Factors associated with diet quality during covid-19 pandemic among undergraduate students’ in Universiti Putra Malaysia

Aripin, Dalina Puteri (2021) Factors associated with diet quality during covid-19 pandemic among undergraduate students’ in Universiti Putra Malaysia. [Project Paper] (Submitted)

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Abstract

Due to the outbreak of the CoVID-19 pandemic, preventive and restriction measures were taken to hinder the virus transmission could disrupt the individual’s daily diet quality that may lead to obesity and other non-communicable diseases (NCDs). Hence, this study aims to determine factors associated with diet quality during pandemic among undergraduates’ students in Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang. An online cross-sectional study has been conducted among 130 undergraduate students who met the study’s criteria. There were six sections of the self-administered questionnaire; sociodemographic characteristics, body weight status, nutrition knowledge, physical activity level, mental health status, and diet quality. For statistical analysis, Pearson’s correlation test, Spearman correlations, Chi-square test, and Fischer’s Exact test were conducted using SPSS version 26. The significant value was denoted if p<0.05. The majority of the respondents were female (76.2%), aged between 20-22 years old (64.6%), Bumiputera (80.0%), funded either by loan or scholarship (73.1%), low socioeconomic status (60.0%), residing in the family household during the MCO (57.7%), consumed home-cooked meals (58.5%), and the mode of frequency of using the e-hailing food services was 0-3 days/week (63.1%). Almost an equal xiii distribution was reported in the year and program of study in every selected faculty. The majority of the respondents also reported were having normal weight status (54.6%), good nutrition knowledge (66.9%), practice sedentary lifestyles (48.5%), and the overall mental health status were less severe (85.4%). Most of the respondents reported having high diet quality (62.3%). Nonetheless, throughout this study, only the anxiety subscale was reported to have a negative association with diet quality with a weak correlation (r= -0.20, p<0.05). In conclusion, future studies could focus on the food environment and food security faced by the students as these factors could vary among each individual. It is also recommended to do diet quality differences between before, during, or after the pandemic.

Item Type:	Project Paper
Faculty:	Faculty of Medicine and Health Science
Depositing User:	Ms Norafizah Radzuan
Date Deposited:	04 Sep 2023 04:29
Last Modified:	04 Sep 2023 04:29
URI:	http://psaspb.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/1419

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