Hii, Jenny Ai Na (2022) Risk of Falls and its Association with Body Mass Index, Body Composition, Physical Activity and Health Status Among Community-Dwelling Elderly Residents in Flat PPR Kuala Lumpur. [Project Paper] (Submitted)
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Abstract
Falls often resulted in severe injuries and hospitalisation, but there were limited studies that focused on risk of falls and its associated factors among community-dwelling elderly in the local context specially body composition and health status. Thus, the study was conducted to study the risk of falls and its association with body mass index, body composition, physical activity and health status among community-dwelling elderly residents. This cross-sectional study recruited 97 community-dwelling elderly from flat PPR Kuala Lumpur through simple random sampling. The proportion of falls, demographic characteristics and health status were assessed using self-developed questionnaires while body mass index and body composition using anthropometric measurement; physical activity level using PASE-Malay version and risk of falls using Berg Balance Scale. The data was analysed using SPSS IBM version 25. The mean age of the respondents was 68.04 + 5.54 years old ranging from 60 to 81 years old. Around 7.2% experienced falls within past 6 months and 14.4% have high risk of falls. The mean BMI score of participants was 28.49 + 5.02 kg/m2. The mean values for skeletal muscle percentage, subcutaneous fat percentage and handgrip strength were 21.22 + 3.51 %, 31.61 + 6.64 % and 13.03 + 6.53 kg respectively. Approximately 19.6% participants had a low physical activity level, 30% did not have chronic disease, and 33% did not take chronic disease medication. There were significant associations found between demographic characteristics specifically age (r=-0.407, p=0.0001), ethnicity (p=0.001) and educational level (p=0.003) with risk of falls. Skeletal muscle percentage (r=0.204, p=0.045) and handgrip strength (r=0.394, p=0.0001) had weak and medium positively correlated with risk of falls respectively, while no significant correlation between subcutaneous fat percentage, physical activity level and body mass index with risk of falls. Hearing impairment significantly associated with risk of falls (p=0.020). In conclusion, fall-related education and exercise to increase muscle strength might be necessary to reduce risk of falls among community dwelling elderly.
| Item Type: | Project Paper |
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| Faculty: | Faculty of Medicine and Health Science |
| Depositing User: | Mr Khoirul Asrimi Md Nor |
| Date Deposited: | 07 Aug 2023 04:21 |
| Last Modified: | 07 Aug 2023 04:21 |
| URI: | http://psaspb.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/982 |
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