Differences in the effect of online nutrition education through lectures without and with online games on increasing knowledge of Nutrition, Iron, and vitamin C intake of young women

Abstract

Prevention of anemia in adolescent girls can be done by providing nutrition education to increase knowledge of nutrition and nutrient intake. Online nutrition education with online games media for young women is effective in the era of globalization and the COVID 19 pandemic. Online games can also attract students so they don’t get bored in implementing online nutrition education. This study aimed to analyze the differences in the effect of online nutrition education through online lectures without and with online game on increasing nutritional knowledge and intake of iron and vitamin C in adolescent girls. This was a queasy experiment research with design two-group (online education with game and without game), measured pre and post intervention. Approximately 25 female students aged 15-17 years old in Surakarta were recruited by purposive sampling methods were assigned to intervention and comparison group. Data intake of iron and vitamin C were taken from a recall form 2x24 hour and data nutritional knowledge from a questionnaire that had been tested for validation and reliability. The statistical difference test was performed with Man Whitney U. The results of the test Man Whitney U showed that there was a difference between the two groups after the intervention, namely nutritional knowledge (p = 0.020), iron intake (p = 0.004), and vitamin C intake (p = 0.010). The difference in effect after the intervention was an increase in nutritional knowledge and intake of iron and vitamin C compared to before the intervention. The increase was more than 50%. The greatest increase was in the group with online game. Conclusion: After the intervention, there was an increase in nutritional knowledge and intake of iron and vitamin C compared to before the intervention. The group with online game was the group that experienced the greatest difference in improvement.