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Assessing Walking Steps, Physical Activity and Quality Of Life among Adults
in Kuala Nerus, Terengganu
Nur Afifah Binti Muhammad Asri
Supervisor: Dr Asma’ binti Ali
Bachelor of Food Science (Food Service and Nutrition)
School Of Food Science and Technology
Malaysia Ministry of Health has introduced the 10,000 Steps Program to embrace physical
activity and to reduce the prevalence of sedentary lifestyles among Malaysian. However,
less study has been done in assessing the average walking steps of Malaysian population.
Therefore, this study especially in Terengganu aims to determine walking steps, physical
activity level and quality of life among adults in Kuala Nerus, Terengganu. This cross
sectional study will be involving 90 adults aged 19 years old to 58 years old. The walking
steps will be assessed by using Omron HJ-320 pedometer. Meanwhile, the physical
activity and quality of life will be measured by using International Physical Activity
Questionnaire (IPAQ) and Health Related Quality Of Life Questionnaire (HRQOL-14)
respectively. The parametric Spearman correlation coefficient (r) will be calculated to
assess the relationship between the physical activity (IPAQ) and the quality of life
(HRQOL-14). It is expected that the walking steps of Kuala Nerus population to be around
4000-8000 walking steps, have sedentary physical activity and moderate quality of life.
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