INVESTIGATION OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN EATING BEHAVIORS AND PREMENSTRUAL SYNDROME SYMPTOMS OF MIDWIFERY STUDENTS IN THE COVID-19 OUTBREAK

Yasemin AYDIN KARTAL¹ , EBRU KAYKISIZ²

This study was conducted in a descriptive, correlational design to examine the relationship between the eating behaviors and the symptoms of premenstrual syndrome of midwifery students in the Covid-19 outbreak. While the population of the study was constituted by the students (N= 357) of the Health Sciences Faculty Midwifery Department of a public university, 204 students who volunteered to participate in the study constituted the sample of the study. The data were collected with the "Personal Information Form" and "Premenstrual Syndrome Scale (PMS)" and "Dutch Eating Behavior Questionnaire". It was determined that 37.8% of the students increased their appetite and 39.2% tea and coffee consumption during the three-month pandemic process in which social isolation and quarantine measures were taken, while 44.1% of them decreased their physical activity. There was a significant difference between the changes in appetite, weight and sleep of the students in the last three months and their PMS score averages. It was determined that there was a significant relationship between the PMS scale total score averages of the students and the emotional eating behavior sub-dimension of the Dutch Eating Behavior Scale and the restrictive eating behaviors sub-dimension.

Keywords
Covid 19, Midwifery, Student, Premenstrual Syndrome, Eating Behavior,