Abstract
INTRODUCTION: About 18% of Malaysian Armed Forces (MAF) personnel are diagnosed with either hypertension, diabetes or coronary artery disease, while another 8% are obese. The rising prevalence necessitates intervention. METHODS: This is a single blinded randomized controlled trial among overweight and obese MAF personnel attending medical checkup in MAF hospital in Kuala Lumpur. An intervention module was developed to increase their physical activity level. Short version of International Physical Activity Questionnaire was used to measure physical activity in metabolic equivalent of task score (METs score), while blood pressure and body mass index (BMI) were also obtained. These parameters were measured at baseline and again at six months. Generalized estimating equations (GEE) statistical test were used to evaluate the effect of the intervention. RESULTS: Response rate was 100%. Most of participants were aged above 40 years, male, from Malay ethnic group, completed secondary education and had monthly income above RM4000. Most of the respondents were obese and had moderate level of physical activity at baseline. All variables compared between groups at baseline showed no significant difference. At six months, after controlling for covariates, the significant difference was only in METs score. The odds of having high METs score in the intervention group after receiving intervention was nearly 3 times higher than those in the control group, after adjusting for interaction between time and group as well as other covariates (aOR:2.908, 95%CI: 1.323, 6.391
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@proceedings{APCPH-2019-159,
title = {Effectiveness of Physical Activity Intervention Module on Physical Activity Level Among Overweight and Obese in Malaysian Armed Forces},
author = {Ahmad Farhan Ahmad Fuad and Suriani Ismail and Hejar Abdul Rahman},
year = {2019},
date = {2019-07-22},
urldate = {2019-07-22},
journal = {6th Asia-Pacific Conference on Public Health 2019 Proceedings},
issue = {6},
abstract = {INTRODUCTION: About 18% of Malaysian Armed Forces (MAF) personnel are diagnosed with either hypertension, diabetes or coronary artery disease, while another 8% are obese. The rising prevalence necessitates intervention. METHODS: This is a single blinded randomized controlled trial among overweight and obese MAF personnel attending medical checkup in MAF hospital in Kuala Lumpur. An intervention module was developed to increase their physical activity level. Short version of International Physical Activity Questionnaire was used to measure physical activity in metabolic equivalent of task score (METs score), while blood pressure and body mass index (BMI) were also obtained. These parameters were measured at baseline and again at six months. Generalized estimating equations (GEE) statistical test were used to evaluate the effect of the intervention. RESULTS: Response rate was 100%. Most of participants were aged above 40 years, male, from Malay ethnic group, completed secondary education and had monthly income above RM4000. Most of the respondents were obese and had moderate level of physical activity at baseline. All variables compared between groups at baseline showed no significant difference. At six months, after controlling for covariates, the significant difference was only in METs score. The odds of having high METs score in the intervention group after receiving intervention was nearly 3 times higher than those in the control group, after adjusting for interaction between time and group as well as other covariates (aOR:2.908, 95%CI: 1.323, 6.391},
note = {Type: POSTER PRESENTATION; Organisation: Para Medical Company of 10th Infantry Para Brigade, Community Health Department, Faculty of Medicine, University Putra Malaysia, Community Health Department, Faculty of Medicine, University Putra Malaysia},
keywords = {Malaysian Armed Forces, obese, overweight, Physical Activity Intervention},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {proceedings}
}