Social Support among Older Persons and Its Association with Smoking: Findings from the National Health and Morbidity Survey 2018.

Background: Globally, the average age of the world's population of older people continues to rise and having a good social support network becomes increasingly relevant with the aging populace. Overall, in Malaysia, social support prevalence was low among older persons. This study was conducted to determine the association between social support and smoking status among the older Malaysian population.

Prevalence and factors associated with multimorbidity among older adults in Malaysia: a population-based cross-sectional study.

Objectives: To determine the prevalence and factors associated with multimorbidity among community-dwelling older adults in Malaysia.

Design: A population-based cross-sectional study.

Setting: 13 states and 3 Federal Territories in Malaysia.

An overview of the methodology and general findings from the National Health and Morbidity Survey (NHMS) 2018: Older persons' health in Malaysia.

Aim: This article describes the methodology of the 2018 Malaysian National Health and Morbidity Survey, and provides an overview of the sociodemographic details of the respondents and key findings on the health of older adults.

Methods: The survey included 3977 community-dwelling respondents, aged ≥60 years across Malaysia. Two-stage stratified random sampling with selection of enumeration blocks from both urban and rural areas ensured the findings were representative of the Malaysian older population.

Cardiovascular disease risk factors among older people: Data from the National Health and Morbidity Survey 2015.

Study on cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors and their prevalence among the older people in Malaysia is limited. We aimed to determine the prevalence and factors associated with CVD risk factors using the non-laboratory Framingham Generalized 10-Year CVD risk score among older people in Malaysia. This was a population-based cross-sectional study using data of 3,375 participants aged ≥60 years from the National Health and Morbidity Survey 2015.