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Determinants of leptospirosis preventive practices among the community in a flood-prone residential area in Kuantan, Malaysia

Introduction: Leptospirosis is a preventable zoonosis of public health importance. Due to increasing incidence of leptospirosis and seasonal floods affecting Kuantan community, a study was conducted to identify the determinants of leptospirosis preventive practices. Methods: A cross-sectional stud...

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Main Authors: Mohammad Aidid, Edre, Kadir@Shahar, Hayati, Md Said, Salmiah, Syed Ismail, Sharifah Norkhadijah
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RA643 Public Health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine - Communicable Diseases and Public Health
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spelling my.iium.irep.670272019-07-08T07:22:04Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/67027/ Determinants of leptospirosis preventive practices among the community in a flood-prone residential area in Kuantan, Malaysia Mohammad Aidid, Edre Kadir@Shahar, Hayati Md Said, Salmiah Syed Ismail, Sharifah Norkhadijah RA643 Public Health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine - Communicable Diseases and Public Health Introduction: Leptospirosis is a preventable zoonosis of public health importance. Due to increasing incidence of leptospirosis and seasonal floods affecting Kuantan community, a study was conducted to identify the determinants of leptospirosis preventive practices. Methods: A cross-sectional study was carried out in Perkampungan Sungai Isap, Kuantan, Pahang, Malaysia, which obtained 568 respondents by stratified proportionate random sampling technique. Data was collected using a modified guided questionnaire and analysed using IBM SPSS version 22.0. Results: Majority of the respondents were females (52.6%), Malay ethnicity (98.8%), attended up to secondary school (57.2%), worked in low-risk occupational group (96.0%) and reside in moderate-risk stratum (55.6%). Overall, majority (68%) of the respondents had good knowledge. However, only 38% of the respondents had satisfactory attitude and 18% had satisfactory practice. There were significant associations between stratum and leptospirosis preventive practices (χ2 =11.84, df=2, p=0.003), age group and leptospirosis preventive practices (χ2 =7.41, df=2, p=0.03) and personal income and leptospirosis preventive practices (χ2 =6.32, df=1, p=0.01). Multivariate logistic regression showed that the predictors of satisfactory leptospirosis preventive practices were high-risk stratum (aOR: 3.69, 95% CI: 1.71-8.00, p=0.001) and monthly personal income of less than RM1000 (aOR: 1.65, 95% CI: 1.05-2.59, p=0.03). Conclusions: Leptospirosis can be prevented by having adequate awareness regarding the disease through health promotional activities especially before, during and after flooding, targeting more on those in low to moderate risk areas and higher income group to prevent potential outbreaks. Universiti Putra Malaysia 2018-10 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/67027/1/2018092410463405_MJMHS_Oct_2018.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/67027/7/67027_Determinants%20of%20leptospirosis%20preventive_scopus.pdf Mohammad Aidid, Edre and Kadir@Shahar, Hayati and Md Said, Salmiah and Syed Ismail, Sharifah Norkhadijah (2018) Determinants of leptospirosis preventive practices among the community in a flood-prone residential area in Kuantan, Malaysia. Malaysian Journal of Medicine and Health Sciences, 14 (3). pp. 27-33. http://www.medic.upm.edu.my/upload/dokumen/2018092410463405_MJMHS_Oct_2018.pdf
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topic RA643 Public Health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine - Communicable Diseases and Public Health
spellingShingle RA643 Public Health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine - Communicable Diseases and Public Health
Mohammad Aidid, Edre
Kadir@Shahar, Hayati
Md Said, Salmiah
Syed Ismail, Sharifah Norkhadijah
Determinants of leptospirosis preventive practices among the community in a flood-prone residential area in Kuantan, Malaysia
description Introduction: Leptospirosis is a preventable zoonosis of public health importance. Due to increasing incidence of leptospirosis and seasonal floods affecting Kuantan community, a study was conducted to identify the determinants of leptospirosis preventive practices. Methods: A cross-sectional study was carried out in Perkampungan Sungai Isap, Kuantan, Pahang, Malaysia, which obtained 568 respondents by stratified proportionate random sampling technique. Data was collected using a modified guided questionnaire and analysed using IBM SPSS version 22.0. Results: Majority of the respondents were females (52.6%), Malay ethnicity (98.8%), attended up to secondary school (57.2%), worked in low-risk occupational group (96.0%) and reside in moderate-risk stratum (55.6%). Overall, majority (68%) of the respondents had good knowledge. However, only 38% of the respondents had satisfactory attitude and 18% had satisfactory practice. There were significant associations between stratum and leptospirosis preventive practices (χ2 =11.84, df=2, p=0.003), age group and leptospirosis preventive practices (χ2 =7.41, df=2, p=0.03) and personal income and leptospirosis preventive practices (χ2 =6.32, df=1, p=0.01). Multivariate logistic regression showed that the predictors of satisfactory leptospirosis preventive practices were high-risk stratum (aOR: 3.69, 95% CI: 1.71-8.00, p=0.001) and monthly personal income of less than RM1000 (aOR: 1.65, 95% CI: 1.05-2.59, p=0.03). Conclusions: Leptospirosis can be prevented by having adequate awareness regarding the disease through health promotional activities especially before, during and after flooding, targeting more on those in low to moderate risk areas and higher income group to prevent potential outbreaks.
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author Mohammad Aidid, Edre
Kadir@Shahar, Hayati
Md Said, Salmiah
Syed Ismail, Sharifah Norkhadijah
author_facet Mohammad Aidid, Edre
Kadir@Shahar, Hayati
Md Said, Salmiah
Syed Ismail, Sharifah Norkhadijah
author_sort Mohammad Aidid, Edre
title Determinants of leptospirosis preventive practices among the community in a flood-prone residential area in Kuantan, Malaysia
title_short Determinants of leptospirosis preventive practices among the community in a flood-prone residential area in Kuantan, Malaysia
title_full Determinants of leptospirosis preventive practices among the community in a flood-prone residential area in Kuantan, Malaysia
title_fullStr Determinants of leptospirosis preventive practices among the community in a flood-prone residential area in Kuantan, Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed Determinants of leptospirosis preventive practices among the community in a flood-prone residential area in Kuantan, Malaysia
title_sort determinants of leptospirosis preventive practices among the community in a flood-prone residential area in kuantan, malaysia
publisher Universiti Putra Malaysia
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