The Relationship between Acceptance, Leftover Food and Nutritional Intake in Covid 19 Patients at the Surabaya Lung Hospital

Abstract

Corona Virus Disease 2019 or COVID-19 is a new type of disease caused by infection with the Severe Acute
Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARSCOV-2) or known as the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) (Singhal,
2020). There are many studies reporting that the intake of antioxidants and nutrients can help the function of the
immune system. . The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between food acceptance and
nutritional intake in patients with Covid 19 at the Surabaya Lung Hospital. The type of this research is analytic
descriptive with cross sectional study approach. This study used a questionnaire form to determine food
acceptance and a recall form to determine the nutritional intake given to 30 respondents using a saturated sample
technique. From the statistical results using the Spearman method, it was found that there was a relationship
between food waste and macronutrient intake (energy, protein and fat) in Covid 19 patients at the Surabaya Lung
Hospital with P<0.05. The statistical results of the Spearman method showed that there was no relationship
between food waste and food acceptance in Covid 19 patients at the Surabaya Lung Hospital with P = 0.070,
which means P > 0.05. It was found that there was no relationship between food waste and micronutrient intake
(Vitamin C and Vitamin A) in Covid 19 patients at the Surabaya Lung Hospital with P> 0.05