-α), %75 test gücü (1-β) ve d=0,25 etki büyüklüğü ile hesaplanmış, minimum 183 katılımcı ile çalışmanın yürütülmesi planlanmıştır. Veri kaybı olma ihtimali düşünülerek çalışma, toplam 196 katılımcı ile tamamlanmıştır. Bulgular: Katılımcıların Duygusal Yeme Ölçeği'nden aldıkları toplam puan ortalaması 7,99±5,49, Koronavirüs Kaygı Ölçeği'nden aldıkları toplam puan ortalaması ise 1,28±2,21 olarak bulunmuştur. Duygusal yeme toplam puanı ile koronavirüs kaygı toplam puanı (r=0,337 p<0,01) arasında pozitif yönlü orta düzeyde bir ilişki olduğu görülmüştür. Sonuç: Hastane çalışanlarının COVID-19 kaygı düzeyleri ve duygusal yeme düzeyleri düşük seviyede bulunmuş, kaygı seviyeleri arttıkça duygusal yeme davranışlarının arttığı görülmüştür.

Anahtar Kelimeler: COVID-19; duygusal yeme; kaygı; sağlık personeli
ABSTRACT
 Objective: Emotional eating is an eating problem that describes the tendency to overeat in response to negative emotions. Studies have shown that physical and emotional exhaustion caused by exposure to stress changes nutritional and eating habits. This study, which we conducted during the coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, aimed to determine the anxiety levels and emotional eating behavior levels experienced by hospital employees during the COVID19 pandemic and to examine the relationship between them. Material and Methods: This study, conducted between June 01, 2020 and July 01, 2020, is a cross-sectional and descriptive study. Data were collected using an online questionnaire created through the ''Google Forms'' application. Sociodemographic characteristics data collection form, Emotional Eating Scale and Coronavirus Anxiety Scale were used in the study. The sample size of the study was calculated with 95% confidence interval (1-α), 75% power (1-β) and d=0.25 effect size in the G Power 3.9.1.4 program in accordance with the literature, and it was planned to conduct the study with a minimum of 183 participants. Considering the possibility of data loss, the study was completed with a total of 196 participants. Results: The total average score of the participants from the Emotional Eating Scale was 7.99±5.49, and the total average score they received from the Coronavirus Anxiety Scale was 1.28±2.21. It was observed that there was a moderate positive relationship between the emotional eating total score and the coronavirus anxiety total score (r=0.337 p<0.01). Conclusion: COVID-19 anxietylevels and emotional eating behaviors of hospital workers were found to be low, and it was concluded that emotional eating behaviors increased as anxiety levels increased.

Keywords: COVID-19; emotional eating; anxiety; health personnel
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