August 5, 2015BMC Public HealthOpen Access

Lifestyle, chronic diseases and self-rated health among Malaysian adults: results from the 2011 National Health and Morbidity Survey (NHMS)

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Population

18,184 adults aged 18 and above in Malaysia who participated in the 2011 National Health and Morbidity…

Design

Cross-sectional

Authors

YCYing Ying ChanMinistry of Health CTChien Huey TehMinistry of Health KLKuang Hock LimMinistry of Health

Discussion

Member takes

Implication

Should not yet change practice; leaves open causality and generalizability of self-rated health associations in Malaysian adults.

Structured PICO

Population

18,184 adults aged 18 and above in Malaysia who participated in the 2011 National Health and Morbidity Survey (NHMS), a nationally representative cross-sectional survey.

Outcome

Poor self-rated health (SRH), defined as rating health as moderate, not good, or very badpatient reported

Unhealthy lifestyle behaviors and chronic diseases, including hypertension and heart disease, are significantly associated with poor self-rated health among Malaysian adults.

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Chan et al. (2015) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a7ca5224a4ac2b70e610fe7 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-015-2080-z

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Lifestyle, chronic diseases and self-rated health among Malaysian adults: results from the 2011 National Health and Morbidity Survey (NHMS)

Discussion

Member takes

Implication

Structured PICO

Cite This Study

Lifestyle, chronic diseases and self-rated health among Malaysian adults: results from the 2011 National Health and Morbidity Survey (NHMS)

Discussion

Member takes

Implication

Structured PICO

Cite This Study

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