Abstract
INTRODUCTION: Elderly aged more than 60 years old tend to be at risk for malnutrition. This may lead to various health and social problems including deterioration of quality of life. The aim of this study is to determine muscle wasting among elderly in Malaysia. METHODS: Data was obtained from the National Health and Morbidity Survey (NHMS) 2018: Elderly Health, a cross sectional study with two-stage stratified random sampling. A total of 3700 elderlies were involved in this study. Socio-demography was obtained using a self-administered questionnaire and calf circumference was used to identify individuals aged 60 years and above who were at risk of muscle wasting with cut-off values of <30.1cm for men and <27.3cm for women. Descriptive analysis using complex sample was performed for data analysis. RESULTS: Findings showed that a total of 477 elderlies were at risk of malnutrition or muscle wasting. The national prevalence of the risk of muscle wasting was 10.5% (95%CI: 9.01, 12.32). Rural areas (14.9%, 95%CI: 12.52, 17.60), males (11.9%, 95%CI: 9.91, 14.27), single (14.7%, 95%CI: 12.03, 17.81), had no formal education (17.1%, 95%CI: 13.43, 21.59), and unemployed (10.7%, 95%CI: 9.05, 12.50) were the highest among elderly who were at risk of muscle wasting. CONCLUSION: Therefore, although the prevalence of risk of muscle wasting was lower than previous studies, a systematic enable nutrition screening and appropriate intervention should be promoted to improve the health status of the elderly.
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@proceedings{APCPH-2019-76,
title = {Muscle Wasting: Are Malaysian Elderly at Risk?},
author = {Nur Shahida Abdul Aziz},
year = {2019},
date = {2019-07-22},
urldate = {2019-07-22},
journal = {6th Asia-Pacific Conference on Public Health 2019 Proceedings},
issue = {6},
abstract = {INTRODUCTION: Elderly aged more than 60 years old tend to be at risk for malnutrition. This may lead to various health and social problems including deterioration of quality of life. The aim of this study is to determine muscle wasting among elderly in Malaysia. METHODS: Data was obtained from the National Health and Morbidity Survey (NHMS) 2018: Elderly Health, a cross sectional study with two-stage stratified random sampling. A total of 3700 elderlies were involved in this study. Socio-demography was obtained using a self-administered questionnaire and calf circumference was used to identify individuals aged 60 years and above who were at risk of muscle wasting with cut-off values of \<30.1cm for men and \<27.3cm for women. Descriptive analysis using complex sample was performed for data analysis. RESULTS: Findings showed that a total of 477 elderlies were at risk of malnutrition or muscle wasting. The national prevalence of the risk of muscle wasting was 10.5% (95%CI: 9.01, 12.32). Rural areas (14.9%, 95%CI: 12.52, 17.60), males (11.9%, 95%CI: 9.91, 14.27), single (14.7%, 95%CI: 12.03, 17.81), had no formal education (17.1%, 95%CI: 13.43, 21.59), and unemployed (10.7%, 95%CI: 9.05, 12.50) were the highest among elderly who were at risk of muscle wasting. CONCLUSION: Therefore, although the prevalence of risk of muscle wasting was lower than previous studies, a systematic enable nutrition screening and appropriate intervention should be promoted to improve the health status of the elderly.},
note = {Type: ORAL PRESENTATION; Organisation: Institute for Public Health, Ministry of Health Malaysia},
keywords = {Elderly, Malaysia., Malnutrition, muscle wasting},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {proceedings}
}