Correlation between stress level and body composition among staff in UiTM Jengka Pahang / Sharifah Raidah Syed Hamzah

The purpose of this study was to investigate the correlation between stress level and body composition among UITM Jengka Pahang Staff. This study used random sampling where all the respondents were both academician and administration. One hundred and forty (N=140) with the mean and standard deviation for age is 2.46 ± 0.61, height is 157.56 ± 8.20 and, for weight is 66.13 ± 13.17 where both groups participated in this study were from UITM Jengka Pahang. Seventy (N=70) respondent from administrator and seventy (N=70) academician were randomly selected. The data were collected during working hours where all the staff was available using a demographic questionnaire, Perceived Stress Scale (PSS-IO items) and Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis. The results showed the factor which influences the body fat percentage the most was gender, marital status, and educational level. The results showed that there was no significant difference in fat percentage (p =0.23) for administrator and academician while there was a significant difference (p = 0.01) for the stress level between administrator and academician. The results for the relationship between stress level and body composition of staff in UITM Jengka Pahang shows a weak positive correlation (r = 0.24).