Association Between Sleep Duration, Nutrient Intake, and Physical Performance Among Older Adults

Sim, Zhi Qin (2019) Association Between Sleep Duration, Nutrient Intake, and Physical Performance Among Older Adults. Final Year Project (Bachelor), Tunku Abdul Rahman University College.

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Abstract

Countries around the world, particularly developing countries included Malaysia, are experiencing population ageing. Older adults have limited knowledge regarding the impact of malnutrition and physical inactivity especially those within the rural area. A crosssectional study was conducted to determine the socio-demographic and anthropometric characteristics, diet intake, sleep duration and hand grip strength of older adults. This survey used purposive sampling technique where respondents are from Klang area. This paper presents the median and interquartile range of nutrient intake, hand grip strength of 117 respondents of 60 years old and above. Information on dietary intake was collected by using one day 24-hour diet recall. Household measurements were used to estimate the amount of food consumed. The hand grip strength was measured by a handgrip dynamometer. Males had higher median energy (1899 kcal) than female (1339 kcal) with p-value < 0.001. There was a significant difference in energy intake was noted among age cohort group and among three different group of sleep duration, significant difference in energy was also observed (p-value < 0.001). A correlation was observed between exercise duration and sleep duration. There was a positive correlation between hand grip strength with energy intake (p-value<0.001, r =0.761). In conclusion, there a positive correlation relationship between hand-grip strength and nutrient intake. keywords: hand-grip strength, older adults, nutrient intake, sleep duration