Comparison of eating disorder tendencies of health personnel working overtime and on duty

To determine the difference between the working patterns and eating disorders of healthcare personnel working on shifts and shifts within Tekirdağ Çorlu State Hospital, field research was conducted with a total of 224 healthcare workers, 107 on shift and 117 on shift. In the study, the data collection tools were socio-demographic characteristics form to get general information about the participants, ORTO-15 to detect the tendency for orthorexia nervosa, REZZY for pre-diagnostic screening of eating disorders, STUNKARD to evaluate body image, and Eating Disorder Examination to determine early diagnosis. Questionnaire (EDEQ) and Pittsburgh sleep quality index (PSQI) scales were used to evaluate sleep quality. It has been determined that shift work has a significant impact on meal routines and nutritional supplement consumption. Participants' ORTO-15 Scale total score average is 38.26±4.59, REZZY Scale item score average is 1.16±1.23, STUNKARD Scale score difference average is 1.31±1.12, EDEQ Scale total score average is 8.06. The mean total score of the PSQI Scale was found to be ±7.19 and 13.35±7.74. In addition, no statistically significant relationship could be determined between the participants' working system and the ORTO-15, REZZY, STUNKARD and EDEQ scales. While 67 people who were considered orthorexic were determined according to ORTO-15 scale scores among shift workers; Among individuals working on shift basis, 82 individuals were determined to be orthorexic. According to the REZZY total score, 38 people working overtime are at risk; Among individuals working on shift, 48 people were determined to be in the risk group. According to the EDEQ score average, 71 people working overtime are at risk; It was determined that 75 people working on shift were in the risk group. Finally, according to the PSQI total score, 75 of the individuals working overtime had a bad score; It was determined that 113 people working on shift had poor sleep quality. When the anthropometric measurement results were examined, it was determined that the average waist-hip ratio of shift workers was significantly lower (p=0.014). According to the results obtained as a result of the study, various suggestions were made by the researcher, especially for on-call working environments.