The Correlation Between the Type, Quantity, and Frequency of Eating with Defecation Patterns and Muslim Students’ Indigestion During Ramadan Fasting

Anisa Ramadani, Laily Hidayati, Praba Diyan Rachmawati

2018

Abstract

Introduction: Diet is a description of the regulation of the quantity, frequency, and type of food consumed daily by a person. The purpose of this study was to analyze the correlation between the type, quantity, and frequency of eating and the bowel pattern and digestive complaints of Muslim students during Ramadan fasting. Method: the research design used a cross-sectional study approach with type, number, and frequency of feeding as the independent variables and bowel pattern and indigestion as the dependent variables. The sample comprised of 107 college students. The data were collected by questionnaires and analyzed using the Chi-square test. Results and Analysis: The statistics test regarding food typed and defecation patterns obtained a p value of 0.000 at α≤0.05. The quantity of food and defecation patterns obtained a p value of 0.577. The frequency of eating with defecation pattern obtained ap value of 0.778. The food types with indigestion obtained a p value of 0.015. The quantity of food and indigestion obtained a p value of 0.339. The frequency of eating with indigestion obtained a p value of 0.368. Discussion and Conclusion: There was a correlation between the type of food and bowel patterns and indigestion. There was no correlation between the number of meals and the frequency of eating with bowel patterns, and the same applied to the number of meals and the frequency of eating with digestive complaints.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Ramadani A., Hidayati L. and Rachmawati P. (2018). The Correlation Between the Type, Quantity, and Frequency of Eating with Defecation Patterns and Muslim Students’ Indigestion During Ramadan Fasting.In Proceedings of the 9th International Nursing Conference - INC, ISBN 978-989-758-336-0, pages 746-751. DOI: 10.5220/0008332207460751

in Bibtex Style

@conference{inc18,
author={Anisa Ramadani and Laily Hidayati and Praba Diyan Rachmawati},
title={The Correlation Between the Type, Quantity, and Frequency of Eating with Defecation Patterns and Muslim Students’ Indigestion During Ramadan Fasting},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 9th International Nursing Conference - INC,},
year={2018},
pages={746-751},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0008332207460751},
isbn={978-989-758-336-0},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 9th International Nursing Conference - INC,
TI - The Correlation Between the Type, Quantity, and Frequency of Eating with Defecation Patterns and Muslim Students’ Indigestion During Ramadan Fasting
SN - 978-989-758-336-0
AU - Ramadani A.
AU - Hidayati L.
AU - Rachmawati P.
PY - 2018
SP - 746
EP - 751
DO - 10.5220/0008332207460751