The Measurement Of Quality Of Life Among Population Within The Crowd: A Case Study Among Malaysian Pilgrims In Makkah
- Author:
Siti Fatimah MN
;
Rosminah M
;
Suhaimi AW
;
Omar O
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
‘Umrah;
EuroQol;
health status during ‘Umrah
- From:Malaysian Journal of Public Health Medicine
2017;17(1):137-145
- CountryMalaysia
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
Hajj and ‘Umrah pilgrimage are a huge congregation performed by Muslims in Makkah, Saudi Arabia. The pilgrimage
causes overcrowding and congestion that can lead to a high risk of health problems, especially when pilgrims have
health problems. The purpose of this study is to assess the reliability of EQ-5D as a measuring tool to capture the
health status of the pilgrims. Data collection was done during Ramadhan’s ‘Umrah in 2014. In this cross-sectional
study, a total of 300 self-administered questionnaires attached with the EQ-5D-5L questions were distributed to
Malaysian ‘Umrah pilgrims in Makkah and willing to participate in the study. The outcomes from the questionnaires
and EQ-5D-5L were systematically analysed by using the SPSS software. The response rate was 64%, involved female
(53%) and male (47%) respondents with the mean age of 55 years old. Hypertension (21.5%) and diabetes (16.2%) were
the commonest underlying health problems suffered by the respondents in this study. Based on the EQ-5D outcomes,
53.3% of the respondents had no problem in their movement. However, the mean of EQ-VAS (visual analogue scale)
presented 83 out of 100 scaling point, which means they might have problems in their health status. In addition, this
study revealed, respondents with underlying illnesses had difficulty in some dimensions in EQ-5D. Hypertension was
identified as the commonest underlying disease amongst the pilgrims. A contradicted outcome from the objective
and subjective measuring scales of EQ-5D and EQ-VAS respectively; presented its sensitivity of EuroQol as a
measuring tool for the quality of life among pilgrims living within such congestion
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