Abstract
Introduction. Resident physicians have a high risk of GERD due to excessive fatigue especially during a COVID-19 pandemic. However, research on resident physicians risk factors for the incidence of GERD in the COVID-19 pandemic era has never been conducted. This study aimed to analyze the risk factors for GERD in the era of the COVID-19 pandemic on resident physicians.
Methods. This study used an analytic observational design with a cross sectional approach. Subjects were resident physicians in clinical and pre-clinical stage at the Faculty of Medicine Brawijaya University which were selected using random sampling method. Questionnaires were given to subjects using google forms, consisted of education burden, diet, psychosocial-economic, and GERDQ quiestionnaire. Risk factor analysis was performed using chi-square and logistic regression with a significance level of p
Results. Out of 230 subjects, most of them were female (54.5%) and mean of age was 30.32 (SD 2.60) years. The risk factors for GERD in resident physicians at Brawijaya University are hypertension (p=0.035), smoking (p=0.019), educational burden [total working hours ≥40 hours/week (p
Conclusion. Education burden, diet, and psychosocial-economic factors are associated with the incidence of GERD in resident physicians in the pandemic era.
Recommended Citation
Sakti, Pandu Tridana and Mustika, Syifa
(2022)
"Risk Factors Analysis for Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease in COVID-19 Pandemic Era on Resident Physicians Faculty of Medicine Brawijaya University,"
Jurnal Penyakit Dalam Indonesia: Vol. 9:
Iss.
3, Article 8.
DOI: 10.7454/jpdi.v9i3.793
Available at:
https://scholarhub.ui.ac.id/jpdi/vol9/iss3/8