Factors contribute to high prevalence of non-communicable disease among university students in Malaysia / Erni Tanius … [et al.]

Tanius, Erni and Tuan Othman, Sharifah Izwan and Mohd Kasim, Che Manisah and Alias, Rozila (2021) Factors contribute to high prevalence of non-communicable disease among university students in Malaysia / Erni Tanius … [et al.]. In: E-Proceeding for Asian Conference on Business, Economics and Social Science (ACBESS). Center for Islamic Philanthropy and Social Finance (CIPSF), Alor Gajah, p. 74.

Abstract

Non-communicable diseases (NCD) among young people are worsening in Malaysia and globally. The prevalence is increasing, and it is directly influence their future life, namely employment. As it becomes trend that employers are reluctantly hiring of noncommunicable diseases carriers. Hence, the scope of this research focuses on the factors that cause the high prevalence of non-communicable diseases among university student; they are Body Mass Index (BMI) and mental health. The variables are designed based on the existing and related literature by using questionnaire. The questionnaire has been distributed to 226 university students in Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia. Descriptive Statistics, ANAVA, and T- Test are used to analyses the data. The finding also showed that almost quarters of respondents were overweight, mildly obese and extremely obese. The worrying result indicated that the depression and anxiety rate are high.

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Item Type: Book Section
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Tanius, Erni
ernitanius@unisel.edu.my
Tuan Othman, Sharifah Izwan
UNSPECIFIED
Mohd Kasim, Che Manisah
UNSPECIFIED
Alias, Rozila
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Subjects: H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor > Labor. Work. Working class > Labor. Work environment
H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor > Labor. Work. Working class > College graduates
R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine > Communicable diseases and public health
Divisions: Universiti Teknologi MARA, Melaka > Alor Gajah Campus
Page Range: p. 74
Keywords: Non-Communicable Disease (NCD); Body Mass Index (BMI); Mental health; University students; Malaysia
Date: 2021
URI: https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/51944
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