Sociodemographic, lifestyle, and health factors associated with depression among adults in Malaysia: an ethnic comparison

Background: Depression is a serious mental health illness worldwide. The purpose of the study was to investigate the relationships between depression and its risk factors of sociodemography, lifestyle, and health among the adults of the different ethnic groups in Malaysia. Method:...

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Main Authors:	Cheah, Yong Kang, Mohd, Azahadi, Phang, Siew Nooi, Abd. Manaf, Noor Hazilah
Format:	Article
Language:	English English
Published:	University of Malaya Medical Centre 2019
Subjects:	HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform RA790 Public Health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine - Mental Health. Mental Illness Prevention
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spelling	iium-791642020-03-03T02:06:50Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/79164/ Sociodemographic, lifestyle, and health factors associated with depression among adults in Malaysia: an ethnic comparison Cheah, Yong Kang Mohd, Azahadi Phang, Siew Nooi Abd. Manaf, Noor Hazilah HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform RA790 Public Health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine - Mental Health. Mental Illness Prevention Background: Depression is a serious mental health illness worldwide. The purpose of the study was to investigate the relationships between depression and its risk factors of sociodemography, lifestyle, and health among the adults of the different ethnic groups in Malaysia. Method: A nationwide database with 10141 observations was used. Multivariable logistic regression analyses stratified by ethnicity were estimated. Results: Ethnicity and gender, age, education, marital status and self-rated health were correlated to the likelihood of having depression. Malay females and smokers (AOR: 2.083) were more likely to suffer from depression than Malay males (AOR: 0.305) and non-smokers. Higher-income Chinese displayed higher odds of having depression than lower-income Chinese (AOR: 1.009). Indians and others with secondary-level education displayed a lower likelihood of developing depression compared to those with primary-level education (AOR: 0.587). Conclusion: This study could contribute significantly to the formulation and development of an effective policy directed towards reducing the prevalence of depression in the vulnerable. These were the adults, in the younger age group, with lower education, with self-rated poor health, being female, unmarried, Malay and Chinese, and Indians and others. A nationwide policy targeted towards the Malay females to reduce their depression, with attention to the Chinese with a high income, and to the Indians and others with poor educational background to improve their knowledge of mental health, would be worthy of consideration. University of Malaya Medical Centre 2019-05-15 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/79164/1/79164_Sociodemographic%2C%20lifestyle%2C%20and%20health%20factors.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/79164/2/79164_Sociodemographic%2C%20lifestyle%2C%20and%20health%20factors_SCOPUS.pdf Cheah, Yong Kang and Mohd, Azahadi and Phang, Siew Nooi and Abd. Manaf, Noor Hazilah (2019) Sociodemographic, lifestyle, and health factors associated with depression among adults in Malaysia: an ethnic comparison. Journal of Health and Translational Medicine (JUMMEC), 22 (1). pp. 33-40. ISSN 1823-7339 E-ISSN 2289-392X https://jummec.um.edu.my/article/view/18445/10094
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topic	HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform RA790 Public Health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine - Mental Health. Mental Illness Prevention
spellingShingle	HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform RA790 Public Health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine - Mental Health. Mental Illness Prevention Cheah, Yong Kang Mohd, Azahadi Phang, Siew Nooi Abd. Manaf, Noor Hazilah Sociodemographic, lifestyle, and health factors associated with depression among adults in Malaysia: an ethnic comparison
description	Background: Depression is a serious mental health illness worldwide. The purpose of the study was to investigate the relationships between depression and its risk factors of sociodemography, lifestyle, and health among the adults of the different ethnic groups in Malaysia. Method: A nationwide database with 10141 observations was used. Multivariable logistic regression analyses stratified by ethnicity were estimated. Results: Ethnicity and gender, age, education, marital status and self-rated health were correlated to the likelihood of having depression. Malay females and smokers (AOR: 2.083) were more likely to suffer from depression than Malay males (AOR: 0.305) and non-smokers. Higher-income Chinese displayed higher odds of having depression than lower-income Chinese (AOR: 1.009). Indians and others with secondary-level education displayed a lower likelihood of developing depression compared to those with primary-level education (AOR: 0.587). Conclusion: This study could contribute significantly to the formulation and development of an effective policy directed towards reducing the prevalence of depression in the vulnerable. These were the adults, in the younger age group, with lower education, with self-rated poor health, being female, unmarried, Malay and Chinese, and Indians and others. A nationwide policy targeted towards the Malay females to reduce their depression, with attention to the Chinese with a high income, and to the Indians and others with poor educational background to improve their knowledge of mental health, would be worthy of consideration.
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author	Cheah, Yong Kang Mohd, Azahadi Phang, Siew Nooi Abd. Manaf, Noor Hazilah
author_facet	Cheah, Yong Kang Mohd, Azahadi Phang, Siew Nooi Abd. Manaf, Noor Hazilah
author_sort	Cheah, Yong Kang
title	Sociodemographic, lifestyle, and health factors associated with depression among adults in Malaysia: an ethnic comparison
title_short	Sociodemographic, lifestyle, and health factors associated with depression among adults in Malaysia: an ethnic comparison
title_full	Sociodemographic, lifestyle, and health factors associated with depression among adults in Malaysia: an ethnic comparison
title_fullStr	Sociodemographic, lifestyle, and health factors associated with depression among adults in Malaysia: an ethnic comparison
title_full_unstemmed	Sociodemographic, lifestyle, and health factors associated with depression among adults in Malaysia: an ethnic comparison
title_sort	sociodemographic, lifestyle, and health factors associated with depression among adults in malaysia: an ethnic comparison
publisher	University of Malaya Medical Centre
publishDate	2019
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Sociodemographic, lifestyle, and health factors associated with depression among adults in Malaysia: an ethnic comparison

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