Factors predicting health-related quality of life of the Malaysian B40 school-aged children living in urban poor flats in the central region of Malaysia
Background and Objectives: Health-related quality of life (HRQoL) is a multidimensional concept that indicated an individual’s holistic health, whereby the urban-poor community are susceptible to low HRQoL due to their high vulnerability. This study aimed to determine factors that predicted the HRQo...
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| author | Cheah, Mun Hong Joseph Chin, Yit Siew Abu Saad, Hazizi Lim, Poh Ying Chan, Yoke Mun Mohd Shariff, Zalilah |
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| description | Background and Objectives: Health-related quality of life (HRQoL) is a multidimensional concept that indicated an individual’s holistic health, whereby the urban-poor community are susceptible to low HRQoL due to their high vulnerability. This study aimed to determine factors that predicted the HRQoL among the urban-poor school-aged children. Methods and Study Design: This is a cross-sectional study and a total of 408 primary school-aged children (male: 72.3%; female: 27.7%), with a mean age of 9.68±1.48 years, were recruited from 10 urban-poor flats through cluster sampling at the central region of Malaysia. Their anthropometry, nutrition knowledge, attitude and practice, physical activity, dietary practices, and HRQoL were assessed. Results: A quarter (24.5%) of the urban-poor children were either overweight or obese in the present study. The HRQoL total score among the urban-poor children was 65.0±18.5. The result of multiple linear regression analysis shown that higher nutrition attitude (B=0.34, p=0.001) and practices (B=0.39, p=0.001), higher physical activity (B=3.73, p=0.004), higher lunch intake (B=1.35, p<0.001), lower supper intake (B=-1.35, p<0.001), and lower fast-food intake (B=-1.61, -1.17, p<0.001) are the significant predictors of better HRQoL among the urban-poor children (R2=0.32, F(8,399)=23.72, p<0.001). Conclusions: Future studies should focus on these predictors to formulate interventions that could enhance the HRQoL among the Malaysian urban-poor children. |
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| spelling | upm-1014922023-12-15T23:40:08Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/101492/ Factors predicting health-related quality of life of the Malaysian B40 school-aged children living in urban poor flats in the central region of Malaysia Cheah, Mun Hong Joseph Chin, Yit Siew Abu Saad, Hazizi Lim, Poh Ying Chan, Yoke Mun Mohd Shariff, Zalilah Background and Objectives: Health-related quality of life (HRQoL) is a multidimensional concept that indicated an individual’s holistic health, whereby the urban-poor community are susceptible to low HRQoL due to their high vulnerability. This study aimed to determine factors that predicted the HRQoL among the urban-poor school-aged children. Methods and Study Design: This is a cross-sectional study and a total of 408 primary school-aged children (male: 72.3%; female: 27.7%), with a mean age of 9.68±1.48 years, were recruited from 10 urban-poor flats through cluster sampling at the central region of Malaysia. Their anthropometry, nutrition knowledge, attitude and practice, physical activity, dietary practices, and HRQoL were assessed. Results: A quarter (24.5%) of the urban-poor children were either overweight or obese in the present study. The HRQoL total score among the urban-poor children was 65.0±18.5. The result of multiple linear regression analysis shown that higher nutrition attitude (B=0.34, p=0.001) and practices (B=0.39, p=0.001), higher physical activity (B=3.73, p=0.004), higher lunch intake (B=1.35, p<0.001), lower supper intake (B=-1.35, p<0.001), and lower fast-food intake (B=-1.61, -1.17, p<0.001) are the significant predictors of better HRQoL among the urban-poor children (R2=0.32, F(8,399)=23.72, p<0.001). Conclusions: Future studies should focus on these predictors to formulate interventions that could enhance the HRQoL among the Malaysian urban-poor children. H E C Press 2022 Article PeerReviewed Cheah, Mun Hong Joseph and Chin, Yit Siew and Abu Saad, Hazizi and Lim, Poh Ying and Chan, Yoke Mun and Mohd Shariff, Zalilah (2022) Factors predicting health-related quality of life of the Malaysian B40 school-aged children living in urban poor flats in the central region of Malaysia. Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 31 (4). 740 - 747. ISSN 0964-7058; ESSN: 1440-6047 https://apjcn.nhri.org.tw/issue/2022-4/ 10.6133/apjcn.202212_31(4).0015 |
| spellingShingle | Cheah, Mun Hong Joseph Chin, Yit Siew Abu Saad, Hazizi Lim, Poh Ying Chan, Yoke Mun Mohd Shariff, Zalilah Factors predicting health-related quality of life of the Malaysian B40 school-aged children living in urban poor flats in the central region of Malaysia |
| title | Factors predicting health-related quality of life of the Malaysian B40 school-aged children living in urban poor flats in the central region of Malaysia |
| title_full | Factors predicting health-related quality of life of the Malaysian B40 school-aged children living in urban poor flats in the central region of Malaysia |
| title_fullStr | Factors predicting health-related quality of life of the Malaysian B40 school-aged children living in urban poor flats in the central region of Malaysia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Factors predicting health-related quality of life of the Malaysian B40 school-aged children living in urban poor flats in the central region of Malaysia |
| title_short | Factors predicting health-related quality of life of the Malaysian B40 school-aged children living in urban poor flats in the central region of Malaysia |
| title_sort | factors predicting health-related quality of life of the malaysian b40 school-aged children living in urban poor flats in the central region of malaysia |
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