Abstract
INTRODUCTION: Nutritional status of elderly individuals can be determined through non-invasive, universally acceptable anthropometric indicator; Body Mass Index (BMI). This study aimed to determine the nutritional status of elderly individuals (?60 years old) using BMI by sociodemographic characteristics. METHODS: Data for 3648 respondents in this study were drawn from the NHMS 2018, a nationwide cross-sectional study conducted among those aged 60 years and above in Malaysia. Respondents were recruited using two-stage stratified cluster sampling, covering urban and rural areas from all states in Malaysia. Data collection was from July-September 2018. BMI was calculated by weight (kg) divided by the square of height (m2) and categorised according to WHO 1998 guideline. Information on sociodemographic characteristics was collected by interviewer-administered questionnaires. Descriptive and logistic regression analysis were used to analyse the data in SPSS Version 21. All statistical analysis was performed at 95% confidence intervals. RESULTS: Prevalence of underweight, normal, overweight and obesity was 5.2% (95%CI: 4.18, 6.46), 40.2% (95%CI: 37.72, 42.72), 37.0% (95%CI: 34.96, 39.01) and 17.6% (95%CI: 15.81, 19.63) respectively. Elderly individuals from rural areas, female, married, with no formal education or with primary/ secondary level education and with less than RM1000 individual monthly income are at higher risk of being overweight/obese. DISCUSSION: This study shows sociodemographic factors play a vital role in determining nutritional status of the elderly. All aspects need to be taken into consideration in formulating appropriate nutritional interventions for the elderly.
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@proceedings{APCPH-2019-224,
title = {Nutritional Status of Elderly Individuals in Malaysia: Findings from National Health \& Morbidity Survey (NHMS) 2018},
author = {Lalitha Palaniveloo},
year = {2019},
date = {2019-07-22},
urldate = {2019-07-22},
journal = {6th Asia-Pacific Conference on Public Health 2019 Proceedings},
issue = {6},
abstract = {INTRODUCTION: Nutritional status of elderly individuals can be determined through non-invasive, universally acceptable anthropometric indicator; Body Mass Index (BMI). This study aimed to determine the nutritional status of elderly individuals (?60 years old) using BMI by sociodemographic characteristics. METHODS: Data for 3648 respondents in this study were drawn from the NHMS 2018, a nationwide cross-sectional study conducted among those aged 60 years and above in Malaysia. Respondents were recruited using two-stage stratified cluster sampling, covering urban and rural areas from all states in Malaysia. Data collection was from July-September 2018. BMI was calculated by weight (kg) divided by the square of height (m2) and categorised according to WHO 1998 guideline. Information on sociodemographic characteristics was collected by interviewer-administered questionnaires. Descriptive and logistic regression analysis were used to analyse the data in SPSS Version 21. All statistical analysis was performed at 95% confidence intervals. RESULTS: Prevalence of underweight, normal, overweight and obesity was 5.2% (95%CI: 4.18, 6.46), 40.2% (95%CI: 37.72, 42.72), 37.0% (95%CI: 34.96, 39.01) and 17.6% (95%CI: 15.81, 19.63) respectively. Elderly individuals from rural areas, female, married, with no formal education or with primary/ secondary level education and with less than RM1000 individual monthly income are at higher risk of being overweight/obese. DISCUSSION: This study shows sociodemographic factors play a vital role in determining nutritional status of the elderly. All aspects need to be taken into consideration in formulating appropriate nutritional interventions for the elderly.},
note = {Type: POSTER PRESENTATION; Organisation: Institute of Public Health, National Institute of Health, Ministry of Health Malaysia},
keywords = {Elderly, Malaysia, nutritional status, sociodemographic characteristics},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {proceedings}
}