Stress and its relationship with body mass index among biomedical science students in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
ASEAN Journal of Psychiatry
; : 190-197, 2010.
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in English
| WPRIM (Western Pacific)
| ID: wpr-625747
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ABSTRACT
Objective:
The objective of this study was to assess the relationship between stress score and body mass index (BMI) of students of Science in Kuala Lumpur.Methods:
A cross-sectional study was carried out among 126 students. Data about stress score were collected using a questionnaire, the Student-Life Stress Inventory (SLSI) Data about BMI were calculated from height and weight of the respondents.Results:
A total of 117 (92.85%) out of 126 students had responded. The mean difference of stress score among first, second and third year students were 87.6 ± 17.0, 83.4 ± 16.9 and 86.7 ± 15.4 respectively. The mean difference of stress scores between the Bumiputra and non-Bumiputra students were 87.9 ± 16.5 and 83.2 ± 15.9 .The mean of body mass Index(BMI) between first, second and third year students were 21.0 ± 3.5, 20.3 ± 2.7 and 21.8 ± 4.3 respectively.Conclusions:
This study showed that the stress level is higher in first year, female and bumiputra student. There was no significant relationship between stress score and BMI.
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Database:
WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Type of study:
Observational study
Language:
English
Journal:
ASEAN Journal of Psychiatry
Year:
2010
Document type:
Article