Abstract
INTRODUCTION: Physical abuse among adolescents at home still persists despite measures by the relevant authorities. We aim to assess the current situation in Malaysia. METHODS: Data from the Malaysian National Health and Morbidity Survey (NHMS) 2017 was used for this study. A total of 27,497 school going adolescents answered a self-administered questionnaire in this study. A complex sampling analysis was applied to identify factors associated with physical abuse among adolescents using Multiple Logistic Regression analysis. RESULTS: The self-reported prevalence of physical abuse at home among students was 11.8%. Our result shows that adolescents aged 13 had significantly higher odds (aOR:2.10, 95%CI: 1.66, 2.66) of such abuse, with odds decreasing as the adolescents age. Girls (aOR:1.27, 95%CI: 1.11, 1.54) and adolescents from Indian ethnicity (aOR:1.72, 95%CI: 1.23, 2.40) had higher odds of such abuse. Other associated factors were mental health problems like depression and suicide ideation, substance abuse like alcohol consumption and drug use, and also school related problems like truancy and involvement in physical fight. CONCLUSION: Physical abuse among adolescents at home should be countered with appropriate measures at various levels, as it is an issue with divergent risk.
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@proceedings{APCPH-2019-241,
title = {Prevalence and Factors Associated with Physical Abuse at Home Among School-Going Adolescents in Malaysia; A Population Based Nationwide Study},
author = {Thamil Arasu Saminathan and Shubash Shander Ganapathy and Rajini Sooryanarayana and Mohd Hazrin Hasim and Mohd Fuad Mohd Anuar and Fazila Haryati Ahmad and Lee Ann Tan and MB BCh BAO and S Maria Awaluddin and Tahir Aris and Azriman Rosman},
year = {2019},
date = {2019-07-22},
urldate = {2019-07-22},
journal = {6th Asia-Pacific Conference on Public Health 2019 Proceedings},
issue = {6},
abstract = {INTRODUCTION: Physical abuse among adolescents at home still persists despite measures by the relevant authorities. We aim to assess the current situation in Malaysia. METHODS: Data from the Malaysian National Health and Morbidity Survey (NHMS) 2017 was used for this study. A total of 27,497 school going adolescents answered a self-administered questionnaire in this study. A complex sampling analysis was applied to identify factors associated with physical abuse among adolescents using Multiple Logistic Regression analysis. RESULTS: The self-reported prevalence of physical abuse at home among students was 11.8%. Our result shows that adolescents aged 13 had significantly higher odds (aOR:2.10, 95%CI: 1.66, 2.66) of such abuse, with odds decreasing as the adolescents age. Girls (aOR:1.27, 95%CI: 1.11, 1.54) and adolescents from Indian ethnicity (aOR:1.72, 95%CI: 1.23, 2.40) had higher odds of such abuse. Other associated factors were mental health problems like depression and suicide ideation, substance abuse like alcohol consumption and drug use, and also school related problems like truancy and involvement in physical fight. CONCLUSION: Physical abuse among adolescents at home should be countered with appropriate measures at various levels, as it is an issue with divergent risk.},
note = {Type: POSTER PRESENTATION; Organisation: Institute for Public Health, National Institutes of Health, Ministry of Health Malaysia, Violence and Injury Prevention Unit, Disease Control Division, Ministry of Health Malaysia},
keywords = {adolescent, Adolescent Health Survey, home, Malaysia., National Health and Morbidity Survey (NHMS), physical abuse},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {proceedings}
}