Nutritional and non-communicable disease (NCD) status association with fall among older persons in Malaysia : findings from National Health and Morbidity Survey (NHMS) Malaysia 2018

• Main Authors: Jayvikramjit Singh,, Mohamad Fuad Mohamad Anuar,, Azli Baharudin,, Suhaila Abdul Ghaffar,, Cheong, Siew Man, Lalita Palineveloo,, Syafinaz Mohd Sallehuddin,, Nur Shahida Abd Aziz,, Norsyamlina Che Abdul Rahim,, Munawara Pardi,, Nur Hamizah Nasaruddin,, Ahmad Ali Zainuddin,
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Pusat Perubatan Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2021
• Online Access: http://journalarticle.ukm.my/18405/1/332-Article%20Text-1988-1-10-20210823.pdf; http://journalarticle.ukm.my/18405/; https://spaj.ukm.my/ijphr/index.php/ijphr/issue/view/29

Fall is a health problem for older persons. This study investigates the potential factors of concern: the nutritional status of older persons and non-communicable disease association with incidence of falls. This study used data from NHMS 2018, and conducted a cross-sectional design by applying two...