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Abstract Category: Biomedical Science
What Are the Public Perceived Barriers in Accessing Healthcare During the COVID-19
Islamic Fasting Approach on Weight Loss Intervention – Experience Through the Lens of Participants
Pandemic? Designing an Online Survey 99
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Johari, M. Z. , Sulaiman, N. S. , Abdullah, S. R. , Khalil, M. K. N. , Wan Mohd Zin, R. M. , Mohd Yunus, S.
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N. N. , Kamaruddin, H. , Norshamsul, N. I. , Azizul, N. H.
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Centre for Health Communications and Informatics Research, Institute for Health Behaviour Research, National
The Characteristic Pattern of Ambulances in Ministry of Health (MOH), Malaysia 100
Institutes of Health
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Introduction
The Reflection of Conducting Qualitative In-Depth Interviews During the COVID-19
Weight loss is a natural process of weight management in life but the process and effectiveness varies
Outbreak – Challenges and Solutions 101
from individual to individual. This study attempts to assess the effectiveness of an Islamic approach of
the sunnah fasting (Mondays and Thursday) combined with healthy plating as part of a weight loss
intervention through the views of the participants.
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Method
A Bibliometric Analysis of 69 Years of Publications on Snakes by the Institute for
This qualitative study takes on exploratory approach in obtaining feedback from selected participants
Medical Research, Malaysia, 1950-2019 102
of the intervention. Four groups of participants (two successful and two unsuccessful) were invited in
separate Focus Group Discussions (FGD) to give their experiential feedback after completing the
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intervention. FGDs were recorded verbatim and transcribed. Data was blind and axial coded before
thematically analyzed.
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Result
In total 21 participants were interviewed. Four themes emerged -­‐ efficacy towards intervention,
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barriers and facilitators to success, support and sustainability. Participants who were success attributed
having a strong support system at home or at work and the sense of competitiveness as the main key
to who were successful. Similarly, the same attributes are also the reason to those who did not
Factors Associated with the Event of Recent Illness Among Malaysian Population:
succeed in losing the prescribed weight. Most suffered difficulty of at least one month to adapt to the
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intervention. Sporadically in both groups stated the intervention is sustainable for a long period.
Individual motivation plays a strong role in the success or failure in weight loss.
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Discussion
Islamic fasting is perceived to be a viable intervention to weight loss and its success is driven both by
Factors Influencing Health Insurance Awareness Among the Middle-Income (M40)
individual motivation and a strong support system to be sustainable.
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Keywords: weight loss, Islamic fasting, qualitative, effectiveness, sustainability
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Inventory and Re-curation of Snake Collection in the Biomedical Museum, Institute

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Epidemiology of Mortality Among Tuberculosis Patients on Treatment in Terengganu
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Predictive Factors for Severe COVID-19 Infection in Terengganu State of Malaysia 108
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