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COVID-19 Pandemisi Sürecinde Hemşirelik Öğrencilerinin Aile Bütünlük Duyguları ve Yeme Davranışları: Tanımlayıcı Araştırma
Family Integrity Senses and Eating Behaviors of Nursing Students During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Descriptive Research
Ayşe DEMİRDENa, Gamze SARIKOÇb
aHacettepe Üniversitesi Erişkin Hastanesi, Ruh Sağlığı ve Hastalıkları ABD, Ankara, Türkiye
bSağlık Bilimleri Üniversitesi Gülhane Hemşirelik Fakültesi, Psikiyatri Hemşireliği ABD, Ankara, Türkiye
Turkiye Klinikleri J Nurs Sci. 2023;15(1):209-18
doi: 10.5336/nurses.2022-88326
Article Language: TR
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 Amaç: Bu araştırma, koronavirüs hastalığı [coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19)] pandemisi sürecinde hemşirelik öğrencilerinin aile bütünlük duygularını ve yeme davranışları incelenmek amacıyla yürütülmüştür. Gereç ve Yöntemler: Tanımlayıcı nitelikteki bu araştırma, 2020-2021 eğitim öğretim yılında, Ankara'daki bir hemşirelik fakültesinde öğrenim gören ve araştırmaya katılmayı kabul eden 178 öğrenciyle yürütülmüştür. Verilerin toplanmasında; Katılımcı Veri Formu, Aile Bütünlük (Tutarlılık) Duygusu Ölçeği Kısa Formu ve Üç Faktörlü Yeme Ölçeği kullanılmıştır. Verilerin değerlendirilmesinde tanımlayıcı istatistikler, Mann-Whitney U testi, Kruskal-Wallis testi, korelasyon analizleri kullanılmıştır. Bulgular: Öğrencilerin %65'inin pandemi döneminde kilo aldığı, %89,8'inin kaygı, %74,7'sinin umutsuzluk, %60,1'inin zorlanma ve %56,7'sinin çaresizlik duygusu yaşadığı , öğrencilerin beden kitle indeksleri arttıkça 'Duygusal Yeme' alt boyutundan aldıkları puanların da arttığı, aile bütünlük duygusu toplam puanlarının yüksek olduğu, en çok kontrolsüz yeme ve duygusal yeme davranışları sergiledikleri saptanmıştır. Beden kitle indeksi düşük olan bireylerin, beden kitle indeksi yüksek olan bireylere göre bilişsel kısıtlama puan ortalamalarının daha düşük olduğu görülmüştür. Sonuç: COVID-19 pandemisi sürecinde üniversite öğrencilerinin yeme davranışları ve aile bütünlük duygusunun incelenmesinin amaçlandığı çalışmada; öğrencilerin yeme davranışlarının değiştiği, aile bütünlük duygusunun ortalamanın üzerinde olduğu, vücut ağırlıklarında değişme olduğu ve olumsuz duyguları sık yaşadıkları görülmüştür. Stresle başa çıkma, problem çözme, sağlıklı beslenme gibi konularda öğrencilere verilen eğitimlerin tekrarlanması ve öğrencilerin ruhsal ve bedensel sağlıklarını geliştirmeleri için desteklenmesi önerilmektedir.

Anahtar Kelimeler: Aile; COVID-19; hemşirelik; yeme; hemşirelik öğrencisi
ABSTRACT
 Objective: This study was conducted to determine university students' sense of family unity and eating behaviors in the coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic process. Material and Methods: This descriptive study was conducted with 178 students studying at a nursing faculty in Ankara in the 2020-2021 academic year, who agreed to participate in the research. In the process of collecting data, Participant Information Form, the Turkish Short Version of The Family Sense of Coherence Scale and Three-Factor Eating Questionnaire were used. Descriptive statistics in data evaluation, Mann-Whitney U test, Kruskal-Wallis test, correlation analysis were used. Results: It was found that 65% of students gained weight, 89.8% anxiety, 74.7% hopelessness, 60.1% became desperate, and 56.7% felt compulsion in pandemic period. Also, as the body mass index of students increased, the score they got from 'Emotional Eating' sub-dimension increased too. The total scores of family integrity sense were high and it was seen that students exhibited uncontrolled eating and emotional eating behaviors mostly. The individuals with low body mass index had lower cognitive restraint point means when compared with the ones with high body mass index. Conclusion: In this study, which aimed to examine the eating behaviors and sense of family unity of university students during the COVID-19 pandemic; it was observed that eating behaviors changed, students' sense of family unity was above the average, there was a change in their body weight and they experienced negative emotions frequently. It is recommended to repeat the training given to students on issues such as coping with stress, problem solving, and healthy nutrition, and to support students to improve their mental and physical health.

Keywords: Family; COVID-19; nursing; eating; nursing student
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