Hubungan Konsumsi Sumber Antioksidan dan Aktivitas Fisik dengan Gejala Depresi pada Mahasiswa Tingkat Akhir

Backgroud; Depression is very serious problem in the world, especially in college students. Symptoms of depression easily occur in students in preparation of thesis. If the students have depressive symptom, it will slow down the graduation time. This symptom easily occurs in students in thesis preparation. A diet in antioxidants and physical activity can help prevent depression symptom from occurring. Objectives; The aimed of study was to determine the correlation for consumption source of antioxidants (vitamin A, E and beta carotene) and physical activity with depression symptoms in final year students. Methods; Type of research used an analytic survey with crosssectional design. Accidental sampling used for this study. The subjects in this study were 106 people. Consumption of Antioxidant Rich Foods were assesst used Food Frequency Questionnaire (FFQ), for symptoms of depression is based on the criteria on Mini Internasional Neuropshyciatric Interview (MINI) Questionnaire, and 24 hour physical activity recall to used for assesst physical activity levels. Data were analyzed with chisquare test and multiple logistic regression test. Results; The results showed that there was a relationship between vitamins C (p=0,014), vitamin E (p=0,001), beta carotene(p=0,007), and physical activity (p=0,001), with depressive symptom. Based on the results of multiple logistic regression test beta carotene has the strongest association with depressive symptom with a p value of 0.00 (p<0.05). Conslusion; The conclusion that a relationship between dietary sources of antioxidants such as vitamin C, vitamin E, beta carotene, and physical activity on depression symptoms that occur in final year students. Consumption of beta carotene has the strongest association with depressive symptom.