Department of Physical Education and Sports Teaching, Gazi University, Sport Sciences Faculty, Ankara, Turkey, Turkey.
Department of Coaching Education, Gazi University, Sport Sciences Faculty, Ankara, Turkey.
PeerJ. 2024 Oct 24;12:e18349. doi: 10.7717/peerj.18349. eCollection 2024.
Elite athletes adhere to strict daily routines, particularly concerning their nutritional habits. However, these practices can occasionally lead to a pathological fixation on healthy eating known as orthorexia nervosa which may adversely affect sleep quality. The aim of this study was to examine the relationship between orthorexia nervosa tendencies and sleep quality in elite athletes, as well as to investigate potential differences in orthorexia nervosa tendencies and sleep patterns between athletes engaged in individual versus team sports.
The present study explores how orthorexia nervosa tendency affects sleep quality in 249 elite athletes (115 women: aged 19.92 ± 2.48 years, sporting tenure: 8.16 ± 3.96 years, and 134 men: aged 20.69 ± 2.72 years, sporting tenure: 7.85 ± 3.59 years). The orthorexia nervosa tendency was evaluated using the ORTO-11 scale, while their sleep quality using the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index.
The results of the present study indicate that orthorexia nervosa negatively affected sleep quality (rho = -0.173, = 0.006). Additionally, no differences in the orthorexia nervosa tendency was observed between individual and group athletes ( = 0.287); however, individual athletes presented poorer sleep quality ( = 0.287).
These results indicate that the elite athletes who present higher orthorexia nervosa tendency had a higher risk of having poorer sleep quality.
精英运动员遵循严格的日常生活习惯，尤其是在营养习惯方面。然而，这些做法有时会导致对健康饮食的病理性关注，即饮食强迫症，这可能会对睡眠质量产生不利影响。本研究旨在探讨饮食强迫症倾向与精英运动员睡眠质量之间的关系，以及探讨个体运动与团体运动运动员之间饮食强迫症倾向和睡眠模式的潜在差异。
本研究探讨了饮食强迫症倾向如何影响 249 名精英运动员（115 名女性：年龄 19.92±2.48 岁，运动年限：8.16±3.96 年，134 名男性：年龄 20.69±2.72 岁，运动年限：7.85±3.59 年）的睡眠质量。饮食强迫症倾向使用 ORTO-11 量表进行评估，睡眠质量使用匹兹堡睡眠质量指数进行评估。
本研究结果表明，饮食强迫症倾向对睡眠质量有负面影响（rho=-0.173，=0.006）。此外，个体运动员和团体运动员之间的饮食强迫症倾向没有差异（=0.287）；然而，个体运动员的睡眠质量较差（=0.287）。
这些结果表明，具有较高饮食强迫症倾向的精英运动员睡眠质量较差的风险更高。
