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e-­‐poster
BM108 e-­‐Poster
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Abstract Category: Biomedical Science
Abstract Category: Public Health
Islamic Fasting Approach on Weight Loss Intervention – Experience Through the Lens of Participants
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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.
Identifying Diabetes Mellitus Quality Indicators: A Rapid Review Protocol
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N. N. , Kamaruddin, H. , Norshamsul, N. I. , Azizul, N. H.
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Hamidi, N. , Maruan, K., Narayanan, D. N., Awang, S., Zulkifli, N. W. , Mohd Ujang, I. R. 1
1 Centre for Health Communications and Informatics Research, Institute for Health Behaviour Research, National
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Centre for Healthcare Quality Research, Institute for Health Systems Research, National Institutes of Health
2 Nutrition, Metabolism & Cardiovascular Research Centre, Institute for Medical Research, National Institutes of
Introduction
Health
Diabetes mellitus currently presents one of the most significant burdens on public health in
Introduction
Malaysia. Diabetes mellitus patients require multidisciplinary and long-­‐term management, rigorous
Weight loss is a natural process of weight management in life but the process and effectiveness varies
follow up and close monitoring. In order to measure and improve quality of health-­‐care delivery for
from individual to individual. This study attempts to assess the effectiveness of an Islamic approach of
this population, selection and monitoring of relevant quality indicators are crucial. This study aims to
the sunnah fasting (Mondays and Thursday) combined with healthy plating as part of a weight loss
describe the method used in identifying diabetes mellitus quality indicators across multiple levels of
intervention through the views of the participants.
care.
Method
Method
This qualitative study takes on exploratory approach in obtaining feedback from selected participants
A rapid review was carried out in the following systematic steps ie: (i) identifying research question,
of the intervention. Four groups of participants (two successful and two unsuccessful) were invited in
(ii) searching for relevant studies, (iii) selection of relevant studies, (iv) charting the data, and (v)
separate Focus Group Discussions (FGD) to give their experiential feedback after completing the
summarising and reporting the results.
intervention. FGDs were recorded verbatim and transcribed. Data was blind and axial coded before
thematically analyzed.
Result
The
Result review includes all quality indicators used for diabetes mellitus at any level of care. Search
strategies are developed using the medical subject headings and keywords related to diabetes
In total 21 participants were interviewed. Four themes emerged -­‐ efficacy towards intervention,
mellitus, quality indicators and stages of care. The PubMed database was searched for relevant
barriers and facilitators to success, support and sustainability. Participants who were success attributed
studies published from 2010 and up to February 2020. Additionally, we searched the ministry of
having a strong support system at home or at work and the sense of competitiveness as the main key
health, disease specific organisation and also clinical-­‐guideline databases of OECD member
to who were successful. Similarly, the same attributes are also the reason to those who did not
countries` websites to identify relevant grey literature. The researchers screened the titles and
succeed in losing the prescribed weight. Most suffered difficulty of at least one month to adapt to the
intervention. Sporadically in both groups stated the intervention is sustainable for a long period.
abstracts and reviewed the full text of selected articles to determine the final inclusion. The results
were summarised quantitatively, using numerical counts, and qualitatively, using thematic analysis.
Individual motivation plays a strong role in the success or failure in weight loss.
The data extraction included a complete list and details of all indicators.1
Discussion
Islamic fasting is perceived to be a viable intervention to weight loss and its success is driven both by
Discussion
individual motivation and a strong support system to be sustainable.
This method able to assist in synthesising diabetes mellitus quality indicators and their formula as
Keywords: weight loss, Islamic fasting, qualitative, effectiveness, sustainability to formally identify what
described in the included literatures. This review will be the first step
quality indicators have been used to monitor diabetes mellitus, and will be used to inform the
relevant stakeholders.

Keywords: Quality indicators, Diabetes mellitus, Rapid review

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