Depression and Quality of Life in Patients with Neurological Disorder in a Malaysian Hospital.

Objective: To investigate association between major depressive disorder (MDD) and quality of life in patients with neurological disorder.

Methods: This cross-sectional study was carried out at a Malaysian hospital between April 2016 and December 2016 using convenience sampling. Patients aged ≥18 years with intracranial tumour or other brain disorders were invited to participate.

The Incontinence Praying Ability and the Incontinence Quality of Life Questionnaires for Muslim Women: A Confirmatory Study of the Malay Language Versions.

Background: The aim of the present study was to determine the validity and reliability of the Malay versions of the Incontinence Praying Ability (I-PA) and the Incontinence Quality of Life (I-QoL) questionnaires among childbearing-aged Muslim women.

Methods: This cross-sectional study included 338 childbearing-aged Muslim women (mean age: 31.1 years; SD = 5.

Sequence polymorphism and haplogroup data of the hypervariable regions on mtDNA in Semoq Beri population.

Orang Asli is the aboriginal people in Peninsular Malaysia who have been recognized as indigenous to the country and still practicing traditional lifestyle. The molecular interest on the Orang Asli started when the earliest prehistoric migration occurred approximately 200 kya and entering Peninsular Malaysia 50 kya in stages. A total of three groups of Orang Asli present in Peninsular Malaysia, namely, Negrito also known as Semang, Senoi and Proto Malays.

Short-term and long-term survival probabilities among first-ever ischaemic and haemorrhagic stroke patients at a hospital in the suburban east coast of Peninsular Malaysia.

Aim: This study aimed to determine the 28-day, 1-year, and 5-year survival probabilities in first-ever stroke patients in a relatively understudied setting: a suburban hospital that serves a predominantly rural population in the east coast of Peninsular Malaysia.

Methods And Results: A retrospective record review was conducted among 432 first-ever stroke patients admitted to the Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kelantan, Malaysia. Data from between January 1, 2005 and December 31, 2011, were extracted from the medical records.

Haplotype analysis of leptin gene polymorphisms in obesity among Malays in Terengganu, Malaysia population.

Introduction: The prevalence of overweight and obesity has developed the critical global threat which leads to metabolic risks and mortality. A Leptin hormone that regulates the food intake as well as food expenditure is encoded by Leptin gene. The gene has shown a pivotal role in obesity pathogenesis.

Testing Measurement and Factor Structure Invariance of the Physical Activity and Leisure Motivation Scale for Youth Across Gender.

Measurement equivalence is often assumed across comparison groups, a pervasive problem related to many self-report instruments. Measurement equivalence, also known as measurement invariance, implies that a measure has the same meaning across different groups of people. In this study, we aimed to examine the measurement and structural invariance among gender of the Malay version of the Physical Activity and Leisure Motivation Scale for Youth (PALMS-Y-M).