Complaints of Fatigue and Dietary Life in Medical Students / 가정의학회지
Korean Journal of Family Medicine
;
: 880-886, 2009.
Artículo
en Coreano
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-40344
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Fatigue is a common problem in medical students and is thought to be related to poor academic performance. Fatigue is expected to be highly related to dietary habits, but previous research was not enough. Therefore, the aims of this study were to investigate the relationship between dietary habits and the prevalence of fatigue and also to give an update on basic research data for improving academic performance in medical students.METHODS:
The study group consisted of 170 healthy second-year medical students attending three university school of medicine in Busan. They completed a questionnaire dealing with fatigue (Fatigue Severity Scale), dietary habits, lifestyle, and academic performance.RESULTS:
On multivariate logistic regression analyses, skipping breakfast (completely skipping breakfast everyday versus having breakfast everyday; odds ratio 7.23; 95% confidence interval, 2.07 to 25.28; P = 0.002) was positively correlated with the complaints of fatigue.CONCLUSION:
Skipping breakfast was associated with the complaints of fatigue in medical students.
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Asunto principal:
Estudiantes de Medicina
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Modelos Logísticos
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Oportunidad Relativa
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Prevalencia
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Encuestas y Cuestionarios
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Fatiga
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Conducta Alimentaria
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Desayuno
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Estilo de Vida
Tipo de estudio:
Estudio de etiología
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Estudio de prevalencia
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Estudio pronóstico
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Factores de riesgo
Límite:
Humanos
Idioma:
Coreano
Revista:
Korean Journal of Family Medicine
Año:
2009
Tipo del documento:
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