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Malnutrition Screening Is Better Than Body Mass Index for Predicting COVID-19 Severity Fitri Nur Malini Siregar; Asri Ludin Tambunan; Eka Febriyanti
Buletin Farmatera Vol 8, No 1 (2023)
Publisher : Universitas Muhammadiyah Sumatera Utara

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.30596/bf.v8i1.11619

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Abstract: Several factors can influence the severity of COVID-19, including nutritional status and malnutrition conditions. This study compares malnutrition screening methods with body mass index to find better predictors of COVID-19 severity. This study is a cross-sectional analysis of medical records from all adult COVID-19 patients (total sampling) treated at Amri Tambunan Deli Serdang Hospital. The World Health Organization criteria were used to determine the severity of COVID-19. A Global Subjective Assessment (SGA) questionnaire was used to screen for malnutrition, while anthropometric measurements (Kg/m2) were used to calculate the Body Mass Index (BMI). The Chi-Square Test was used for statistical analysis. This study included 508 COVID-19 hospitalisation patients, the majority of whom were women (55.5%), aged 18-29 years (25%) and had moderate severity (89.6%). The seriousness of COVID-19 was associated with malnutrition conditions as measured by the SGA questionnaire (p0.001), with patients with moderate to severe malnutrition being 3.4 times more likely to develop robust and critical COVID-19 (95% CI 1.6 - 7.0). There is no significant relationship between Body Mass Index and the severity of COVID-19 (p0.05). Malnutrition screening with SGA is more accurate than BMI in predicting the severity of COVID-19. Keywords:   IMT, a predictor of COVID-19 severity degree, malnutrition screening 
Relationship between Frequency of Sugar Sweetened-Beverages (SSB) Consumption and Prediabetes: Aim For Screening Prediabetes Among Medical Students Nasution, Huwainan Nisa; Febriyanti, Eka; Suryani, Des
Buletin Farmatera Vol 7, No 1 (2022)
Publisher : Universitas Muhammadiyah Sumatera Utara

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.30596/bf.v7i1.9439

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Sugar sweetened-beverages (SSB) is not only found in soft drinks, fruit juice drinks, or energy drinks, but also various drinks that are currently "trending" such as boba drinks with various flavors, coffee or milk coffee, even tea or milk tea with various flavors. The lifestyle of consuming drinks that are high in sugar will lead to a tendency to several diseases such as prediabetes, diabetes mellitus (DM), metabolic syndrome and cardiovascular disease. Prevention and screening of prediabetes and DM at a young age in Indonesia must be increased, especially in high-risk groups because most of the initial conditions of the disease are asymptomatic. The aim of this study is to analyze the association between frequency of sugar sweetened-beverages (SSB) consumption and prediabetes in medical students. This study was an observational analytic study with cross sectional design conducted at Medical Faculty Universitas Muhammadiyah Sumatera Utara. The subjects of this study was 70 subjects. Examination of frequency of SSB consumption was carried out with a validated questionnaire and food frequency questionnaire (FFQ) of nutrient intake for the past 24 hours. There is no significant relationship between gender, family history of DM, smoking history, physical activity and hypertension with prediabetes. However, there is a significant relationship between obesity and prediabetes with p value 0,010. Meanwhile, the relationship between frequency of SSB consumption and prediabetes showed with p 0.05. There is no significant relationship between frequency of SSB consumption and prediabetes, but there is significant relationship between obesity and prediabetes.