Association Between Eating Disorder Risk and Family Structure and Social Appearance Anxiety Among College Freshman.

Objective: Eating disorders can be described as continuous eating or eating-related behavior disorders that are detrimental to health or psychosocial function. The present study determines the association between eating disorder risk and family structure and social appearance anxiety among college freshman. Method: This cross-sectional study was carried out among 683 freshman based on socio-demographic data, Eating Attitude Test, a Family Structure-System Assessment Device comprising 36 questions and a Social Appearance Anxiety Scale. Results: A risk of eating disorders was identified in 10.2% of the participants. In the analysis, female gender (P = .013), young age (P = .022), presence of social appearance anxiety (P = .010), and a negatively defined family structure (P = .022) were found to increase the risk of eating disorders. Conclusions: Family structures should be considered when screening for young people at risk of eating disorders.

To understand or not to understand: This is the problem.

BACKGROUND/AIMS: The aim of the study was to evaluate the level of readability of the informed consent used before colonoscopy in a university hospital by different methods, and to investigate related sociodemographic variables. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This descriptive, cross-sectional study included 211 subjects aged over 18. Three different measurement tools were used to evaluate the level of readability of the informed consent: The Cloze Readability Procedure, the Flesch's readability formula adapted to Turkish by Atesman, and the readability formula developed by Cetinkaya and Uzun. RESULTS: The readability scores of the text, calculated according to Atesman's formula, the Cetinkaya-Uzun, and Cloze Readability Procedure were 50.183 (the average level of difficulty), 31.021 (frustration level), and 26.68 (frustration level), respectively. The informed consent was found to be appropriate for individuals educated at the grade level 10 and above. The following participants were found to have significantly higher scores: educated above high school; reading books, magazines, digital media, and printed media every day or every other day; and previously informed about colonoscopy. CONCLUSION: Within the framework of a colon cancer screening program conducted by the Public Health Institution of Turkey, individuals who tested positive were subjected to the colonoscopy procedure, if necessary. This increases the importance of the informed consent form used prior to the colonoscopy procedure. The patients and/or patients'relatives who are at the frustration level of reading ability would have problems in reading and comprehending the text. The Cloze Test Procedure might be used in examining problematic consent forms.

Health promotion lifestyle profile scores are not associatedwith obesity in high school students.

BACKGROUND/AIM: Obesity is a cause of preventable morbidity and mortality with an increasing prevalence. Health promoting lifestyle activities maintain or improve an individual's health and in adolescence many habits are configured. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of overweight and obesity among adolescents and the relation between obesity and health promoting behaviors. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This is a cross-sectional study including 848 high school students aged 15-17. All students were administered a questionnaire including the Health Promotion Life-Style Profile Scale. Weight and height were measured and body mass index was calculated. Descriptive analysis, Pearson's chi-square test, Kruskal-Wallis and Mann-Whitney U tests, and multivariate logistic regression analysis were used. P < 0.05 was considered statistically significant. RESULTS: Of the included students, 80.8% (n = 685) had normal ranges of body mass index, 10.1% (n = 86) were overweight, and 9.1% (n = 77) were obese. The Health Promotion Life-Style Profile Scale average score was found to be 126.7 ± 20.4. There was no significant difference between Health Promotion Life-Style Profile Scale and obesity (P = 0.921). CONCLUSION: Adolescence is an era of development when individuals start to implement their own features to life. According to this study adolescents do not perform health promoting lifestyles whether they are obese or not.