Co-morbidities and associated factors among elderly Malaysians
Journal Title: IOSR Journal of Dental and Medical Sciences (IOSR-JDMS) - Year 2018, Vol 17, Issue 12
Abstract
The world population isageing and thisproblemisemerging over the past few years and itisexpected to be a major issue in the near future. The older population isdefined as thosewhoaged over 60 yearsold.This studyaimed to investigate the association betweenselected variables and comorbidityamongelderly population who are residing in health-care facilities in Selangor, Malaysia. The selected variables are gender, educationallevel, body mass index and quality of life.Cross-sectional studywascarried out, involving 141 participants from four health care facilities.The quality of life of the elderlywasmeasuredbased on WHOQOLBREF questionnaire.The prevalence of comorbidityamong the participants were 65.9%. This studyfoundthatelderlywithhigher BMI has an increaserisk of gettingcomorbidity.
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Dr. TheingiMaung Maung, Dr. HninPwint Phyu
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