THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN DIETARY AND PSEUDODEMENSIA IN THE NURSING STUDENTS OF S1 STUDY PROGRAM OF UNIVERSITY NU SURABAYA

Abstract

Introduction: Pseudodemensia is not normal thing, it can be hindered by addressing the causes, one of them is diet. Students pay less attention to diet so that many students who complained of forgot and confused about what to do. The purpose of this study was to identify the relationship between the diet and the incidence pseudodemensiahappening to the students of S1 Nursing program at the University of Nahdlatul Ulama Surabaya. Method: The research used analytical design. The population involved 119 6th semester students of S1 Nursing program, and 91 respondents were taken as the sample by using proportional random sampling technique. The independent variable of this research was a diet, while the dependent variable was the incidence of pseudodemensia events. Result: The result of the research showed there is a significant relationship between the diet and occurrence pseudodemensia (ρ = 0:00, α = 0.05). Discussion: Nearly a half of the students of S1 Nursing Program of the University of NU Surabaya have the good diet. Nearly a half of the students of S1 Nursing Program of the University of NU Surabayasuffer fromprobable cognitive impairmentwhich commonly referred to pseudodementia. There is a relationship between the diet and the incidence of pseudo dementiaon the students of S1 Nursing Program of the University of NU Surabaya. Key words: diet, pseudodemensi

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