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Obesity and mental health issues among healthcare workers: a cross-sectional study in Sabah, Malaysia

Purpose – This study aims to determine the prevalence of obesity and its relationship with mental health issues among healthcare workers in Kota Kinabalu District Health Office, Sabah Borneo and its associating factors. Design/methodology/approach – This cross-sectional study was conducted among 387...

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Main Authors: Narinderjeet Kaur Dadar Singh, Jiann Lin Loo, Azlan Ming Naing Ko, Syed Shajee Husain, Jiloris Frederick Dony, Syed Sharizman Syed Abdul Rahim
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Published: Emerald Group Publishing Ltd. 2020
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RA790-790.95 Mental health. Mental illness prevention
Online Access:https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/31635/1/Obesity%20and%20mental%20health%20issues%20among%20healthcare%20workers_%20a%20cross-sectional%20study%20in%20Sabah%2C%20Malaysia_ABSTRACT.pdf
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spelling my.ums.eprints.316352022-01-24T01:18:02Z https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/31635/ Obesity and mental health issues among healthcare workers: a cross-sectional study in Sabah, Malaysia Narinderjeet Kaur Dadar Singh Jiann Lin Loo Azlan Ming Naing Ko Syed Shajee Husain Jiloris Frederick Dony Syed Sharizman Syed Abdul Rahim RA790-790.95 Mental health. Mental illness prevention Purpose – This study aims to determine the prevalence of obesity and its relationship with mental health issues among healthcare workers in Kota Kinabalu District Health Office, Sabah Borneo and its associating factors. Design/methodology/approach – This cross-sectional study was conducted among 387 healthcare workers working in the Kota Kinabalu District Health Office, Sabah. Sociodemographic data and anthropometric measurements were collected and DASS 21 questionnaire was used to assess mental health status. Findings – The prevalence of obesity among healthcare workers was 29%, which is significantly associated with years of service (p 5 0.016) and abnormal depression subscale scores (p 5 0.012) at univariate analysis. The percentage of abnormal subscale score for depression, anxiety and stress was 16, 26 and 12%, respectively. Multivariable logistic regression revealed that more than five years of service years (OR 2.23, 95%CI 1.16–4.28) and high depressive subscale score (OR 2.09, 95%CI 1.18–3.71) were both significantly associated with obesity. Originality/value – This study has affirmed the link between physical and mental health. Policies that tackle both issues should be put in place to promote wellness among healthcare workers. Emerald Group Publishing Ltd. 2020 Article PeerReviewed text en https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/31635/1/Obesity%20and%20mental%20health%20issues%20among%20healthcare%20workers_%20a%20cross-sectional%20study%20in%20Sabah%2C%20Malaysia_ABSTRACT.pdf text en https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/31635/2/Obesity%20and%20mental%20health%20issues%20among%20healthcare%20workers%20a%20cross-sectional%20study%20in%20Sabah%2C%20Malaysia.pdf Narinderjeet Kaur Dadar Singh and Jiann Lin Loo and Azlan Ming Naing Ko and Syed Shajee Husain and Jiloris Frederick Dony and Syed Sharizman Syed Abdul Rahim (2020) Obesity and mental health issues among healthcare workers: a cross-sectional study in Sabah, Malaysia. Journal of Health Research. ISSN 0857-4421 (P-ISSN) , 2586-940X (E-ISSN) https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/JHR-07-2020-0269/full/pdf https://doi.org/10.1108/JHR-07-2020-0269
institution Universiti Malaysia Sabah
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English
topic RA790-790.95 Mental health. Mental illness prevention
spellingShingle RA790-790.95 Mental health. Mental illness prevention
Narinderjeet Kaur Dadar Singh
Jiann Lin Loo
Azlan Ming Naing Ko
Syed Shajee Husain
Jiloris Frederick Dony
Syed Sharizman Syed Abdul Rahim
Obesity and mental health issues among healthcare workers: a cross-sectional study in Sabah, Malaysia
description Purpose – This study aims to determine the prevalence of obesity and its relationship with mental health issues among healthcare workers in Kota Kinabalu District Health Office, Sabah Borneo and its associating factors. Design/methodology/approach – This cross-sectional study was conducted among 387 healthcare workers working in the Kota Kinabalu District Health Office, Sabah. Sociodemographic data and anthropometric measurements were collected and DASS 21 questionnaire was used to assess mental health status. Findings – The prevalence of obesity among healthcare workers was 29%, which is significantly associated with years of service (p 5 0.016) and abnormal depression subscale scores (p 5 0.012) at univariate analysis. The percentage of abnormal subscale score for depression, anxiety and stress was 16, 26 and 12%, respectively. Multivariable logistic regression revealed that more than five years of service years (OR 2.23, 95%CI 1.16–4.28) and high depressive subscale score (OR 2.09, 95%CI 1.18–3.71) were both significantly associated with obesity. Originality/value – This study has affirmed the link between physical and mental health. Policies that tackle both issues should be put in place to promote wellness among healthcare workers.
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author Narinderjeet Kaur Dadar Singh
Jiann Lin Loo
Azlan Ming Naing Ko
Syed Shajee Husain
Jiloris Frederick Dony
Syed Sharizman Syed Abdul Rahim
author_facet Narinderjeet Kaur Dadar Singh
Jiann Lin Loo
Azlan Ming Naing Ko
Syed Shajee Husain
Jiloris Frederick Dony
Syed Sharizman Syed Abdul Rahim
author_sort Narinderjeet Kaur Dadar Singh
title Obesity and mental health issues among healthcare workers: a cross-sectional study in Sabah, Malaysia
title_short Obesity and mental health issues among healthcare workers: a cross-sectional study in Sabah, Malaysia
title_full Obesity and mental health issues among healthcare workers: a cross-sectional study in Sabah, Malaysia
title_fullStr Obesity and mental health issues among healthcare workers: a cross-sectional study in Sabah, Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed Obesity and mental health issues among healthcare workers: a cross-sectional study in Sabah, Malaysia
title_sort obesity and mental health issues among healthcare workers: a cross-sectional study in sabah, malaysia
publisher Emerald Group Publishing Ltd.
publishDate 2020
url https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/31635/1/Obesity%20and%20mental%20health%20issues%20among%20healthcare%20workers_%20a%20cross-sectional%20study%20in%20Sabah%2C%20Malaysia_ABSTRACT.pdf
https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/31635/2/Obesity%20and%20mental%20health%20issues%20among%20healthcare%20workers%20a%20cross-sectional%20study%20in%20Sabah%2C%20Malaysia.pdf
https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/31635/
https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/JHR-07-2020-0269/full/pdf
https://doi.org/10.1108/JHR-07-2020-0269
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