When eating healthy becomes unhealthy: The bloggers experience of living with orthorexia nervosa
Laakso, Elina (2019)
2019
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2019052211314
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The aim of this study was to increase awareness of orthorexia nervosa with health care professionals. This study focuses on enlightening the story of orthorexic persons who have suffered from orthorexia nervosa and how they felt during that period in their life. The background of this study focuses on four different areas: the difference of anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa and orthorexia nervosa; diagnosing orthorexia nervosa; previous researches of orthorexia nervosa; and Orem’s Self-care deficit nursing theory which discusses the idea that everyone has a self-care need to maintain optimum health and well-being.
The method used in this study is a qualitative content analysis in which a researcher analyses blog content to identify themes, patterns, interconnections, and use and modify style analysis. This study is based on blogs and people’s stories about their orthorexia nervosa journey. Blog texts are like open diaries. Unlike with interviews, with blog texts the researcher cannot ask complementary questions. Totally 10 blog texts were used in this study, all written by females in their early twenties. Three main themes were identified: the beginning, in the middle and the recovery. It was found that all the bloggers had taken decisions to improve their lifestyles and eventually got obsessed with eating healthy, and eventually resulting in varied physical and emotional symptoms.
The method used in this study is a qualitative content analysis in which a researcher analyses blog content to identify themes, patterns, interconnections, and use and modify style analysis. This study is based on blogs and people’s stories about their orthorexia nervosa journey. Blog texts are like open diaries. Unlike with interviews, with blog texts the researcher cannot ask complementary questions. Totally 10 blog texts were used in this study, all written by females in their early twenties. Three main themes were identified: the beginning, in the middle and the recovery. It was found that all the bloggers had taken decisions to improve their lifestyles and eventually got obsessed with eating healthy, and eventually resulting in varied physical and emotional symptoms.