The Relationship Between Nutritional Knowledge Related to Immunity and History Of Covid-19 Illness and Vitamin C Intake in Women Of Fertilizing Age in Bojonegoro

Stani Stania Arfaqi; Luluk Ria Rahma

doi:10.35910/icohpj.v3i0.850

Stani Stania Arfaqi Nutrition Study Program, Faculty of Health Sciences, Universitas Muhammadiyah Surakarta
Luluk Ria Rahma Nutrition Study Program, Faculty of Health Sciences, Universitas Muhammadiyah Surakarta

DOI: https://doi.org/10.35910/icohpj.v3i0.850

Keywords: COVID-19, Nutritional Knowledge, Vitamin C

Abstract

Background: Coronavirus Disease is an infectious disease caused by the SARS Cov-2 virus. Someone who has a history of COVID-19 illness complains of several ongoing symptoms and even experiences substantial organ dysfunction after being exposed toSARS-Cov-2 infection. Vitamin C contributes to maintaining immunity by supporting various cellular functions of the innate and adaptive immune systems. This study aims to determine the relationship between nutritional knowledge and history of COVID-19 illness with vitamin C intake.
Method: This type of study used a cross-sectional design. The population used was women of childbearing age (WUS) with a sample of 88 respondents using simple random sampling technique. The research was conducted in April 2023. The instruments used were a questionnaire and the SQ-FFQ form. Then the data analysis test used was the chi-square test.
Result: The results showed that there was a relationship between nutritional knowledge and a history of COVID-19 illness and intake of vitamin C with p values <0.000 and <0.008 with odds ratios of 10,633.
Conclusion: Knowledge of nutrition can shape behavior and create actions that determine a person's nutritional intake. In a history of COVID-19 illness, post-COVID-19 symptoms can cause chronic inflammation which will spread to other tissues and the bloodstream so that vitamin C has a role as an electron donor so that immune cells are protected from
damage by free radicals.