Ismarulyusda Binti Ishak

Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia | ukm ·  Faculty of Health Sciences

Background: Non-pharmacological management of hypertension includes weight loss, alcohol and sodium restriction, regular exercise, and relaxation. In people with overweight hypertension, systolic blood pressure (SBP) and diastolic blood pressure (DBP) can be decreased via exercise and weight loss together. Breathing exercises are one method of rela...

Objectives: Listening to or memorizing the Quran has been suggested to affect the psychosocial health and well-being of Muslims. Muslims who memorized Quran have a higher quality of life (QoL) and lower anxiety and stress. Hence, this systematic review was conducted to evaluate the studies that assessed the effect of listening to, reciting, or memo...

The increase in the number of Tahfiz schools in Malaysia indicates a high demand from the community for Tahfiz education. Tahfiz schools provide a Quran memorization syllabus as the main part of the curriculum at the primary and secondary levels. There is no holistic module that combines learning and health for Tahfiz students in Malaysia. Huffaz P...

Background: In Malaysia, the increasing prevalence of physical inactivity is alarming. The effects of adopting a sedentary lifestyle have led to health problems such as coronary heart disease and type II diabetes mellitus, as well as increased mortality rates. Young adults, including tahfiz students, tend to be physically inactive due to much time...

Background: In Malaysia, the increasing prevalence of physical inactivity is alarming. The effects of adopting a sedentary lifestyle have led to health problems such as coronary heart disease and type II diabetes mellitus, as well as increased mortality rates. Young adults, including tahfiz students, tend to be physically inactive due to much time...

This study aimed to determine undergraduates’ mental health status, quality of life and burn-out status in clinical and non-clinical programs as well as its association during COVID-19 pandemic period. A cross sectional survey was carried out by distributing the questionnaire through online social media platforms such as WhatsApp, Facebook, and Twi...

Background: The process of memorizing various reading materials enhances the brain capacity to process, store, and assemble memories and increases the intelligence quotient (IQ) level. However, the connection between the memorization of Quran and the enhancement of memory level is not fully understood. Hence, a cross-sectional study was conducted t...

It is a spiritual and religious activity, memorising of the Quran, which has a positive effect on both mental and physical health. There are, however, a dearth of scientific research linking Quran memorising to improved human health. In other words, the study's goal is to find out whether kids in a chosen group of Selangor secondary schools in Mala...

Background: Sudden death (SD) is defined as an unexpected natural death within an hour onset of symptoms or unwitnessed death that occurs within 24 hours, which accounts for most cardiovascular deaths in Malaysia. This study aimed to evaluate the extent of histopathological changes in the heart and to study the demographic trend in SD cases in Kual...

Background: Sudden death (SD) is defined as an unexpected natural death within an hour onset of symptoms or unwitnessed death that occurs within 24 hours, which accounts for most cardiovascular deaths in Malaysia. This study aimed to evaluate the extent of histopathological changes in the heart and to study the demographic trend in SD cases in Kual...

Background: Quality of life (QoL) is an important aspect of well-being for the caregivers of children with disability, making it a noteworthy outcome. Little is known about the challenges faced by the caregivers in Asian countries and its association to their QoL. The purpose of this study was to examine a model describing the relationship between...

Kesihatan dan pendidikan merupakan salah satu matlamat utama yang ditetapkan oleh Pertubuhan Bangsa-Bangsa Bersatu (PBB) yang perlu dicapai menjelang tahun 2030. Usaha perlu dilaksanakan bagi memastikan kehidupan yang sihat dan menggalakkan kesejahteraan pada semua peringkat umur. Maka adalah menjadi tanggungjawab kita sebagai masyarakat Malaysia m...

Background: Time management is one of the factors that may influence students’ academic performance in university. A cross-sectional study was carried out to evaluate the role of motivation camp programme towards time management among first-year undergraduate students of the Biomedical Science Programme, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) by usin...

ABSTRAK Hafazan Al-Quran merupakan salah satu amalan keagamaan dalam kalangan umat Islam yang dilaporkan dapat memberi impak positif di dalam diri seseorang. Namun pembuktian secara saintifik berkaitan impak hafazan Al-Quran masih belum menyeluruh. Oleh itu, kajian ini bertujuan untuk mengenalpasti impak hafazan Al-Quran terhadap kesejahteraan fizi...

Sudden death is an unexpected natural death within the one-hour onset of a symptom or unwitnessed death that occurs within 24 hours. This definition is most often used to describe death caused by cardiac failure as it is one of the well-known causes of natural death. Various aetiologies are leading to sudden death, and myocardial infarction is repo...

Background Previous studies show that there is a changing trend of sexual and reproductive behaviour among youth and this requires more attention and awareness especially on sexually transmitted diseases (STD). This study was carried out to evaluate the knowledge, attitude and practice of sexually transmitted diseases among selected inmates of wome...

Aim: To evaluate the efficacy of a newly developed auditory-cognitive training system on speech recognition, central auditory processing and cognition among older adults with normal cognition (NC) and with neurocognitive impairment (NCI). Methods: A double-blind quasi-experiment was carried out on NC (n = 43) and NCI (n = 33) groups. Participant...

Trace elements are essential for human health. This study determines the level of chromium (Cr), zinc (Zn), selenium (Se), copper (Cu), ferrum (Fe) and manganese (Mn) in the hair and nails of married Malay women with type 2 diabetes mellitus from Hulu Langat, Selangor, Malaysia. The trace elements were analysed using inductively coupled plasma mass...

Exposure to pesticides and fertilizers lowers the level of trace elements in the human body for several reasons. This study aimed to investigate the effect of pesticide exposure to the levels of trace elements of farmers in Bachok and Tumpat, Kelantan, Malaysia. This cross sectional study involved 89 farmers. Demographic data and information on the...

TOP 10 Outstanding poster in 3rd Pan-Asian Biomedical Science Conference 2016

Background: Caregivers of children with learning disabilities have been shown to experience increased stress and greater negative caregiving consequences than those with typically developing children. There remains a lack of studies focusing on stress and coping mechanisms among caregivers of a wider age group and diagnosis of individuals with disa...

The human anatomy course curriculum has been redesigned in 2014 to be applied in the 2014/2015 session for all year one undergraduates in the Faculty of Health Science (FSK). This course is identified as one of the most difficult subject when delivered by traditional method and therefore the redesigned teaching and learning methods had to be more i...

This paper investigate the effect of parents’ education background and family monthly income on the Intelligence Quotient (IQ) of students with special needs in Kelantan, Malaysia. This cross-sectional method study was employed multistage random sampling to obtain information drawn from 130 participants from 10 selected school in Kelantan, Malaysia...

Background: Pesticide exposure possesses risk of genotoxicity to humans, particularly farmers. Despite accumulating evidences linking genotoxicity to pesticide exposure, epidemiological studies to address pesticide toxicity in occupationally exposed farmers in Malaysia remain underreported. Thus, this study was aimed to determine the presence of n...

Parents or caregivers of children with learning disabilities have been shown to experience increases in stress and greater negative caregiving consequences than those with typically developing children. The current study sought to assess the perceived stress among Malay caregivers of children with learning disabilities in Kelantan. The Malay versio...

Families caring for children with disabilities face particular challenges and demands compared to those caring for children without disabilities. Evidence suggests that there is considerable variation in how caregivers of children with disabilities adapt to their caregiving demands and stressors. The different adaptations to the children with disab...

Parenting a child with disability may be a source of significant stress and affects the quality of life of the parents and families. Epidemiological evidence suggest that the impact of raising a child with disability on the parental and family functioning differ depending on the nature and severity of the children's disability. The present study wa...

Special needs children are often linked to people with low IQ levels. Low IQ in these types of children is associated with problems in reading and understanding of what they are learning. Quality of life (QOL) is a concept that assesses both positive and negative aspects in life. QOL for each individual is different from other individual depending...

Introduction: Omega-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids (PUFAs) play an important role in developing cognitive function in children, especially Docosahexanoic Acid (DHA). However, there is no suitable dietary assessment tool to assess DHA intake among Malaysian children. Thus, this study assessed the validity of an interviewer-administered semi-quantitat...

Agriculture is an important component of the Malaysian economy. Pesticides are widely used by farmers to increase crop production. Acetylcholinesterase (AChE) is known to play an important role in the degradation of acetylcholine (ACh) at the neuromuscular junction of the nervous system. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of pest...

Background: Microwave is the most reliable sample digestion method. However, it requires expensive microwave digester automation and has relatively low productivity. In this study, three non-automated digestion methods, i.e. wet acid digestion using nitric acid (HNO3) and hydrogen peroxide (H2O2), wet acid digestion using HNO3, and dry washing, are...

Background: Microwave is the most reliable sample digestion method. However, it requires expensive microwave digester automation and has relatively low productivity. In this study, three non-automated digestion methods, i.e. wet acid digestion using nitric acid (HNO3) and hydrogen peroxide (H2O2), wet acid digestion using HNO3, and dry washing, are...

Background: Microwave is the most reliable sample digestion method. However, it requires expensive microwave digester automation and has relatively low productivity. In this study, three non-automated digestion methods, i.e. wet acid digestion using nitric acid (HNO3) and hydrogen peroxide (H2O2), wet acid digestion using HNO3, and dry washing, ar...

A cross sectional study was carried out to examine the possession of transferable skills on employability among third year undergraduates of Faculty of Dentistry, Faculty of Pharmacy and Faculty of Health Sciences, UKM session 2011/2012. A total of 179 undergraduates students were selected via systemic random sampling, responded on survey domains r...

Health awareness promotion among farming communities are important for a sustainable agriculture activities. A crosssectional study was conducted to assess health status among farming communities in Cameron Highlands, Pahang (n = 61) and Bachok and Pasir Puteh, Kelantan (n = 143). Mobile Health Screening Programme composed of assessment of blood gl...

Chromium is an essential mineral and cofactor for insulin that plays an important role as hormone that helps in the blood sugar regulation. Kelantanese were known as sugar-based food consumer. Farmers have high risk of health problem because of exposure to pesticide and sugar-based food intake can give an effect on the level of chromium. The object...

ABSTRAK Kromium merupakan mineral yang penting dan kofaktor insulin yang memainkan peranan penting sebagai hormon yang membantu dalam regulasi gula dalam darah. Penduduk Kelantan sering dikaitkan dengan pengambilan makanan berasaskan gula. Petani merupakan golongan yang berisiko tinggi kerana pendedahan terhadap pestisid dan pengambilan makanan ber...

Introduction : Facebook as a learning tool is explored as an extension of online classroom environment. This study determines the attitude and satisfaction level of using Facebook as a learning medium among students of the Faculty of Health Sciences, UKM. Methods : A cross sectional study was conducted. Respondents recruited were all undergraduate...

Sentul Railway Electric Multiple Unit (EMU) Depot is a place for maintenance and storage of trains. A study was conducted to investigate the exposure to air pollutants and their effects to the respiratory level among employees in the depot. The method used in this study included sampling of air pollutants and lung function tests to the workers. Sam...

Intestinal parasitic infections are important public health problems among underprivileged communities. This study was carried out to evaluate the infection rate of intestinal parasites among aborigine children at Pos Sungai Rual, Kelantan, Malaysia. A total of 111 faecal samples from aborigine children aged 4-12 years were screened for intestinal...

Agricultural is one of the major contributors to national economy. However, continuous uses of pesticide are hazardous to farmers. A cross sectional study was conducted to determine health status among 75 farmers in Cameron Highlands (CH) and139 farmers in Kelantan (KN). Health status was determined based on body mass index (BMI), blood pressure an...

Chromium is an essential mineral and cofactor for insulin that play an important role as hormone that helps in the blood sugar regulation. Kelantanese were known as sweet food consumer. Farmers have high risk of health problem because of exposure to pesticide and sweet food intake can give an effect on the level of chromium. The objective of this r...

Cervical cancer is one of the most frequent cancers in women worldwide. Persistent infection with a human papillomavirus (HPV) is the main cause for cervical cancer. Vaccination and Pap smear screening are the best methods for prevention of the disease. The objective of this cross-sectional study was to assess the knowledge and views of upper secon...

This study investigated the patterns of ongoing work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WRMDs) and exposure risk to musculoskeletal injuries for various body regions among palm plantation workers. Standard Nordic Musculoskeletal Questionnaire (SNMQ) was used to assess the prevalence of musculoskeletal disorders symptoms. The Quick Exposure check (Q...

Pesticide exposure can lead to low trace elements levels in human body. Trace element plays important role in body metabolism. The aim of this study was to study the levels of selenium, zinc and chromium among paddy farmers who expose to pesticide in Wilayah I, MADA, Perlis. This cross sectional study involved 70 males paddy farmers and 57subjects...

In recent years, smartphones have become increasingly popular among Malaysians. This study was conducted to determine the relationship between smartphone usage duration and psychological well-being among postgraduates from Faculty of Health Sciences, UKM. A total of 50 respondents was recuited employed universal sampling method. Smartphone usage pa...

Social networking site Facebook is the latest online avenue for social interactions. Facebook commands a lot of popularity among the students. This study was conducted to determine the relationship between time spent on Facebook and the Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) of third year Biomedical Science students in the Faculty Health Sciences, U...

The objective of this study was to determine the difference of working memory between gender, program, year of study, supplement intake, memorizing technique, study styles and sleep hours and also the association between working memory and Cumulative Grade Point Assessment (CGPA) among students in Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM).. Altogether 1...

This study was conducted among lecturers and students in Universiti Kebangsan Malaysia (UKM), Kuala Lumpur campus. The purpose of the study was to determine the knowledge, perception and practice on the usage of e-learning among lecturers and students. E-learning that was applied in this study involving a system that was in the university website....