Body mass index on musculoskeletal pain and physical activity among elderly

The rate of obesity has increased in over the years and has become one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality in Malaysia. It can be said that overweight and obesity are a current trend in our public health problem. Therefore, it increases the risk factor for other problems such as musculo...

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Main Authors:	Sumaiyah Jamaludin, Thandar Soe, Firdaus, Mohd Khairul Zul Hasymi, Hashim, Fatin Hanani, Saidi, Sanisah, Chan, Chong Mei
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Published:	Scholars Academic and Scientific Publishers 2018
Subjects:	RT Nursing RT71 Study and Teaching
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spelling	iium-615152018-02-19T02:19:33Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/61515/ Body mass index on musculoskeletal pain and physical activity among elderly Sumaiyah Jamaludin, Thandar Soe Firdaus, Mohd Khairul Zul Hasymi Hashim, Fatin Hanani Saidi, Sanisah Chan, Chong Mei RT Nursing RT71 Study and Teaching The rate of obesity has increased in over the years and has become one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality in Malaysia. It can be said that overweight and obesity are a current trend in our public health problem. Therefore, it increases the risk factor for other problems such as musculoskeletal pain and low physical activity which lead to poor quality of life. This was a cross-sectional by applying of simple random sampling method. There were 372 participants involved in this study and majority of them (51.9%) were overweight. For gender, about 63.7% were female and 36.3% were male. Mostly of the participants were between 60 to 64 years old range (53.2%). Based on the findings, the result showed that there was significant association between age, gender and BMI on the level of musculoskeletal pain. On the other hand, only age showed that there was significant difference on level of physical activity. Majority of the respondent who had overweight BMI experienced musculoskeletal pain. Thus, the healthcare provider especially nurse should plan effective interventions to overcome these problems so that our elderly population will have better quality of life. Scholars Academic and Scientific Publishers 2018-01 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/61515/17/BMI_SJAMS-61B-93-98-c.pdf Sumaiyah Jamaludin, Thandar Soe and Firdaus, Mohd Khairul Zul Hasymi and Hashim, Fatin Hanani and Saidi, Sanisah and Chan, Chong Mei (2018) Body mass index on musculoskeletal pain and physical activity among elderly. Scholars Journal of Applied Medical Sciences (SJAMS), 6 (1). pp. 93-98. ISSN 2347-954X E-ISSN 2320-6691 http://saspublisher.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/SJAMS-61B-93-98-c.pdf 10.21276/sjams.2018.6.1.19
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description	The rate of obesity has increased in over the years and has become one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality in Malaysia. It can be said that overweight and obesity are a current trend in our public health problem. Therefore, it increases the risk factor for other problems such as musculoskeletal pain and low physical activity which lead to poor quality of life. This was a cross-sectional by applying of simple random sampling method. There were 372 participants involved in this study and majority of them (51.9%) were overweight. For gender, about 63.7% were female and 36.3% were male. Mostly of the participants were between 60 to 64 years old range (53.2%). Based on the findings, the result showed that there was significant association between age, gender and BMI on the level of musculoskeletal pain. On the other hand, only age showed that there was significant difference on level of physical activity. Majority of the respondent who had overweight BMI experienced musculoskeletal pain. Thus, the healthcare provider especially nurse should plan effective interventions to overcome these problems so that our elderly population will have better quality of life.
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author	Sumaiyah Jamaludin, Thandar Soe Firdaus, Mohd Khairul Zul Hasymi Hashim, Fatin Hanani Saidi, Sanisah Chan, Chong Mei
author_facet	Sumaiyah Jamaludin, Thandar Soe Firdaus, Mohd Khairul Zul Hasymi Hashim, Fatin Hanani Saidi, Sanisah Chan, Chong Mei
author_sort	Sumaiyah Jamaludin, Thandar Soe
title	Body mass index on musculoskeletal pain and physical activity among elderly
title_short	Body mass index on musculoskeletal pain and physical activity among elderly
title_full	Body mass index on musculoskeletal pain and physical activity among elderly
title_fullStr	Body mass index on musculoskeletal pain and physical activity among elderly
title_full_unstemmed	Body mass index on musculoskeletal pain and physical activity among elderly
title_sort	body mass index on musculoskeletal pain and physical activity among elderly
publisher	Scholars Academic and Scientific Publishers
publishDate	2018
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Body mass index on musculoskeletal pain and physical activity among elderly

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