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Abstract Category: Biomedical Science
Prevalence of Anaemia among the Elderly in Malaysia: Findings from National
Health & Morbidity Survey 2019 383
Islamic Fasting Approach on Weight Loss Intervention – Experience Through the Lens of Participants
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1 Chronic Suppurative Lymphadenitis Secondary to Extrapulmonary Tuberculosis in
Centre for Health Communications and Informatics Research, Institute for Health Behaviour Research, National
a Paediatric Dental Patient- A Case Report 384
Institutes of Health
2 Nutrition, Metabolism & Cardiovascular Research Centre, Institute for Medical Research, National Institutes of
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Introduction
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Weight loss is a natural process of weight management in life but the process and effectiveness varies
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
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intervention through the views of the participants.

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Method
Subsets of Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) Independent from Shared Epitope (SE) Alleles 386
This qualitative study takes on exploratory approach in obtaining feedback from selected participants
of the intervention. Four groups of participants (two successful and two unsuccessful) were invited in
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separate Focus Group Discussions (FGD) to give their experiential feedback after completing the
intervention. FGDs were recorded verbatim and transcribed. Data was blind and axial coded before
Distressed financing of household out-of-pocket healthcare expenditure in Malaysia:
thematically analyzed.
Findings from NHMS 2019 Survey 387
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
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to who were successful. Similarly, the same attributes are also the reason to those who did not
succeed in losing the prescribed weight. Most suffered difficulty of at least one month to adapt to the
Challenges 388
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
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individual motivation and a strong support system to be sustainable.
of a Recreational Area 389
Keywords: weight loss, Islamic fasting, qualitative, effectiveness, sustainability

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A Rare Case Report of an Adult Coexistence Thyroglossal Duct Cyst and Second

Branchial Cleft Cyst 390

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Autism Spectrum Disorder and Its Associated Factors among Children in Malaysia
Finding From NHMS 2016 391

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