Prevalence and Characteristic of Dietary Supplement Users in Malaysia: Data From the Malaysian Adult Nutrition Survey (MANS) 2014

Zaki, Nor Azian Mohd; Rasidi, Mohd Naim; Awaluddin, S Maria; Hiong, Tee Guat; Ismail, Hashimah; Nor, Noor Safiza Mohamad

doi:10.5539/gjhs.v10n12p127

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“…A study in Kuwait indicated that educated mothers have better access to health information, implements good health practices, and participated actively in family health decisions [ 60 ]. The greater likelihood of women, older aged adults and those with higher education level to consume dietary supplements as indicated by Mohd Zaki et al [ 61 ], could also explain the greater use of community pharmacy among these group of people in our study. Hence, it is possible to conclude that higher level of education serves as an important determinant of community pharmacy use.…”

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Determinants of community pharmacy utilisation among the adult population in Malaysia: findings from the National Health and Morbidity Survey 2019

Hamidi

Tan

Jawahir

et al. 2021

BMC Health Serv Res

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Background Community pharmacies provide alternatives for medication procurement and other basic and minor health-related services in addition to mainstream hospitals and primary healthcare services. This study aimed to determine the characteristics of community pharmacy users and associated factors for community pharmacy utilisation in Malaysia. Methods Secondary data analysis was performed using data from the National Health and Morbidity Survey 2019, a nationwide cross-sectional household survey that used a two-stage stratified random sampling design. Adults aged 18 years and over were included in the analysis. Respondents who reported visiting the community pharmacy for health purposes two weeks prior to the study were considered as users. Complex sample descriptive statistics were used to describe the respondents’ characteristics. Logistic regression analyses were employed to determine factors associated with community pharmacy utilisation. Results Of the 11,155 respondents interviewed, 10.3 % reported community pharmacy utilisation for health purposes. Females (OR = 1.41, 95 % CI = 1.14, 1.73), those with tertiary education (OR = 2.03, 95 % CI = 1.26, 3.29), urban dwellers (OR = 1.42, 95 % CI = 1.13, 1.79), and those with self-reported health problems (OR = 7.62, 95 % CI = 6.05, 9.59) were more likely to utilise the community pharmacy. Conclusions Demographic and socioeconomic factors were important determinants of community pharmacy utilisation in Malaysia with sex, age, education level, locality, and self-reported health problems as the associated factors. These findings serve as evidence for policy interventions, crucial for improvements in accessibility to healthcare services.

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Determinants of community pharmacy utilisation among the adult population in Malaysia: findings from the National Health and Morbidity Survey 2019

Hamidi

Tan

Jawahir

et al. 2021

BMC Health Serv Res

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“…According to Alhomoud et al (2016), the prevalence was expected to increase in developing countries due to the widespread use of the DS and increase the trust in the needs of dietary supplementation (14). Malaysia is one of the developing countries that reported was showing an increasing number of DS consumers, especially among adults as reported from the Malaysian Adult Nutrition Survey (MANS) 2014 (9). Consequently, the number also may increase among college students as evidenced by Al-Naggar and Chen (2011) and Haque et al (2016) (3,10).…”

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Dietary Supplements: A Survey Use, Attitudes and Knowledge Among IIUM Kuantan Students

Mohd Radzi,

Abdul Razak,

Nik Hassan

2021

Int J Care Scholars

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Objectives: Dietary supplements have been recognized as products that are globally used, especially among university students due to its effectiveness and benefits towards health. In order to determine the efficiency of the supplements, the users must equip themselves with knowledge on the usage of dietary supplements. Hence, this study mainly aims to assess the usage, attitude and knowledge on dietary supplements among IIUM Kuantan students. Method: This study used a descriptive cross-sectional with stratified random sampling study among 349 undergraduate students at the International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM), Kuantan campus. Data was collected using online questionnaires and shared with students from IIUM Kuantan campus. The data was analyzed by using IBM Statistical Package Social Science (SPSS) version 25.0. Results: The overall prevalence of dietary supplements used by the students in the university was 31.8%. On the other hand, students show to have positive attitude and good knowledge, 70.8% and 84.0%, respectively. There was an association between course study and presence of illness with the level of attitudes based on Fisher exact test with p-values of <0.05 representing statistical significance. The same test was used resulting in age and BMI were associated with the level of knowledge. Conclusion: Prevalence of dietary supplements used was lower than other local findings and most of the students depict a good level of knowledge and positive attitudes towards dietary supplements. nevertheless, educational information regarding dietary supplements still needs to be provided to university students as the number of consumers keeps rising.

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“…Although previous findings indicated positive results especially in western countries; there is scarce information on Asian countries. Little is known on the use of dietary supplements among students (Sien et al, 2014) and in Malaysia as well (Mohd Zaki et al, 2018). There is an assumption which indicates the intake of DS is mainly done by people who lack in nutrients such as older people, pregnant women and individual with health problems.…”

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“…In Asian, South Korea showed high demands in consuming DS with an average of 60% people consume ginseng, multivitamins, glucosamine, probiotics and vitamin C (Ock, Hwang, Lee, Song, & Ock, 2010). While in Malaysia; through its first National Nutrition Survey by the Ministry of Health in 2008, only 25% of the adult population consumes DS (Mohd Zaki et al, 2018). However, according to Malaysian Dietary Supplement Association (MDSA); the Malaysian market for DS continues to grow progressively despite the weak business activity and low acceptance among consumers (Birruntha, 2019).…”

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Influencing Factors in Dietary Supplement Consumption among University Students

Aziz

Shafii

Azizam

et al. 2020

ABRIJ

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In recent years, there has been an increasing interest in consuming dietary supplements which believed to promote a healthy lifestyle among generations. However, lack of knowledge and peer pressure can be the problems despite its long success. Thus, the aim of this study is twofold; i) to assess the sociodemographic information among the students on taking dietary supplements and ii) to examine the influencing factors that lead to dietary supplements consumption among undergraduate students in Selangor, Malaysia. Findings explained through equal distribution of survey between faculties, a majority of female students (72.5%) participated in this study compared to male students (27.5%) with both genders are in a good health condition (60.6%) and having normal BMI reading (65.3%). All the factors such as the perception of knowledge (r = 0.387), lifestyle behaviour (r = 0.541) and efficacy of the supplements (r = 0.548) indicate a moderate positive relationship towards dietary consumption in their daily life, respectively. More health educational talks need to be conducted in future to increase knowledge among university students. Future recommendations are drawn through the suggestion of reassessing other factors that lead to the DS consumption through qualitative method analysis.

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Prevalence and Characteristic of Dietary Supplement Users in Malaysia: Data From the Malaysian Adult Nutrition Survey (MANS) 2014

Cited by 27 publications

References 15 publications

Determinants of community pharmacy utilisation among the adult population in Malaysia: findings from the National Health and Morbidity Survey 2019

Determinants of community pharmacy utilisation among the adult population in Malaysia: findings from the National Health and Morbidity Survey 2019

Dietary Supplements: A Survey Use, Attitudes and Knowledge Among IIUM Kuantan Students

Influencing Factors in Dietary Supplement Consumption among University Students

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