The Relationship Between Anxiety and Eating Patterns Among Clinical Clerkship Students at Prima Indonesia University

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Adhayani Lubis
Universitas Prima Indonesia, Medan
Angel CP Pangaribuan
Universitas Prima Indonesia, Medan
Ira Aini Dania
Universitas Islam Sumatera Utara, Medan
Ana Fresia
Universitas Prima Indonesia, Medan

Medical students often experience higher levels of stress compared to students in other faculties. They have high expectations from family and society towards them, which is one of the causes of this stress. They also need to understand actual medical practice and read many books every day. So, the researcher conducted a cross-sectional analytic observational approach with 64 respondents, which aimed to understand the relationship between anxiety and diet in clinical clerkship students at UNPRI. This research study will investigate the relationship between diet and anxiety disorders in clinical clerkship students at UNPRI. The main anxiety disorder is General Anxiety Disorder-7 (GAD-7). This study is an analytic observational study with a cross-sectional approach. This result is relevant considering the majority of respondents, 53.1%, were in the mild anxiety category, while 40.6% had moderate anxiety, and 6.3% suffered from severe anxiety. The dietary patterns to be studied are the frequency of food consumed and the method to record the regulated meals. From the study, it was found that there was a significant relationship between anxiety and diet found through bivariate analysis with the Spearman correlation test. The correlation coefficient (r) was 0.681, and the significance value (p) was 0.000. This indicates a positive correlation where higher anxiety is associated with greater disordered eating.


Keywords: Anxiety, Clinical clerkship students, Diet
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