This paper documents the gap in secondary education progression between Muslims and nonMuslims using a panel dataset from Indonesia. The finding is that Muslim males face a lower chance of enroling in senior secondary level. For those who graduated from senior secondary, the probability of a Muslim male to enrol in college is around 53 percent lower than a nonMuslim male. It appears that equali...

BACKGROUND This study evaluates the psychometric properties of the Malay version of the Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale (BPRS-M) among patients with schizophrenia in a psychiatric outpatient clinic. METHODS Ninety-nine schizophrenia outpatients were administered the Malay version of the Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale (BPRS-M), Malay version of Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS), Mala...

background and purpose: medical education is a laborious program which may give negative consequences on the physical and psychological health of medical students. the aims of this study were to evaluate psychological distress among malay medical students and to assess its relationship with their lifestyle. methods: a cross-sectional study was conducted among 221 malay medical students. psychol...

OBJECTIVE We aimed to adapt, translate and validate the Chronic Liver Disease Questionnaire (CLDQ) in Malaysian patients with chronic liver diseases of various aetiologies. SETTING Tertiary level teaching institution in Malaysia. PARTICIPANTS The validation process involved 211 adult patients (English language n=101, Malay language n=110) with chronic liver disease. Characteristics of the s...

The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between smoking and cardiopulmonary function, effect habit on exercise tolerance after discharge from hospital, focusing CPX test data patients hospitalized for acute myocardial infarction, at 6 months discharge. A total 123 male infarction April 2014 December 2020 were included. Laboratory compared smokers non-smokers. smokers, ex-smoke...

BACKGROUND Patients having psychiatric diagnoses often experience high level of distress. Religiousness is often used by them as part of their coping mechanism and problem-solving strategies. OBJECTIVE To determine the level of religious commitment and coping methods in psychiatric patients and its relationship with distress level. METHODS Religious commitment and coping patterns were measu...

Ronit Ricci. 2019. Banishment and Belonging: Exile Diaspora in Sarandib, Lanka, Ceylon. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.This essay reviews a book that explores Sri one of the historical destinations colonial exile, with focus on literary traditions Malay people, particularly Muslims. By using manuscripts written by exiles as primary source, this work emphasizes contextual studies dimensio...

OBJECTIVE To study the basic eyelid and orbital measurement in the four main ethnic groups of southern Thailand. MATERIAL AND METHOD The basic eyelid and orbital surface anatomy of 101 normal subjects aged 20-40 years old were measured in the four ethnic groups of which the majority of people in southern Thailand belong to: Thai, Chinese, Thai-Malay, and Thai-Chinese. RESULTS Of the 101 sub...

BACKGROUND As little is known about the determinants of smoking in large ethnic minorities in the Netherlands and other Western European countries, we studied the determinants of smoking young adult offspring of Turkish migrants to the Netherlands. METHODS Cross-sectional survey of 439 Turkish adults (18-28 y) in 2003. Smokers were compared with never smokers for five groups of determinants: ...

The worksite is one of the key channels for the delivery of interventions to reduce chronic diseases among adult populations. It provides easy and regular access to a relatively stable population and it encourages sustained peer support. This paper reports a 2-year follow-up of the impact of a worksite health promotion programme on serum cholesterol and dietary changes among employees in a city...