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ID 97 GESTATIONAL DIABETES MELLITUS: OPPORTUNITIES IN TACKLING NON-
COMMUNICABLE DISEASES (NCDs)

Sarah Awang Dahlan, Majdah Mohamed, Aleijjah Ali
Family Health Development Division, Ministry of Health Malaysia

INTRODUCTION: Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is the most common condition
complicating pregnancy in Malaysia and several other countries including United Kingdom,
United States of America and Australia. Pregnant mothers with risk factors will be screened
during antenatal care. Detection of GDM is very crucial as hyperglycaemia in pregnancy is
associated with adverse pregnancy outcomes to both the mothers and newborn. Women
with GDM is at higher risk to develop Type 2 diabetes mellitus postnatally.
METHODS: A retrospective analysis of GDM screening during antenatal care from national
surveillance for the period of 2018 until 2020 were carried out using administrative data from
all state health departments. The data only include screening during antenatal and postnatal
done in MOH health clinics nationwide.
RESULTS: Prevalence of pregnant mothers diagnosed with GDM during antenatal screening
were 16.5%, 20.1%, 22.9% and 26.5% in 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021 respectively. Among
these GDM mothers, only 58% of them complied with postnatal screening for diabetes
mellitus in 2018, 79.3% in 2019, 86.3% in 2020 and 88.4% in 2021. This postnatal screening
confirmed the diagnosis of Type 2 diabetes mellitus in 3.8% of the GDM mothers in 2018,
3.0% in 2019, 3.0% in 2020 and 2.7% in 2021.
DISCUSSION/CONCLUSION: Postnatal screening among mothers with GDM is an opportunity
for early detection of Type 2 diabetes mellitus. Efforts should be targeted to increase
coverage for postnatal screening among GDM mothers in preventing undiagnosed Type 2
diabetes mellitus. Integration between postnatal care and NCD services is crucial to provide
seamless care to these women.

ID 98 ASSOCIATION BETWEEN BURNOUT, JOB DISSATISFACTION AND INTENTION TO LEAVE
AMONG MEDICAL RESEARCHERS IN A RESEARCH ORGANISATION IN MALAYSIA

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Halizah Mat Rifin , Mahmoud Danaee
1 Institute for Public Health, National Institutes of Health, Ministry of Health, Malaysia
2 Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University Malaya

INTRODUCTION: Employee turnover could affect the organisation’s performance. Meanwhile,
job dissatisfaction and burnout are identified as predictors of the intention to leave. This
study aimed to determine the level of intention to leave and predictors associated with
intention to leave among medical researchers in Malaysia: specifically on the
sociodemographic factors, job dissatisfaction and burnout.
METHODS: An online, cross-sectional, stratified random sampling study was conducted
among researchers in a research organisation under the Ministry of Health. A hierarchical
multiple regression analysis was applied to determine the most important predictors for
intention to leave.
RESULTS: A total of 133 researchers participated. More than one-third (41.4%) of the
researchers had a moderate and high level of intention to leave. The significant predictors
identified are burnout and job dissatisfaction. Burnout was noted to have a positive
relationship with the intention to leave (β =.289, 95% CI (B): 0.287,1.096). More than two-

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