U.S. health professionals' perspectives on orthorexia nervosa: clinical utility, measurement and diagnosis, and perceived influence of sociocultural factors.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

This study examined U.S. health professionals' perspectives on the clinical utility, measurement, and etiology of orthorexia nervosa (ON).

Methods

Participants (n = 100) were U.S. health professionals with experience working clinically with eating disorders, including trainees, Ph.D. psychologists, social workers/mental health counselors, and medical health professionals. After reviewing the proposed ON criteria, participants responded to questions regarding the clinical utility, diagnosis, and measurement of ON, and sociocultural influence on the emergence of ON. Views of ON as a useful diagnostic category were examined as a function of participants' current involvement in clinical versus research activities.

Results

Participants mostly (71.9%) agreed that ON

SUBMITTER: Sanzari CM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10033613 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature