Abstract
Globally, there are an estimated 962 million people aged 60 years and above in 2017 and this population is rapidly increased more than twice from the last two decades. Malaysia is also expected to experience an aging population by 2020. Since the burden of Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) continues to rise, coupled with a rapidly ageing population, it is important to assess the NCD status of the elderly. Thus, the National Health and Morbidity Survey (NHMS) was conducted in 2018 with the aim of assessing the prevalence of health status and health related issue amongst Malaysian elderly. The study consisted of several modules, including the NCDs and major NCDs risk factors such as diabetes, hypertension, hypercholesterolemia, tobacco, physical activity and obesity. According to the NHMS, the prevalence of self-reported diabetic, hypertension and hypercholesterolemia among the elderly were 27.7%, 51.1% and 41.8% respectively. Majority of them received the drug treatment in the past two weeks and most of them sought the treatment from government facilities. Less than 0.5% of them did not seek any treatment. Meanwhile, the prevalence of NCDs risk factors such as current smokers, physical inactive and obesity were 13.3%, 29.8%, 17.6% respectively. In conclusion, the prevalence of NCDs remains high amongst the elderly and the co-existence of multiple lifestyle NCD risk factors among them is a public health concern. Therefore, comprehensive health-promotion interventions and providing quality care particularly at the primary care level is important to maintain the quality of life and reduce the risks of complications.
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@proceedings{APCPH-2019-7,
title = {Non-Communicable Diseases and Major Risk Factors Among Elderly in Malaysia},
author = {Wan Shakira Bt Rodzlan Hasani},
year = {2019},
date = {2019-07-22},
urldate = {2019-07-22},
journal = {6th Asia-Pacific Conference on Public Health 2019 Proceedings},
issue = {6},
abstract = {Globally, there are an estimated 962 million people aged 60 years and above in 2017 and this population is rapidly increased more than twice from the last two decades. Malaysia is also expected to experience an aging population by 2020. Since the burden of Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) continues to rise, coupled with a rapidly ageing population, it is important to assess the NCD status of the elderly. Thus, the National Health and Morbidity Survey (NHMS) was conducted in 2018 with the aim of assessing the prevalence of health status and health related issue amongst Malaysian elderly. The study consisted of several modules, including the NCDs and major NCDs risk factors such as diabetes, hypertension, hypercholesterolemia, tobacco, physical activity and obesity. According to the NHMS, the prevalence of self-reported diabetic, hypertension and hypercholesterolemia among the elderly were 27.7%, 51.1% and 41.8% respectively. Majority of them received the drug treatment in the past two weeks and most of them sought the treatment from government facilities. Less than 0.5% of them did not seek any treatment. Meanwhile, the prevalence of NCDs risk factors such as current smokers, physical inactive and obesity were 13.3%, 29.8%, 17.6% respectively. In conclusion, the prevalence of NCDs remains high amongst the elderly and the co-existence of multiple lifestyle NCD risk factors among them is a public health concern. Therefore, comprehensive health-promotion interventions and providing quality care particularly at the primary care level is important to maintain the quality of life and reduce the risks of complications.},
note = {Type: PLENARY AND SYMPOSIUM; Organisation: Institute for Public Health, Ministry of Health Malaysia},
keywords = {},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {proceedings}
}