Abstract
INTRODUCTION: The World Health Organization (WHO) proposed active ageing framework to address the issue of rapid population ageing, which aims at achieving the highest quality of life (QOL) in the extra years gained by the older persons. Malaysia is going to be an aged nation in 2030. Therefore, this study is going to measure the QOL of Malaysian future older persons which subsequently determine factors associated with the QOL. METHODS: The cross-sectional study was conducted among the support group of public employees in Malaysia with sample size of 700. The outcome was measured using the WHOQOL-BREF questionnaire. RESULTS: The response rate for this study was 74%. The mean age (SD) was 52.8 (5.9) with almost equal in gender distribution (female: 52.8%). The prevalence of QOL was moderate in all 6 outcomes. The percentage of participants rated good QOL and satisfied with their health was 72.8% and 65.8% respectively. The mean (SD) of QOL in other domains were: (a) physical health = 70.9 (12.2), (b) psychological = 71.5 (11.8), (c) social relationship = 74.4 (14.6) and (d) environment = 65.8 (12.0). Multiple regressions analyses found that health literacy and financial security were positively associated with all six outcomes. CONCLUSION: The current QOL of the study population will decline in the future due to the natural change of ageing, given that the other contributing factors remain constant. In order to prepare Malaysia to become an aged nation, early intervention with collaboration with other agencies, whose interest is in addressing ageing issues is crucial.
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@proceedings{APCPH-2019-198,
title = {Is Malaysia Ready to Become an Aged Nation?},
author = {Nor Hana Ahmad Bahuri},
year = {2019},
date = {2019-07-22},
urldate = {2019-07-22},
journal = {6th Asia-Pacific Conference on Public Health 2019 Proceedings},
issue = {6},
abstract = {INTRODUCTION: The World Health Organization (WHO) proposed active ageing framework to address the issue of rapid population ageing, which aims at achieving the highest quality of life (QOL) in the extra years gained by the older persons. Malaysia is going to be an aged nation in 2030. Therefore, this study is going to measure the QOL of Malaysian future older persons which subsequently determine factors associated with the QOL. METHODS: The cross-sectional study was conducted among the support group of public employees in Malaysia with sample size of 700. The outcome was measured using the WHOQOL-BREF questionnaire. RESULTS: The response rate for this study was 74%. The mean age (SD) was 52.8 (5.9) with almost equal in gender distribution (female: 52.8%). The prevalence of QOL was moderate in all 6 outcomes. The percentage of participants rated good QOL and satisfied with their health was 72.8% and 65.8% respectively. The mean (SD) of QOL in other domains were: (a) physical health = 70.9 (12.2), (b) psychological = 71.5 (11.8), (c) social relationship = 74.4 (14.6) and (d) environment = 65.8 (12.0). Multiple regressions analyses found that health literacy and financial security were positively associated with all six outcomes. CONCLUSION: The current QOL of the study population will decline in the future due to the natural change of ageing, given that the other contributing factors remain constant. In order to prepare Malaysia to become an aged nation, early intervention with collaboration with other agencies, whose interest is in addressing ageing issues is crucial.},
note = {Type: POSTER PRESENTATION; Organisation: Ministry of Health, Malaysia},
keywords = {active ageing, ageing, older person, population, Quality of Life},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {proceedings}
}