Nutrition Knowledge, Attitude and Practices (NKAP) and Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQOL) Status among Overweight and Obese Children: An Analysis of Baseline Data from the Interactive Multimedia-based Nutrition Education Package(IMNEP) Study
- Author:
Wan Putri Elena Wan Dali
;
Hamid Jan Jan Mohamed & HafzanYusoff
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Health-related quality of life, nutrition knowledge, overweight and obese children, parenting skills
- From:
Malaysian Journal of Nutrition
2017;23(1):17-29
- CountryMalaysia
- Language:English
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Abstract:
This randomised school-based controlled study aimed to evaluate the
baseline results of nutrition knowledge, attitude, and practice (NKAP), health-related
quality of life (HRQoL), and parents’ report of parenting skills (PRPS) among overweight
and obese children. Methods: This study was performed on three intervention groups and
one control group. It was conducted among Year Five students from primary schools who
had overweight or obese status and were generally healthy without any chronic diseases.
The children completed NKAP and child self-report of Pediatric Quality of Life (PedsQoL)
questionnaires, while parents completed parent proxy report of PedsQoL and PRPS
questionnaires. Descriptive statistics and parametric test in SPSS were utilised. Results:
Out of 139 participants involved in the baseline study, 18.7% and 81.3% were overweight
and obese respectively. This study revealed a significantly higher knowledge score among
boys (p = 0.016) and among those who lived in urban areas (p = 0.019). The children’s selfreport
PedsQoL recorded highest score for Social Functioning domain and lowest score
for Emotional Functioning domain. A contradictory finding was obtained from the parent
proxy report, where the Physical Functioning domain scored the lowest and the Emotional
Functioning domain had the highest score. Notably, some of the findings from PRPS
questionnaires completed by their parents were unfavourable. Conclusions: This study
provided prospective evidence of the current status of NKAP, HRQoL among overweight
and obese children as well as findings from PRPS among their parents.
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