NHMS 2011 Objectives; To Provide Health Related Community Base Data And Information So As To Support The Ministry Of Health Malaysia In Reviewing Its Health Priorities, Programme Strategies, Activities And Planning Its Allocation Of Resources. Scopes Covered In NHMS 2011 Were Grouped Into Two Major Components; Health Care Demand Of The Community In Malaysia (load Of Illness, Health Seeking Behaviour, Health Service Utilisation And Healthcare Cost) And Non-communicatble Diseases (nutritional Status Including Obesity, Physical Inactivity, Hypertension, Diabetes, Hypercholesterolemia) Including Other Health Related Problems (mental Health Problems Of Adults And Children, Home Injury).
National Health And Morbidity Survey (NHMS) 2018: Elderly Health Was Part Of NHMS V (2015-2018). The Objective Of This Survey Was To Provide Health Related Community-based Data And Information To The Ministry Of Health To Review Health Priorities, Program Strategies And Activities, And To Plan For The Allocation Of Resources For Pre-elderly And Elderly Health Care Services. This Survey Was Conducted As A Nation-wide Community-based Survey Targeting Elderly Aged 60 Years Or More And Pre-elderly Aged 50 To 59 Years. Data Was Collected Via Face To-face Interview At Respondent’s Homes Using Mobile Devices With Various Assessments Done Based On Topics. A Total Of 5,636 Living Quarters Were Approached With 7,117 Respondents Successfully Interviewed.
The National Health And Morbidity Survey (NHMS) Is Malaysia's National Health Survey And Was First Carried Out In 1986. The Main Objective Of NHMS 2019 Was To Provide Community-based Data And Evidence To Ministry Of Health Malaysia On Non-Communicable Disease (NCD), NCD Risk Factors And Healthcare Demand For Review Of National Health Priorities And Programs. NHMS 2019 Was A Cross Sectional Survey, Using Complex Study Design With Two Stage Stratified Cluster Sampling. A Total Of 26 Houses (12 For NCD Questionnaire And 14 For Healthcare Demand Questionnaire) Were Selected From Each Cluster. The Survey Involved All States And Federal Territories In Malaysia, To Produce Nationally Representative Data. Face-to-face Interview Was Carried Out By Trained Research Assistants, Together With Structured Self-administered Questionnaires, Clinical And Anthropometric Measurements As Well As Point-of-care Finger Prick Blood Test. A Total Of 14,965 Individuals (response Rate - 87.2%) Participated In The NCD Portion, Meanwhile 16,688 Individuals (response Rate - 83.4%) Answered The Healthcare Demand Portion.
The NHMS 2015 Will Repeat Scopes Of Previous NHMS To Monitor Trends Of Health Problems And Utilisation Of Health Services In Malaysia. The NHMS 2015 Will Cover Most Of The Modules In NHMS 2011 Especially On Health Care Demands, Non-communicable Diseases And Non-communicable Diseases Risk Factors, And A Few Additional Topics As Requested By The Stakeholders.
A National Wide Survey To Determine The Health Status Of Malaysian Population
Health Information Seeking Has Been Defined As The Ways In Which Individuals Obtain Information, Including Information About Their Health, Health Promotion Activities, Risks To One’s Health, And Illness For The Purpose Of Decision-making. It Also Can Be Defined As A Problem-focused Coping Mechanism In Medical Decision-making. The Purpose Of This Study Was To Identify Patterns Of Health Information Seeking Behaviour (HISB) Among T2DM Patients In Selangor And Negeri Sembilan Government Health Clinics. This Study Assessed Health Behaviour Patterns By Identifying Patients' Preferred Sources Of Information, Diabetes Information Types, Barriers Encountered While Searching For Information, Information Needs, Patients' Health Literacy (HL) Level, And The Correlations Between HISB And HL. Multi-stage Random Sampling Was Utilised In This Cross-sectional Study To Select The Eligible Patients To Answer Validated HISB Self-administered Questionnaire (SAQ). A Total Of 999 Patients; 693 From Selangor And 306 From Negeri Sembilan Were Recruited With Assistance By The Nurse Supervisors At Government Healthcare Facilities In Both States.