Investigation of The Stress-Related Nutritional Attitudes of Health Care Professıonal in A Private Hospital in Istanbul

Abstract Aim: Nutritional behaviors are affected by many factors and stress in the work environment has an important place among these factors. The purpose of this study is toevaluate the relationship between the level of work stress and the nutritional behaviors of individuals.Material and Method: The study was conducted with 106 healthcare professionals working in a private hospital in Istanbul. Data were collected through a personalinformation form applied to the participants, the Attitude Scale Towards Healthy Nutrition and the Workload-Control-Support Scale. Frequency and descriptive statistics,normality and reliability analyses, independent sample t-test, one-way analysis ofvariance (ANOVA) and correlation analysis were used in the analysis of the data. Thesignificance level was accepted as p<0.05.Results: 50% of the participants were female and 50% were male; 68.9% weresingle and 37.7% had an associate degree. The occupational group with the highestparticipation was nurses with 27.4%. 85.8% of the participants did not have a chronic disease. It was determined that individuals with 10 years or more of experience inthe profession showed a significant difference in terms of negative nutrition scores.In addition, in the analysis conducted according to shift type, it was determined thatindividuals with mixed workload received higher scores.Conclusion: This study reveals a significant relationship between job stress and nutrition attitudes among nurses, doctors and administrative staff working in a privatehospital in Istanbul. It shows that they reported lower stress levels as age increaseddue to their increased control over work. In the comparison made between professional groups, it was seen that doctors had higher scores on both scales. This situationsuggests that doctors' academic knowledge may positively affect healthy nutritionbehaviors.Key words: Workload, Nutrition, Health, Stress, Healthcare Professionals