Nurul Huda Razalli

Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia | ukm · Research Center for Healthy Aging and Wellness (H-CARE)

Introduction: There are limited studies on plate waste and satisfaction levels among adult patients receiving therapeutic diets in hospitals, particularly in the local context. Therefore, this study aimed to determine the percentage of plate waste and the level of satisfaction among adult patients receiving therapeutic diets, as well as the contrib...

Background Digital health has been widely used in delivering healthcare, presenting emerging opportunities to overcome barriers to effective obesity care. One strategy suggested for addressing obesity involves a hybrid weight management intervention that incorporates digital health. This scoping review aimed to map existing evidence regarding hybri...

Background The aim of this study was to determine the effect of a Self-Monitoring Blood Glucose (SMBG) intervention package through a subscription model in improving HbA1c and health parameters among type-2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) individuals in Malaysia. Methods This is a quasi-experimental study involving a total number of 111 individuals with...

The success of mobile apps in improving the lifestyle of patients with noncommunicable diseases through self-management interventions is contingent upon the emerging growth in this field. While users of mobile health (mHealth) apps continue to grow in number, little is known about the quality of available apps that provide self-management for commo...

Chronic diseases often lead to metabolic disorders, causing anabolic resistance and increased energy consumption, which result in cachexia. Cachexia, in turn, can lead to major clinical consequences such as impaired quality of life, shortened life expectancy, and increased healthcare expenditure. Existing international diagnostic criteria for cache...

This study aims to assess the knowledge, attitude, and practice towards pureed diet preparation among food handlers using a newly developed questionnaire for dysphagia management. A descriptive cross-sectional design study with purposive sampling was conducted in three government hospitals in the Klang Valley, Malaysia. A newly developed questionna...

Obesity-mediated inflammation represents a key connection between the intake of foods with high inflammatory potential and colorectal cancer (CRC) risk. We aimed to explore the association between energy-adjusted dietary inflammatory index (E-DII) in relation to CRC risk in both obese and non-obese subjects. This study included 99 histopathological...

There is evidence that hospital waste is indisputably high, and various strategies have been used to reduce the hospital’s rate of plate waste. This study aimed to map the currently implemented strategies in lowering the rate of plate waste in hospitals and categorize the different types of strategies used as interventions, as well as determine the...

The traditional way of teaching Malay food and table manners through only lecture classes restricts students' from truly appreciating the uniqueness of the Malays' eating culture, especially for non-natives. Thus, this innovation study was conducted to describe Malaysian health sciences students' experiences while participating in the simulation ac...

Food insecurity (FI) has an impact on food intake, and it can make it difficult for people to eat enough nutritious food at all times to sustain an active and healthy lifestyle. The COVID‐19 outbreak has hampered people's capacity to obtain nutritious and affordable food. Although FI has been studied in Malaysia, the extent to which it is linked to...

Background/objectives: While plate waste has been widely investigated in hospitals, there have been minimal studies specific to the texture-modified diet (TMD). This study aims to determine the percentage of plate waste among patients prescribed with TMD and its contributory factors. Subjects/methods: This was a single-centre study conducted in...

Background A good audio-visual educational material for caregivers on nutrition management of pediatric oncology patients can improve treatment effectiveness, recovery rate, and nutritional status of patients. This study aimed to develop and evaluate a series of video-based educational materials for nutritional management of pediatric oncology pati...

Aberrant gut microbiota dysbiosis in women with a previous history of gestational diabetes mellitus (post-GDM) was comparable to that in adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). Nonetheless, potential relationships between diet, gut microbiota, and metabolic phenotypes in post-GDM women after delivery are yet to be discovered. In this research,...

Background/aims: Substantial proportions of patients with constipation-predominant irritable bowel syndrome (IBS-C) linked their symptoms with particular intake of foods. However, there is lack of current data regarding the intake among IBS-C patients before any dietary interventions. Thus, this study aimed to evaluate the dietary adequacy among I...

Small group discussion (SGD) using WhatsApp platform is a student-centred learning innovation to overcome the problems of lack of optimum preparation and participation by students when SGD is conducted in the classroom. Nutrition and dietetics undergraduate students (n=46) who enrolled for Multi-ethnic Cuisine & Etiquette course were given a task t...

The research on food waste no doubt had gradually rising over the years. However, there is a lack of systematic, chronological, and synthesizing studies on how the food waste related to healthcare area has evolved over time in the academic literature.

Malpemakanan dalam kalangan pesakit kanser kanak-kanak adalah perkara yang seringkali terjadi semasa menjalani rawatan kanser dan sekiranya tidak diuruskan dengan baik boleh membawa implikasi negatif. Justeru itu, kajian ini dijalankan untuk membina bahan pendidikan bercetak yang bertajuk "Penjagaan Pemakanan untuk Penjaga Kanser Kanak-Kanak" bagi...

Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is defined as impaired glucose tolerance recognized during pregnancy. GDM is associated with metabolic disorder phenotypes, such as obesity, low-grade inflammation, and insulin resistance. Following delivery, nearly half of the women with a history of GDM have persistent postpartum glucose intolerance and an incr...

Background Women with previous history of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) have unhealthy dietary patterns and profound gut microbiota shift. They have seven-fold higher risk to develop type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) in the future. We hypothesised that probiotics intervention will modulate gut microbiota and reverse glucose intolerance (GI) in...

INTRODUCTION ▪ Study conducted in Institute of Paediatric Hospital Kuala Lumpur found that 34.3% of subjects were severely malnourished, 40% were stunted, 20% had weight lost, and 68.6% were wasted (Nurhidayah 2017). ▪ Lack of knowledge on nutrition during cancer treatment among caregiver lead them to seek information from internet and social media...

Pancreatic cancer (PC) patients have poor prognosis and survival rate. Gemcitabine, the drug of choice has a dismal 15% response rate. Earlier, we reported that Garcinol alone and in combination with gemcitabine showed a dose-dependent favorable response on PC cell lines. This study probes the in vivo effects of dietary Garcinol on PC progression i...

Home enteral tube feeding practices by caregivers in the community

Compartment syndrome occurs when pressure within a closed muscle or bone compartment builds to dangerous levels. This pressure can decrease blood flow to nerve and muscle cells, leading to ischemia and organ dysfunction. Challenges in providing enteral nutrition for abdominal compartment syndrome (ACS) patients include the increase risk for develop...

Abdominal compartment syndrome (ACS) is said to occur when intra-abdominal pressure (IAP) is greater than 20 mmHg in association with new organ failure. This pressure can decrease blood flow to nerve and muscle cells, leading to ischemia and organ dysfunction. Challenges in providing enteral nutrition for abdominal compartment syndrome (ACS) patien...

AimOptimal nutrition support is important in the care of critically ill children as they are at higher risk of malnutrition and have a higher incidence of complications and mortality. The aim of this study was to review the delivery of enteral feeding to critically ill paediatric patients in the Paediatric Intensive Care Unit in a tertiary hospital...