Anxiety level and functional dyspepsia incidence during COVID-19 pandemic

The adaptation process of the learning system, hospital environment, and high risk COVID-19 infection can be stressors for anxiety in clinical clerkship. Through brain-gut–axis, interaction psychological factors, such as anxiety, trigger symptoms related to functional dyspepsia. This study aimed determine relationship between levels dyspepsia during pandemic among clerkship students. research was conducted on students/young doctors 2021. an observational analytic with a cross-sectional approach involved 131 respondents. hamilton rating scale (HARS) questionnaire utilized quantify level while measured based Rome IV criteria. data were analyzed by Lambda (λ) coefficient correlation test. revealed significant pandemic.