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Introduction: The Coronavirus disease pandemic of 2019 (COVID-19) has had psychological implications and altered the public's well-being. In response to the pandemic, mental health practitioners play an essential role in mitigating the adverse psychological effects among the public. However, as the demand for mental health services increases, the responsibilities of mental health professionals are far stretched from what they can handle. Therefore, this research is aimed to explore the psychological impact of the pandemic on the mental health practitioners in Selangor and their coping strategies. Method: A total of 10 mental health practitioners who are clinical psychologists and counselors participated in the one-to-one interview. The collected data were analysed using thematic analysis. Result: The higher client loads, the transition to virtual therapy, burnout, and anxiety were found to have an impact on the mental health practitioners' well-being. Despite the challenging psychological impact, the mental health practitioners expressed a high level of satisfaction with their jobs, which they attributed to the supportive organisational culture and their intrinsic drive for selecting this profession. The mental health practitioners have reported that perceived organisational support, social support, and self-care approaches are effective coping mechanisms. Mindfulness skills such as breathing techniques and meditation are often practiced by the participants to calm the mind and body from a long day of work. Conclusion: The implication of the study contributes to breaking the stigmatisation of help seeking behaviour among the helping professions, as well as urging the policy makers, governments, and foundations to play a part in providing accessible and quality mental healthcare to the society. [ FROM AUTHOR] Copyright of Malaysian Journal of Medicine & Health Sciences is the property of Universiti Putra Malaysia and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full . (Copyright applies to all s.)
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When COVID-19 reached Dr. Helmi Zakariah's home country of Malaysia in January 2020, he was consulting in Brazil as CEO of Artificial Intelligence in Medical Epidemiology (AIME) on Machine Learning application for dengue outbreak forecasting. A trained physician, public health professional, and digital health entrepreneur, Dr. Zakariah found himself in high demand as the Malaysian government began to mount it's COVID-19 response. He was asked to return home to his state of Selangor to lead the Digital Epidemiology portfolio for the Selangor State Task Force for COVID-19, and upon arrival immediately began to address the many challenges COVID-19 presented. This session will bring the audience along the sobering journey of health digitisation & adoption in the heat of the pandemic and beyond-not only what works, but more importantly-what doesn't-and to reflect on the case that the cost of underinvestment and inaction for digital innovation in health is simply too high in the face of another pandemic.Copyright © 2023
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Media sosial adalah salah satu medium komunikasi yang paling penting dalam kehidupan seseorang. Apabila berlakunya penularan wabak Covid-19, kebergantungan kepada media sosial menjadi tinggi terutamanya bagi menjalani kehidupan seharian. Pengenalan kepada kawalan pergerakan dan perintah berkurung menjadikan media sosial sebagai medium perhubungan utama antara seorang individu dengan individu yang lain. Oleh yang demikian, kajian ini dijalankan bagi melihat perkaitan antara media sosial dengan ketidakpuasan imej badan dan perubahan tingkah laku kecelaruan pemakanan sebelum dan sewaktu penularan wabak Covid-19 terutamanya dalam kalangan pelajar wanita institusi pengajian tinggi di Selangor. Kajian dijalankan melibatkan 172 orang responden wanita yang berumur 19 hingga 24 tahun dan sedang belajar di Institusi Pengajian Tinggi Malaysia di Selangor. Metod kajian yang digunakan adalah menggunakan jenis persampelan bukan kebarangkalian dengan menggunakan kaedah persampelan mudah dan kaedah bola salji bagi mengedarkan soal selidik secara atas talian. Hasil kajian mendapati bahawa hampir tiada hubungan yang signifikan bagi media sosial dan ketidakpuasan imej badan dengan media sosial dan perubahan tingkah laku kecelaruan pemakanan. Perbandingan data primier dan data sekunder juga mempunyai sedikit perbezaan dapat kajian iaitu hampir tiada hubungan signifikan bagi data primier dan hubungan signifikan yang lemah bagi data sekunder. Dapatan kajian ini diharap dapat membantu memberi kesedaran dan membuka mata masyarakat tentang pengaruh media sosial terhadap ketidakpuasan imej badan dan perubahan gaya pemakanan jika ia tidak dibendung.Alternate :Social media is one of the most important things in one's life. Outbreak of the Covid- 19 pandemic makes reliance on social media become high especially for daily living. The introduction to movement control and lockdown makes social media a main medium of communication between one individual and another. Therefore, this study was conducted to see the relationship between social media, body dissatisfaction and disordered eating before and during Covid-19 outbreak, especially among female students of higher learning institutions in Selangor. The study was conducted involving 172 female respondents aged 19 to 24 years old and currently studying at Malaysian Institutions of Higher Learning in Selangor. The research method used was a non - probability sample and snowball method to distribute the online questionnaire. Results showed there was almost no significant relationship for social media and body dissatisfaction, social media and disordered. The comparison of primary data and secondary data also recorded slight differences with almost no significant relationship for primary data and a weak significant relationship for secondary data. The findings of this study are hoped to help raise awareness and open the eyes of the public about the influence of social media on body dissatisfaction and disordered if it is not curbed.
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The COVID-19 pandemic continues to wreak devastation on public health systems warldwide, particularly in Selangor, Malay sia, COVID-1 9 was reported from October 2020 to October 2021 at prevalent rate . In order to control and prevent: tlie spread of this pandemic, which is already underway, there is need to comprehend the spatial dimension of this disease. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to describe the patterns of COVID-a9 virus transmission in the state of Selangor. Methods: Using a Geographic Information System (GIS), and the Moran's Index (MI), spatial distribution of COVID-19 across the entire mukim was mapped and spatial statistical analysis was carried out with indications of local spatial correlations. Results: The finding revealed that the clusters were concentrated in the western and southern regions (Global Moran's I = 0.468, p = 0.05, Z = 7.01) of the state oi Selangor, thus, this research provides important information on the regional distribution and temporal dynamtcs of COV4D-Í9. Conclusion: Aa assessment ot COVID-14's geographic spread can help enhance healih care programs and resource allouation in Malaysia, specifically Selangorwhere the COVID-19 is pandemic.
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The emergence of COVID-19 had affected people in terms of their physical activity and nutritional changes which may increase the risk of various non-communicable diseases (NCD) among them. This study aimed to identify the physical activity level, nutritional changes, and perceived barriers to engage physical activity among students of UiTM Selangor, Puncak Alam Campus during the Movement Control Order (MCO) in Malaysia. A total of 234 students aged 18-24 years old were chosen to participate in this study by using convenience sampling. The International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ), Physical Activity Resource Assessment (PARA), and adapted questionnaire from the Ministry of Health (MOH) Malaysia were used in this study. Findings reveal that students were able to engage in physical activity level during the pandemic period which required them to be quarantined. Moreover, there was an increase in the frequency of healthy eating behaviour as well as unhealthy eating behaviour during MCO.Copyright © 2023 The Authors.
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Pekerja asing di Malaysia bersifat rentan terhadap COVID-19 atas faktor persekitaran sosial yang meningkatkan risiko jangkitan. Namun begitu, perspektif mereka yang mampu kekal bebas COVID-19 sepanjang pandemik kurang diketahui. Oleh itu, kajian ini dijalankan untuk mengenalpasti faktor persekitaran sosial yang menyebabkan impak pandemik dan strategi sokongan sosial yang diterima untuk mengekalkan kesihatan dalam kalangan pekerja Nepal di Selangor dan Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia. Pendekatan kualitatif telah digunakan dengan temu bual separa berstruktur bersama lapan orang pekerja asing warga Nepal bebas COVID-19, serta dua orang pemimpin agama sebagai informan utama di mana kaedah pensampelan bertujuan telah digunakan. Hasil kajian menunjukkan bahawa impak psikososial berpunca daripada faktor undang-undang, iaitu Perintah Kawalan Pergerakan (PKP) yang mewujudkan norma baru. Sokongan informasional dan instrumental telah membantu mereka memahami dan mempraktikkan Prosedur Kendalian Standard (SOP). Sokongan emosional dan sokongan agama juga membantu mereka menangani masalah kesihatan mental. Tuntasnya, penentu sosial kesihatan utama, iaitu konteks sosial dan komuniti yang mewujudkan kestabilan ekonomi dan penjagaan kesihatan berkualiti telah menjamin kesihatan mereka semasa pandemik. Faktor sosial perlu lebih dititikberatkan dalam kerja menangani impak pandemik demi menjaga kesihatan awam secara lestari.Alternate abstract:Foreign workers in Malaysia were vulnerable to COVID-19 due to social environment factors that increased the infection risks. Nevertheless, the perspective of COVID-19-free foreign workers regarding the issues were unknown. Therefore, the research was conducted to identify social environment factors contributing to the impacts of pandemic and perceived social support as a strategy to maintain good health among Nepali workers in Selangor and Negeri Sembilan. The qualitative approach with purposive sampling method was applied. Semi-structured interviews were carried out with eight workers, and two religion leaders as key informants. The result showed that psychosocial impacts experienced were due to the Movement Control Order (MCO) as a legal factor that caused the new norm. Informational and instrumental supports helped them to understand and practice the Standard Operating Procedures (SOP). Emotional and religious supports were essential in coping with mental health problems. In short, social and community context as the main social determinant of health had brought about other determinants including economic stability and quality health care to ensure good health among them. Social factors have to be emphasized in the work of combating the impact of pandemic to promote sustainable public health.
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An increase in number of Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases will lead to more cluster discovery in Malaysia. Furthermore, with the increasing population, city growth, workplace income needs, high-risk groups, and other relevant factors can contribute to the formation of the new clusters. The cluster distribution of the disease could be seen by mapping and spatial analysis to understand their spatial phenomena of the disease dynamics. The purpose of the study is to analyse the spatial distribution of COVID-19 cluster cases in Selangor for year 2020. Two objectives of the study are i) to determine the hotspot location of the COVID- 19 cluster, and ii)to examine the spatial distribution of the factors affecting the COVID-19 cluster. The data processing was conducted using hotspot analysis and ordinary least squares (OLS) in ArcGIS Pro and Microsoft Excel to explore the local disease phenomena. TheCOVID-19 cases was most prevalent in the Petaling district, followed by Hulu Langat and Klang. The virus had the least impact in Sabak Bernam, Hulu Selangor, Kuala Selangor, Sepang, Kuala Langat, and Gombak. Three environmental factors of population density, the effects of urbanisation, and workplace cases were influential variables at the local clusters. These findings could help the local agencies to facilitate and control the spread mode of the virus in a spatial human environment.
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Introduction: On January 2021, Selangor State Health Department took the initiative to set up COVID-19 Assessment Centre (CAC) in each district. Initially, all positive COVID-19 patient were to be assessed physically in CAC. However, on 23 July 2021, Ministry of Health, Malaysia (MOH) activated virtual CAC in Selangor in view of increasing number COVID-19 cases. The spread of the highly transmissible Omicron Variant drove an unprecedented surge of cases. Therefore, on 6 February 2022, MOH revised the criteria for CAC assessment which included only Category 2B and above to be assessed physically in CAC. The aim of this study is to determine the trend of CAC attendance during COVID-19 pandemic in Selangor. Material(s) and Method(s): A cross sectional study was conducted involving 9 districts in Selangor. Secondary data was obtained via Daily CAC COVID-19 Census from March 2021 until April 2022 and analysed using Microsoft Excel 2010. Result(s) and Conclusion(s): A total of 885, 594 Covid-19 cases were seen in CACs from Mac 2021 to April 2022. Majority of the cases presented to obtain release order and aged 18 to 39 years old. Petaling district recorded the highest number of Covid-19 cases in Selangor with 313, 664 positive cases and 50% of them attended CAC. There was an increasing trend of Covid-19 cases seen in CAC from epid week 23 to epid week 29/ 2021. The highest CAC attendance in Selangor was on epid week 29/ 2021 where more than 80% of positive Covid-19 cases were assessed in CACs. CAC attendance decreased and stable after implementation of virtual CAC and revised criteria for CAC assessment. Trend of CAC attendance depends on the CAC assessment criteria and burden of COVID-19 cases. Prompt public health measures and intervention during COVID-19 pandemic is very crucial to control the spread of Covid-19 and burden to primary healthcare services.
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Introduction: Acquiring communication and social skills takes place during early years of any individual's life. Being a child born or, living the early years of life during the COVID-19 outbreak would mean that your social skills might be affected. Concerns about the impact on children's social skills were raised when schools began closing due to the implementation of movement control order (MCO). Material(s) and Method(s): We did a cross-sectional study through a survey over a period of 3 weeks in January 2021. A set of pre-designed and validated questionnaires with 3 components, which identified parents' social interaction with children, children's social skills in interaction with others and children's social skills during MCO were applied. The questionnaires were distributed online through social media applications to targeted populations, who were parents with children aged 7-12 years old in Selangor. The final sample size was 157. Result(s) and Conclusion(s): Overall, 49.68% of the children showed good social interaction skills during school closure (online classes). Moreover, 52.87% of parents had average/poor level of interaction with their children. Children's social interaction skills during school closure were significantly associated with the gender of the child (P value 0.03). Last but not least, Children's social interaction skills during school closure were significantly associated with the level of parents' social interaction with children (P value 0.001). COVID-19 outbreak adversely affected many aspects of our lives. One important aspect affected was the social interaction skills of the school age children because of the communication restrictions. However, Parents can play a major role in improving the social interaction of their children. We do recommend parents to get enrolled in social skills classes or workshops to overcome similar social problems in the future.
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Objective: Vaccination is an effective strategy to reduce the burden of COVID-19. The purpose of this study was to determine the level of acceptance rate towards COVID-19 vaccine among Malaysians. Methods: An online questionnaire was distributed to 599 respondents via convenience method among Malaysians aged 18 years and above. Results: Out of 599, acceptance rate was 89.2% with majority of the respondents were female (68.4%), aged between 20 to 29 and 30 to 39 years (30.2%), married (57.4%), Muslim (61.1%), Selangor residence (34.3%), bachelor's holder (63.3%), nonhealth worker (53.1%), and healthy individuals (59.9%). The most likely reason for refusal of taking COVID-19 vaccine was due to the long-term effect of vaccine (49.6%), gender (p = 0.017) and occupation (p = 0.038) of the respondents were found to be significantly associated with the likelihood of taking the COVID-19 vaccine. Discussion: Despite the high acceptance rate, it is still vital to address concerns among the vaccine's sceptics by establishing faith in the vaccine's safety and effectiveness through proper vaccine information. Conclusion: The findings showed that Malaysians have a high level of acceptance for the COVID-19 vaccine.
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Introduction: Obstetric Covid-19 patients are considered high risk and were admitted to healthcare facilities regardless of gestational age or disease severity. Pioneering home quarantine with mobile application-based home monitoring promised the potential reduction of bed and human-resource burden without compromising patient safety. The safety of home quarantine for obstetric Covid-19 patients and their acceptance of mobile application-based monitoring were studied. Methods: This prospective descriptive study involved obstetric Covid-19 patients who underwent home quarantine from PKRC MAEPS 2.0 (Covid-19 Low Risk Quarantine & Treatment Centre) and Covid-19 Assessment Centres (CAC) in Hulu Langat, Selangor between April 2019 to September 2020. They were monitored throughout their quarantine period twice daily using a mobile applicationbased home assessment tool. Red flag symptoms or two consecutively missed assessments automatically triggered a consideration of whether escalation of care was indicated. Results: A total of 100 women were recruited. 6 chose not to proceed due to logistic reasons. 89 (94.7%) patients who proceeded had an uneventful home quarantine. 5 (5.3%) were admitted to hospital as red flag symptoms were detected (4 had worsening Covid-19 symptoms, 1 had antepartum haemorrhage). 87 (92.6%) patients completed their post quarantine feedback. Overall, patient satisfaction was excellent with 75 (86.2%) very satisfied with the home quarantine and monitoring process. The majority (81.6%/71) found the application-based home assessment tool very easy to use. Conclusion: This study proved the safety of obstetric Covid-19 home quarantine. Its data was subsequently used to make new recommendations to allow home quarantine for obstetric Covid-19 patients.
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The COVID-19 outbreak has generated new challenges for employees in terms of change adaptation, engagement, and job stability, with well-being and satisfaction suffering significantly as a result that has been supported with the literature as well as Kahn's Theory and Motivation Hygiene Theory. This is to examine the relationship between colleague and supervisor support and the level of engagement during the COVID-19 outbreak in an emerging market. The suggested conceptual model explores the impact of colleague and supervisor support on individual engagement level, including interaction, psychological contact, and motivation level. The influence of colleague and supervisor support on the components evaluated in terms of engagement level varies. The focus of this research is to add to the existing discussion on the influence of the Covid19 outbreak on employee engagement in Selangor. This study will examine the influence factor of colleague support and supervisor support, with the author concluding that these factors are the subordinate element towards employee engagement in the workplace. This study, on the other hand, employs the quantitative method. This research also contributes to the human resources literature by demonstrating how, during a worldwide pandemic, concentrating on people can improve organisational competitiveness.
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Perkembangan industri kelapa sawit di Malaysia bermula pada tahun 1917 dengan pembukaan ladang sawit pertama di Tennamaran, Selangor. Seterusnya, pada awal dekad 1960-an, pembukaan ladang sawit meningkat dengan mendadak apabila FELDA membuka tanah rancangan secara besar-besaran selaras dengan dasar kerajaan pada masa tersebut untuk membasmi kemiskinan di kalangan penduduk luar bandar. Pada masa kini, kelapa sawit telah menjadi antara tanaman komoditi yang terpenting Malaysia. Rantaian nilai industri kelapa sawit terbahagi kepada tiga segmen iaitu sektor huluan, pertengahan dan hiliran. Sektor huluan terdiri daripada aktiviti penyediaan anak pokok, penanaman dan penuaian Buah Tandan Segar. Peringkat pertengahan pula adalah pengilangan yang melibatkan pemprosesan dan penapisan BTS daripada ladang atau yang diterima daripada pekebun kecil bagi menghasilkan minyak sawit mentah. Akhirnya, minyak sawit mentah akan diproses selanjutnya di peringkat hiliran bagi tujuan simpanan dan pasaran sama ada domestik atau eksport dan akhirnya sampai ke pengguna yang lazimnya adalah produk makanan. Walaupun pelbagai kejayaan yang dicapai oleh sektor sawit negara sepanjang 100 tahun industri tersebut bertapak di Malaysia, terdapat pelbagai isu dan cabaran yang dihadapi oleh industri sawit negara. Sehubungan itu, kajian ini bertujuan untuk (i) mengenal pasti isu dan cabaran utama sektor huluan, pertengahan dan hiliran kelapa sawit dan (ii) apakah usaha-usaha dan cadangan penambahbaikan yang telah dijalankan bagi mengatasi isu dan cabaran ini. Kajian ini menggunakan pendekatan kualitatif untuk menyelidik isu dan cabaran sektor huluan, pertengahan dan hiliran industri kelapa sawit melalui temu bual sebagai instrumen kajian utama dan analisis dokumen sebagai sokongan. Kajian ini mendapati bahawa antara isu utama industri sawit negara adalah kekurangan tenaga buruh, kelestarian alam sekitar perladangan dan pengilangan sawit, persepsi negatif terhadap minyak sawit daripada masyarakat antarabangsa dan halangan perdagangan. Isu dan cabaran ini perlu diatasi dengan berkesan antaranya hubungan diplomatik serta peningkatan kepercayaan konsumer terhadap produk sawit yang memerlukan pendekatan yang strategik.Alternate :The development of the oil palm industry in Malaysia began in 1917 with the establishment of the first oil palm plantation in Tennamaran, Selangor. Subsequently, the establishment of oil palm plantations increased dramatically in the early 1960s when FELDA opened up large-scale plantations in line with the Government's policy to eradicate poverty. Presently, oil palm has become one of Malaysia's most important commodity crops. The value chain of the palm oil industry is divided into three segments, namely upstream, midstream, and downstream sectors. The upstream sector consists of seedling preparation activities, planting, and harvesting of fresh fruits bunches (FFBs). The midstream sector is the manufacturing process that involves the processing and refining of FFB which is harvested from the plantation or collected from smallholders to produce crude palm oil. Eventually, crude palm oil will be further treated in the downstream sector to be stored or marketed either domestically or exported before eventually reaching the consumers. The final product is usually a food product. Albeit the various successes achieved by the palm oil industry within the 100 years of progress in Malaysia, there are various issues and challenges faced by the country's palm oil industry
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Background: Coronavirus are a family of viruses that can cause respiratory illnesses in human. Special features of Coronavirus is the 'crown like spikes' seen on the surface of the virus. Currently, the entire world are aware of the new strains of the coronavirus that was first reported in Wuhan, China in December 2019 named COVID-19. COVID- 19 pandemic has disrupted the transfusion services in Malaysia in terms of blood collection and potential transfusion needs in total. The pandemic has also caused plausible impact on blood utilization in Hospital Tengku Ampuan Rahimah, Klang, which also the only collection centre in the State of Selangor. Aims: We quantified the impact of COVID-19 on blood utilization in year 2019 until the emerging of COVID-19 pandemic, stratified by most utilized blood products and enumerated blood utilization by different departments. We then specifically analysed the blood utilization in hospitalized COVID-19 patients. Methods: This retrospective cross-sectional study was conducted at Transfusion Medicine Department, Hospital Tengku Ampuan Rahimah Klang from January 2019 to December 2021. Data on transfusion records from Quality Assurance database were collected, summarized and analysed. Overall blood utilization were computed on yearly basis, comparison of blood utilization among respective departments, different type of blood product utilized and overall trend of transfusion in COVID-19 patients were estimated. Results: For the past 3 years, a total of 82,056 units of blood product were utilized. 32,271 units in year 2019, 30,172 units in year 2020, and 19,613 units were used in year 2021. There was a significant reduction in blood utilization after the emerging of COVID-19 pandemic at about 6.50% in 2020 and 39.22% in 2021 compared to year 2019. The most utilized blood product during last 3 years were red cells ranging from 10,516-17,882 units, followed by random platelets 3376-6041 units, and fresh frozen plasma 3739-4662 units. However, there were no significant statistical impact of COVID-19 pandemic observed in utilization of different types of blood product. Average reduction in blood utilization in the year 2020 and 2021 compared to year 2019 in Emergency Department were (44.0%). We have observed a reduction in blood utilization for surgical-based departments, namely Orthopaedic Department (25.9%) and General Surgical Department (22.6%). During the early phase of pandemic in year 2020, the trend of COVID-19 cases was still on the rise and escalated in year 2021 and that was consistent with our findings for hospitalized COVID-19 patients as the red cells transfused in 2020 was only 908 units but in 2021 was 3120 units were transfused which comprised of 8.3% and 29.7% of total red cells utilization. Summary/Conclusions: Following notification of Hospital Tengku Ampuan Rahimah as a State referral and COVID-19 Hybrid Hospital, there was an influx of COVID-19 patients and re-direction of other cases to nearby facilities. Declined blood utilization during COVID 19 pandemic was associated with postponements of elective surgical procedures, reduction in trauma cases due to Movement Control Order and judicious transfusion in COVID-19 patients. An ongoing effective pandemic response and efforts made by various departments had good impact in rationale use of blood products at Hospital Tengku Ampuan Rahimah, Klang.
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Masalah kesihatan mental merupakan masalah kesihatan kedua yang menyerang rakyat Malaysia selepas penyakit jantung. Masalah kesihatan mental ini menjadi semakin serius sejak kerajaan melaksanakan perintah kawalan pergerakan (PKP) di seluruh Malaysia. Hal yang demikian telah memberikan impak yang sangat besar terhadap kelangsungan hidup semua peringkat masyarakat terutamanya golongan wanita. Golongan wanita adalah golongan yang amat terkesan dengan pelaksanaan PKP kerana mereka perlu memegang dan memainkan pelbagai peranan ketika di rumah seperti ibu, isteri, pekerja, suri rumah dan guru. Hal ini telah menjadikan kehidupan mereka lebih mencabar dan ini telah memberikan kesan kepada kesihatan mental mereka. Justeru, kajian ini bertujuan untuk mengkaji impak PKP semasa pandemik COVID-19 terhadap kesihatan mental wanita dari segi tekanan psikologi iaitu kemurungan (depression) dan kebimbangan (anxiety). Kaedah kaji selidik secara atas talian dijalankan bersama 100 orang responden wanita. Instrumentasi kajian ini telah diadaptasikan daripada Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-4). Hasil dapatan kajian mendapati bahawa PKP memberikan impak kepada kesihatan mental wanita dari segi tekanan psikologi, kebimbangan dan kemurungan. Selain itu, faktor sosioekonomi juga mempengaruhi kesihatan mental wanita. Kajian ini memberikan kefahaman kepada masyarakat bahawa kesihatan mental wanita adalah isu yang sangat penting dan perlu dititikberatkan oleh semua lapisan masyarakat. Oleh itu, masalah kesihatan mental wanita perlulah menjadi agenda utama dalam pembangunan kesihatan mental wanita dan dalam memperkasakan peranan wanita di Malaysia. Intervensi yang bersesuaian juga perlu dilaksanakan oleh kerajaan dan pemegang taruh seperti menyediakan akses dan peluang interaksi sosial untuk membantu wanita mengekalkan kesihatan mental dan kualiti hidup.Alternate :Mental health problems are the second health problem that strikes Malaysians after the heart disease. This mental health problem has become more serious since the government implemented the movement control order (MCO) throughout Malaysia. This has had a great impact on the survival of all levels of society, especially women. Women are the ones who are deeply affected by the MCO because they have to hold and play various roles at home such as mothers, wives, workers, housewives and teachers. This has made their lives more challenging, and this has had an impact on their mental health. Hence, this study aims to study the impact of MCO during the COVID-19 pandemic on women's mental health in terms of psychological stress i.e. depression and anxiety. The online survey was conducted with 100 female respondents. Instrumentation of this study was adapted from patient health questionnaire (PHQ-4).The findings showed that MCO had an impact on women's mental health in terms of psychological stress, anxiety and depression. In addition, socioeconomic factors also affect women's mental health. This study provides an understanding to the community that women's mental health is a very important issue and should be emphasized by all levels of society. Therefore, women's mental health problems should be the main agenda in the development of women's mental health and in empowering the role of women in Malaysia. Appropriate interventions should also be implemented by the government and stakeholders such as providing access and opportunities for social interaction to help women maintaining mental health and quality of life.
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In pandemic situations, data becomes more critical. Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in early November 2019, we have seen a significant increase in the number of dashboards tracking COVID-19 cases. Preferably, data should be available in tabular formats, such as comma-separated values easily downloadable from the data.world website (https://data.world/), GitHub (https://github.com/) or the Ministry of Health Malaysias official COVID-19 resource centre. v) Responsible agencies must vet the data to ensure reliability and validity. The Wellcome Trust and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation mandated that funding recipients share data from research related to COVID-19 (13). ii) Researchers must provide a list of their COVID-19 research projects and links to access and download the data. iii) Researchers must provide a COVID-19 data dictionary and adequate metadata. iv) Researchers must document the data-wrangling process so that it is reproducible. v) Researchers must indicate to the human ethics committee that their COVID-19 data will be shared and will not be destroyed within a specific time. Specifically, data from COVID-19 surveillance will enable epidemiologists, physicians and health workers to: i) enable rapid detection, isolation, testing and management of cases;ii) monitor trends in COVID-19 deaths;iii) identify, follow up with and quarantine contacts;iv) detect and contain clusters and outbreaks, especially among vulnerable populations;v) guide the implementation and adjustment of targeted control measures while enabling the safe resumption of economic and social activities;vi) evaluate the pandemics impact on healthcare systems and society;vii) monitor longer-term epidemiologic trends and the evolution of the SARS-CoV-2;and virus;and viii) contribute to the understanding of the cocirculation of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, influenza and other respiratory viruses and pathogens.
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Introduction Healthcare workers are at a substantially increased risk of being infected by COVID-19 patients. However, risk of being infected is depending on the critical phase of the pandemic, patients with COVID-19 might not be the absolute source of infection. Health workers could also be exposed to infected colleagues, infected family members, lives in communities of active transmission, or infected contacts during crowded events such as wedding reception and religious gathering. Objectives To explore the epidemiology data of COVID-19 infection among health care workers at Malaysia Hospitals especially on patterns of transmission and characteristics. Methods A cross-sectional surveillance study among infected COVID-19 healthcare workers working at Malaysia government hospitals. Results 1608 healthcare staffs at hospitals have been notified with COVID-19 infection in year 2020. By proportion, nursing occupation contribute up to 40.5%, followed by medical doctor (20.8%), healthcare assistant (9.7%), medical doctor assistant (9.1%), medical specialist (3.2%) and hospital administrative assistant (2.8%). Most of cases were reported from Sabah (39.8%), Selangor (27.5%), Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur & Putrajaya (6.7%), Sarawak (6.0%), Perak (5.6%) and Johor (4.7%). By gender, seven out of ten infected healthcare staffs were female and majority of them have no comorbidity (87%). In addition, rate of COVID-19 infection among healthcare workers was proportionately increased with rate of COVID-19 infection among community. Investigation by health authorities found 43.2% of COVID-19 infection cause by community, 36.3% occurred between staff to staff and 17% occurred between patients to staff. Conclusion Preponderance of infection has occurred within hospital environment. Occupational Safety and Health Unit should set up a good engagement with healthcare staff and effective strategies to protect and support the health, safety and wellbeing of staff through deep-rooted assessment of standard practice procedure especially in nursing and care activities. Digital contact tracing could improve contact tracing within hospital setting.