A5072832810- Elder Abuse and Neglect
- Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving
- Health disparities and outcomes
- Frailty in Older Adults
- Nutrition and Health in Aging
- Mosquito-borne diseases and control
- Viral Infections and Vectors
- Malaria Research and Control
- Body Composition Measurement Techniques
- HIV Research and Treatment
- HIV/AIDS drug development and treatment
- Intimate Partner and Family Violence
- Health and Well-being Studies
- HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions
- Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health
- Physical Activity and Health
- Health and Wellbeing Research
- Smoking Behavior and Cessation
- Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery
- Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research
- Balance, Gait, and Falls Prevention
- Aging, Elder Care, and Social Issues
- Hip and Femur Fractures
- Ophthalmology and Visual Impairment Studies
University of Malaya
2013-2024
Objectives This study aims to describe the prevalence and transitions of frailty among rural-community dwelling older adults in Malaysia analyse factors associated with different states transition. Frailty was conceptualized using modified Fried phenotype from Cardiovascular Health Study. Design is a prospective longitudinal 12-months follow up Malaysia. Setting Kuala Pilah, district Negeri Sembilan, which one fourteen Participants 2,324 community-dwelling Malaysians aged 60 years older....
Physical Activity Scale for the Elderly (PASE) is among frequently used self-reported physical activity assessment older adults. This study aims to assess validity and reliability of a Malay version this scale (PASE-M). A total 408 community-dwelling adults were enrolled. Concurrent was evaluated by Spearman’s rank correlation coefficients between PASE with psychosocial measures. Test-retest determined intraclass coefficient (ICC). The mean PASE-M scores at baseline follow-up 94.96 (SD...
Background As Malaysia is fast becoming an ageing nation, the health, safety and welfare of elders are major societal concerns. Elder abuse a phenomenon recognised abroad but less so locally. This paper presents baseline findings from Malaysian Mistreatment Project (MAESTRO) study, first community-based study on elder in Malaysia. Design Cross-sectional analysing cohort older adults. Setting Kuala Pilah district, Negeri Sembilan state, Objectives To determine prevalence among community...
To examine the association between elder abuse and poor sleep using a Malay validated version of Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI).This study was divided into two phases. Phase I tested construct validity reliability PSQI. II population-based, cross-sectional with multi-stage cluster sampling method. Home-based interviews were conducted by trained personnel structured questionnaire, to determine exposure outcome.Kuala Pilah, district in Negeri Sembilan which is one fourteen states...
Abstract Background Dengue is an emerging infectious disease that infects up to 390 million people yearly. The growing demand of dengue diagnostics especially in low-resource settings gave rise many rapid diagnostic tests (RDT). This study evaluated the accuracy and utility ViroTrack Acute - a new biosensors-based NS1 RDT, SD Bioline Duo NS1/IgM/IgG combo commercially available Ag enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), for diagnosis acute infection. Methods prospective cross-sectional...
Sarcopenia is a condition that highly prevalent among older adults. This linked to numerous adverse health outcomes, including cognitive impairment impairs healthy ageing. While sarcopenia and may share common pathway, limited longitudinal studies exist show the relationship between these two conditions. Therefore, this study aimed examine association impairment. cohort adults residing in Kuala Pilah District, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia. There were 2404 respondents at baseline 1946 one-year...
Frailty and malnutrition commonly co-occur but remains undetected untreated in community settings. This study aimed to determine the prevalence of co-occurring frailty malnutrition, its associated factors among community-dwelling older adults a rural setting Malaysia. A cross-sectional was conducted aged ≥ 60 residing Kuala Pilah district, Negeri Sembilan, Physical nutritional status were assessed using Fried phenotype Mini Nutritional Assessment (MNA), respectively. Among 1855 participants,...
Despite being now recognised as a global health concern, there is still an inadequate amount of research into elder mistreatment, especially in low and middle-income regions. The purpose this paper to report on the design methodology population-based cohort study mistreatment among older Malaysian population. aims at gathering data evidence estimate prevalence incidence identify its individual, familial social determinants, quantify consequences.This community-based prospective using...
The ability of older people to function independently is crucial as physical disability and functional limitation have profound impacts on health. Interventions that either delay the onset frailty or attenuate its severity potentially cascading benefits for people, their families society. This study aims develop evaluate effectiveness a multiComponent Exercise theRApeutic lifeStyle (CERgAS) intervention program targeted at improving performance maintaining independent living compared general...
Our study aims at describing mortality among reported elder abuse experiences in rural Malaysia. This is a population-based cohort with multistage cluster sampling method. Older adults Kuala Pilah (n = 1,927) were interviewed from November 2013 to May 2014. Mortality was traced after 2 years using the National Registration Department database. Overall, 139 (7.2%) respondents died. Fifteen (9.6%) victims died compared 124 (7.0%) not abused. highest financial (13%), followed by psychological...
To examine the cross-sectional and longitudinal relationships between elder abuse neglect (EAN) chronic pain in rural older Malaysians.Two-year prospective cohort study.Kuala Pilah, a district Negeri Sembilan approximately 100 km from capital city, Kuala Lumpur.Community-dwelling adults aged 60 older. Using multistage cluster sampling strategy, 1,927 respondents were recruited assessed at baseline, of whom 1,189 re-assessed 2 years later.EAN was determined using modified Conflict Tactic...
Dengue, an acute infectious disease caused by a flavivirus, is threat to global health. There sparse evidence exploring obesity and the development of more severe dengue cases in adults. With increasing prevalence areas with high risk infection, may increase burden mortality related infection. Our study aimed determine association between infection primary healthcare settings whether these associations were modified fever phase.A cohort was conducted among laboratory-confirmed patients aged...
Our study aims to describe and determine factors associated with hospitalization among victims of elder abuse neglect (EAN) in rural Malaysia. A cross sectional based on the baseline data Malaysian Elder Mistreatment Project (MAESTRO) collected from November 2013 until July 2014 involving 1927 older adults Kuala Pilah, Negeri Sembilan was conducted. EAN determined using modified Conflict Tactics Scale (CTS) rates were self-report. The prevalence overall 8.1% (95%CI 6.9–9.3). Among male...
Sarcopenia is associated with numerous adverse health outcomes, including frailty, disability, and mortality. Since the Asian Working Group for 2019 guidelines, which were published in 2020, are relatively new, studies on association between sarcopenia as defined by these guidelines mortality limited region. Accordingly, this study aimed to examine all-cause risk among community-dwelling older adults rural Malaysia. This cohort included 2404 residing Kuala Pilah District, Negeri Sembilan,...
Background Elder abuse and neglect (EAN) is a growing public health problem, numerous adverse effects of in late life have been documented. Little known, however, about the impact elder on sleep quality. This study examines longitudinal relationship between EAN Methods was 2‐year prospective cohort involving 1927 older adults rural Malaysian district, Kuala Pilah. A multi‐stage cluster sampling strategy employed. After 2 years, 1189 respondents were re‐assessed. determined using modified...
This study aims to determine the effectiveness of a multicomponent exercise and therapeutic lifestyle (CERgAS) intervention at improving gait speed among older people in an urban poor setting Malaysia. A total 249 participants were divided into (n = 163) control 86) groups. The mean (SD) age was 67.83 (6.37) consisted 88 (35.3%) males 161 (64.7%) females. generalized estimating equation with intention-to-treat analysis used measure four time points, baseline (T0), 6 weeks (T1), 3 months...
Introduction: Dengue, an acute infectious disease caused by a flavivirus, is threat to global health. There sparse evidence exploring obesity and the development of more severe dengue cases in adults. With increasing prevalence areas with high risk infection, may increase burden mortality related infection. Our study aimed determine association between infection primary health care setting whether these associations were modified fever phase. Methods: A cohort was conducted among laboratory...