relation: http://repository.uhamka.ac.id/id/eprint/37823/
title: Knowledge Concerning Obesity as A Risk Factor for Blindness:   Association with Body Mass Index
creator: Nuraini, Nuraini
creator: Hadi, Kuncoro
creator: Fitriana, Rizni
subject: RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine
description: The prevalence of obesity is increasing worldwide. Obesity is associated with several eye diseases. This study assess whether knowledge regarding obesity as a risk factor for blindness is associated with the Body Mass Index (BMI). This is a correlative descriptive, cross-sectional study, in one of Branch Area of community organization “X”, Pondok Kelapa, East Jakarta.  With a questionnaire,   Keywords:   Bod Mass Index, Waist   Circumference, Blindness,   Obesity.   we assessed knowledge regarding obesity and the risk of blinding eye   diseases. Subjects completed the questionnaire, and then height (m),   weight (kg), waist circumference (cm) were measured and BMI values   were calculated. Of the 44 subjects, 54.5% were women, 36.4% aged   51-60 years, 45% had high school education, and 31.8% were   housewives. Based on BMI and waist circumference, 27% of subjects   were overweight, 45% were obese, and 86% were with central obesity.   There were 14 subjects (31.8%) with poor knowledge, 22 (50%) with   sufficient knowledge, and 8 (18.2%) with good knowledge. The results   of correlation analysis (Pearson Correlation) showed a significant   relationship between knowledge and BMI (r=0.457, p = 0.002). As a   conclusion, knowledge that obesity as a risk factor for blindness is   associated with BMI (p = 0.002)
publisher: Eduhealth
date: 2023-12-04
type: Article
type: NonPeerReviewed
format: text
language: en
identifier: http://repository.uhamka.ac.id/id/eprint/37823/1/3406%20-%20obesitas%20dan%20BMI.pdf
identifier:   Nuraini, Nuraini dan Hadi, Kuncoro dan Fitriana, Rizni  (2023) Knowledge Concerning Obesity as A Risk Factor for Blindness: Association with Body Mass Index.  Knowledge Concerning Obesity as A Risk Factor for Blindness: Association with Body Mass Index, 14 (04).  pp. 439-445.  ISSN 2808-4608