Abstract
Nowadays, most people like to choose their food from good taste varieties without considering the nutrition. Generally, The average fiber consumption in Indonesia is 10,5 grams/day. This value is not quite enough for the requirement of fiber. An inadequacy of fiber can cause some diseases, and one of them is defecation disorders. This study examines the correlation between knowledge, attitude, and behavior of consuming fibrous food with defecation. This study utilizes Cross Sectional Method. Take an experiment by Consecutive sampling in a total population of 273 respondents and a sample is as many as 162 respondents. The study subjects are students of the Universitas Kristen Indonesia 2018 Medical Faculty. Data preparation will use IBM SPSS Statistic 22, and the result of the research will be presented analytically. The knowledge of students is not enough for fibrous food. Most have a bad attitude toward fibrous food and still rarely consume it. A Chi-Square test shows no correlation between knowledge of fibrous food and defecation pattern, significant frequency of defecation (p =0,071), and stool consistency (p= 0,746). The correlations between the attitude of fibrous food with defecation patterns are frequency of defecation (p=0.012) and stool consistency (p=0.038). The correlations between behaviors of fibrous food with defecation patterns are frequency of defecation (p=0,012) and stool consistency (p = 0,038).
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