1.Stress and its relationship with body mass index among biomedical science students in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Nur Zakiah Mohd Saat ; Ismarulyusda Ishak ; Syarif Husin Lubis ; See Huong Wen ; Siti Nor Lily Suriyanee Mohd ; Norul Sahira Zakaria ; Tan Xin Ee ; Marlini Othman ; Tang Hui Shein ; Zahirah Zulkifli ; Tan Liy Si ; Law Ngiik Ling ; Surayya Razali ; Umi Romaizatul Amiera Zainudin ; Yeoh Thong Wei ; Luqman Osman ; Kholilul Syafiq Baharuddin
ASEAN Journal of Psychiatry 2010;11(2):190-197
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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