Aim The aim of the study was to determine the affect of individuals with type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) acceptance of illness, emotional distress, depression on nutritional status, life quality. Methods This study was conducted in 145 type 2 DM, 73 males and 72 females, ranging in age from 20-65 years. The Acceptance of Illness Scale (AIS) for the determination of individuals’ acceptance of the illness, Problem Areas in Diabetes (PAID) Scale for emotional distress, Beck Depression Scale (BDS) for depression, Short Form-36 (SF-36) scales for quality of life and Healthy Eating Index-2010 (HEI-2010) for diet quality was used. Results: The mean score of individuals’ AIS were 30.2±5.62. Compared to women, men had lower emotional distress and depression levels (p<0.05), higher physical, mental life quality (p<0.001). The mean score of individuals’ HEI-2010 were 54.8±12.85 and more than half of the individuals had diet quality required to be improved. Models that were emotional distress and SF-36 Mental Component Summary (MCS) with acceptance of illness (F(2, 142)=58.404); AIS, BDS and age (years) with emotional distress (F(3, 141)=53.174); emotional distress and SF-36 MCS with depression status (F(2, 142)=82.029); acceptance of illness and depression status with SF-36 MCS (F(2, 142)=70.937); emotional distress and depression status with SF-36, Physical Component Summary (PCS) (F(2, 142)=42.926) were statistically significant (p=0.000). Also, correlations among AIS, PAID Scale, BDS, SF-36 were found to be significant (p<0.05). Conclusions: The presence of diabetes does not require to have different nutritional habit on individuals without diabetes. Although the diet quality of individuals with type 2 DM is not primarily related to the individual’s acceptance of the illness, emotional distress, depression status and quality of life, the status of medical nutrition as a part of medical treatment by the individual is one of the important criteria in determining the priorities in diabetes management.

Aims: Staying at home prolonged period and the stress experienced due to the COVID-19 quarantine may affect sleep quality and night eating behaviours of individuals. This study aimed to identify the relationship between night eating behaviour, sleep quality, and perceptions of health locus of control in women during the pandemic. Methods: A questionnaire form evaluating demographic information, nutritional habits, health information and anthropometric measurements was conducted along with the Night Eating Syndrome (NES) Scale, Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PUKI), and Multidimensional Health Locus of Control (A) form. Results: With a mean age of 33.0 ± 8.0 years 529 women participated in the study. The mean night eating scale score was 14.44 ± 4.72 and the mean PUKI score was 6.44 ± 2.90. Higher night eating scores were observed in participants with a chance locus of control perception when compared to participants with internal health locus of control perception (p <.05). Obese participants have lower sleep quality compared to normal and overweight participants (p <.05). It was also found that night eating behaviours significantly predicted sleep quality (R = .364, R2 =.133; p <.01) and explained about 13.3 % of the total variance of sleep quality. Conclusion: In this study conducted during the quarantine period, we showed that night eating behaviours significantly predict sleep quality, and individuals with a high perception of chance locus of control had a higher night eating scores than individuals with high perception of internal health locus of control.