Mazri, Nabil (2019) Prevalence and factors associated with dehydration among elderly at selected private care homes in Selangor. [Project Paper] (Submitted)
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Abstract
The cross sectional study aimed to determine the prevalence of dehydration and associated factors among elderly at selected private care homes in Selangor. A total of 114 subjects age 60 and above were participated in this study. The interview face-to-face was conducted to acquire a necessary information from the subjects. The instruments used were a selfadministered questionnaire and it consisted of seven parts which are socio-demographic characteristics, anthropometric measurement, Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE), Activities of Daily Living Scale (ADL) and Dehydration Screening Tool (DST). Majority of the subjects were male (64.0 %) and Malay (58.8 %) with mean age 70 ± 7. The result shows the prevalence of dehydration among elderly in selected private care homes was 67.5 %. Only two variables were found to be significantly associated with dehydration which are previous occupation (x2=0.002,p<0.001) and total glasses intake per day (r=-0.247,p<0.008). No significant association in socio-demographic characteristics ( age, period admission, ethnicity, marital status, educational level, monthly expenses), body weight status, cognitive status and functional status with dehydration. This finding in this present study mostly contradicts with findings of the previous study especially about the factors associated with dehydration. In conclusion, the prevalence of dehydration was higher as compared in worldwide. Future study needs to be done to investigate more details about the factors and the prevention of dehydration problem among elderly.
| Item Type: | Project Paper |
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| Subjects: | R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine > RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine |
| Faculty: | Faculty of Medicine and Health Science |
| Depositing User: | Ms Norafizah Radzuan |
| Date Deposited: | 21 May 2026 07:47 |
| Last Modified: | 21 May 2026 07:47 |
| URI: | http://psaspb.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/2824 |
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