Andi Nursiah, Wasir Thalib, Lahming, Gufran Darma Dirawan
The purpose of this research was to analyze the relationship between of knowledge of food and nutrition, and socioeconomic status of the patient of Coronary Heart Disease (CHD) in the outpatient department of Dr. Wahidin Sudirohusodo Makassar. This type of research is a survey. Population is all patients who visit at the Cardiac Center, the number of samples is a patient who has been diagnosed with CHD were 72 samples. Based on the results of research conducted knowledge of food and nutrition in middle mind the frequency of patients CHD in patients eating the recommended intake of the type obtained eat enough frequency that is 43 (59.7%), and less than 29 (40.3%), while on the type of intake recommended not eating enough frequency obtained 24 (33.4%) and less 48 (66.6%). For socioeconomic variables showed that the level of income that is enough 56 samples (77.8%), less income levels as many as 16 samples (22.2%). From these results the knowledge of patients generally have a good knowledge but expected from the hospital to promote health counseling to increase knowledge in particular coronary heart disease and required various professions who are members of the care team of nutrition to help patients improve food intake in food consumption patterns healthy, as well as socioeconomic enough food expenditure should be balanced with good also by consuming nutritional requirements needed by the body and enrich the intake of fiber is good for the prevention and accelerating recovery for the patient. © Serials Publications.
P.G. Program, Makassar State University, Indonesia
