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of seeking help, being empathetic towards each other in times of emotional crisis and deviate
the stigmatization associated with mental health related help seeking behaviour.

ID 160 ASSOCIATION OF CHILD MEDIA HABITS AND SOCIAL EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF
TODDLERS

Catherine Thamarai Arumugam, Nik Daliana Nik Farid
University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

INTRODUCTION: Advancement of technology has led to usage of various new and interactive
screen-based media in homes for entertainment and education. Impact of early exposure to
screen-based media on young children’s health and development is ought to be explored.
This study looks into the association of child media habits with early childhood social
emotional development.
METHODS: This cross-sectional study was conducted in five health clinics in Gombak district
whereby cluster sampling technique was utilized to recruit 600 respondents. Data collection
was done via self-administered questionnaires distributed to respondents who are Malaysian
parents of children aged 18 and 36 months old brought to the health clinics. Social emotional
development was assessed using validated Malay version of Ages and Stages Questionnaires:
Social Emotional-2 (ASQ:SE-2). Binary logistic regression method was used for data analysis.
RESULTS: Parents who never or seldom accompany their children while viewing screen-based
media, parents who never or seldom monitor child’s media content, parents who often or
always use media during child’s mealtime and parents who often or always use media to aid
child to sleep were found to be significantly associated with poor mastery of social emotional
development (OR 3.5, 95%CI: 2.05-5.93), (OR 3.25, 95% CI: 1.66-6.36), (OR 1.92, 95% CI: 1.11-
3.34) and (OR 2.32, 95% CI: 1.08-5.01), respectively.
CONCLUSION: The consequences of non-recommended media habits on child social
emotional development displayed in this study is hoped to pave the way for family-based
intervention programmes and public health policies related to screen-based media usage
among young children.

ID 161 AGREEMENT BETWEEN FAGERSTROM NICOTINE DEPENDENCE TEST (FTND) AND
HEAVINESS OF SMOKING INDEX (HSI) AS NICOTINE DEPENDENCE MEASURE

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Lim Kuang Hock , Yah Xin Yun , Mas Eliana binti Mahazir , Norharlina binti Sulaiman
1 Institut Penyelidikan Perubatan
2 Bahagian Perkhidmatan Farmasi, Jabatan Kesihatan Negeri Selangor
3 Hospital Shah Alam
4 Pejabat Kesihatan Daerah Klang

INTRODUCTION: The study into the extent of smokers' addiction will aid in smoking cessation
among current smokers. In this study, we intend to compare the level of agreement between
FTND and HSI among smokers.
METHODS: We collected the information from participants at Selangor public smoking
cessation clinics. A trained pharmacist conducted a face-to-face interview to obtain data from
the selected respondents. 153 daily smokers were interviewed using the validated
questionnaire. A score of four or above on HSI was used to classify high nicotine dependency.
This classification was compared to FTND (score of six or higher) as the reference standard.

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