1.Societal risk perception of death among workers in a security company in Malaysia.
Jefferelli SB ; Rampal KG ; Aziz AJ ; Salim MB
The Medical Journal of Malaysia 2003;58(5):653-656
How people perceive risk influences their behaviour towards these risks. We do not know how workers perceive risk of dying from diseases or accidents. This study was conducted among 198 workers of a security company in Malaysia. The workers were asked to score on a Likert scale of 1 to 5 the perceived risk of death of Malaysians from selected causes of death. The highest perceived risks of death were, in order of ranking, motor vehicle accidents, cancer and diabetes mellitus whereas according to the certified causes of death in Malaysia the highest risks of death among the selected items were cardiovascular disease, cancer and stroke. The difference in perception and mortality data needs be addressed.
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2.College of Radiology, Academy of Medicine of Malaysia position on whole body screening CT scans in healthy asymptomatic individuals (2008)
ELM Ho ; BJJ Abdullah ; AAL Tang ; AJ Nordin ; AR Nair ; GCC Lim ; H Samad-Cheung ; KH Ng ; S Ponnusamy ; SF Abbas ; Bux SI ; S Arasaratnam ; YF Abdul Aziz ; S Venugopal ; Z Musa ; Z Abdul Manaf
Biomedical Imaging and Intervention Journal 2008;4(4):1-5
To date, the College of Radiology (CoR) does not see any clear benefit in performing whole body screening
computed tomography (CT) examinations in healthy asymptomatic individuals. There are radiation risk issues in CT and principles of screening should be adhered to. There may be a role for targeted cardiac screening CT that derives calcium score, especially for asymptomatic medium-risk individuals and CT colonography when used as part of a strategic programme for colorectal cancer screening in those 50 years and older. However, population based screening CT examinations may become appropriate when evidence emerges regarding a clear benefit for the patient outweighing the associated radiation risks.