PENGARUH STATUS GIZI DAN STATUS ANEMIA TERHADAP DAYA INGAT SESAAT SISWA DI SDN PASANGGRAHAN 1 KABUPATEN PURWAKARTA

Abstract

The objective of this study was to analyze the relationship between nutritional status and anemia status on short term memory among Elementary School Children of SDN Pasanggrahan 1, District of Purwakarta. Crosssectional study design was used in this study. Fifty children from this elementary school were selected by purposive sampling, but only thirty nine children that fulfilled the requirements. Short term memory tests used in this study were done by giving several words to be learned by children and then retrieved. Pearson and Spearman correlation was used to analyze correlation between social economic, anemia and nutritional status with short term memory. Linear regression was used to analyze effects of children characteristics, physical activity, consumption, anemia and nutritional status on short term memory. The result showed that average score of short term memory in the morning was higher than score in the afternoon. Nutritional status had positive correlation with short term memory score in the afternoon (p<0.1) and nutritional knowledge had positive correlation with short term memory score in the morning and afternoon (p<0.1). Short term memory were effected by nutritional knowledge, nutritional, and anemia status.