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Relationship between coping styles and lipid profile among public university staff

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dc.contributor.authorSuthahar Ariaratnam
dc.contributor.authorAmbigga Devi Krishnapillai
dc.contributor.authorAqil Mohammad Daher
dc.contributor.authorMohd Ariff Fadzil
dc.contributor.authorSalmi Razali
dc.contributor.authorSiti Aminah Omar
dc.contributor.authorNg Kien Keat
dc.contributor.authorNafiza Mat Nasir
dc.contributor.authorMaizatullifah Miskan
dc.contributor.authorMazapuspavina Md Yasin
dc.contributor.authorJo Anne Saw
dc.contributor.authorDamayanthi Durairajanayagam
dc.contributor.authorGurpreet Kaur
dc.contributor.authorOsman Che Bakar
dc.contributor.authorNurul Azreen Hashim
dc.date.accessioned2024-08-06T13:43:41Z
dc.date.available2024-08-06T13:43:41Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.description.abstractBackground: The scarcity of data about coping styles with a biochemical marker namely lipid profile, potentially associated with cardiovascular risk factors is most striking among professionals working in public university. Hence, this research aimed to investigate the relationship between coping styles and lipid profile comprising total cholesterol (TC), triglyceride (TG), HDL-cholesterol (high density lipoprotein-cholesterol) and LDL-cholesterol (Low density lipoprotein-cholesterol) among this group of professionals. Methods: A cross sectional survey was conducted among staff from a tertiary education centre. Subjects were contacted to ascertain their medical history. A total of 320 subjects were interviewed and 195 subjects were eligible and subsequently recruited on a suitable date for taking blood and administration of the questionnaires. The subjects completed questionnaires pertaining to demographic details and coping styles. Pearson’s correlation coefficient was used to measure the strength of association between lipid profile and coping styles. Results: Majority of the subjects were non-academic staff (60.0%), female (67.2%), Malay (91.8%), married (52.3%) and educated until Diploma level (34.9%). Academic staff scored significantly higher mean scores in task-oriented coping styles (Mean = 64.12). Non-academic staff scored significantly higher mean scores in emotion (Mean = 48.05) and avoidance-oriented coping styles (Mean = 57.61). Malay subjects had significantly higher mean scores in emotion (Mean = 47.14) and avoidance-oriented coping styles (Mean = 55.23). Non-malay subjects (Mean = 66.00) attained significantly higher mean scores in task-oriented coping styles. Single/divorced/widowed individuals scored significantly higher mean scores in emotion (Mean = 48.13) and avoidance-oriented coping styles (Mean = 56.86). There was a significant negative correlation between TC (r = −0.162) and LDL (r = −0.168) with avoidance-oriented coping styles (p = 0.023, p = 0.019 respectively). Conclusion: Avoidance-oriented coping style was more likely to engender favourable lipid profile. Hence, assessment of coping styles would certainly assist health care practitioners in predicting subjects who would be at a greater risk of developing cardiovascular diseases
dc.identifier.doi10.1186/s12944-017-0438-1
dc.identifier.urihttps://lipidworld.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12944-017-0438-1
dc.identifier.urihttps://repository.nih.gov.my/handle/123456789/853
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherBMC
dc.relation.ispartofLipids in Health and Disease
dc.relation.issn1476-511X
dc.relation.journalLipids in Health and Disease
dc.subjectCoping styles
dc.subjectLipid profile
dc.subjectCoping Inventory for Stressful Situations
dc.subjectCardiovascular disease
dc.subjectBiochemical marker
dc.titleRelationship between coping styles and lipid profile among public university staff
dc.typejournal-article
dspace.entity.typePublication
oaire.citation.issue1
oaire.citation.volume16
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