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Factors associated with attitude regarding the Ebola Virus disease among medical and nursing students in a Nigerian teaching hospital

Background: In recent times the Ebola Virus Disease has been a major source of public health concern. The 2014 West African outbreak affected several Health Care Workers (HCW) and this has negatively affected their attitudes towards the disease. Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional study was...

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Main Authors: Balami, Lawan Gana, Ismail, Suriani, M. Saliluddin, Suhainizam, Garba, S. H.
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Language:English
Published: Community Health Society Malaysia 2016
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/54273/1/Factors%20associated%20with%20attitude%20regarding%20the%20Ebola%20Virus%20disease%20.pdf
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spelling my.upm.eprints.542732018-03-09T05:10:45Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/54273/ Factors associated with attitude regarding the Ebola Virus disease among medical and nursing students in a Nigerian teaching hospital Balami, Lawan Gana Ismail, Suriani M. Saliluddin, Suhainizam Garba, S. H. Background: In recent times the Ebola Virus Disease has been a major source of public health concern. The 2014 West African outbreak affected several Health Care Workers (HCW) and this has negatively affected their attitudes towards the disease. Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional study was done at the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital (UMTH), Nigeria and involved 423 under-graduate medical and nursing students. Multi-stage stratified random sampling was used and data was collected using a pretested structured self-administered questionnaire. Data analysis was done using IBM-SPSS version 22. Association between two categorical variables was done using Chi-square test, while Spearman’s correlation was used for correlation between two continuous as well as ordinal variables. The predictors of attitude were analyzed using Multiple Logistic Regression. Result: The mean attitude score was 83.9 ±9.8, about 51.8% had good attitude. Predictors of attitude were age (AOR = 1.099, 95% CI = 1.019 - 1.184), field of study (AOR = 1.953, 95% CI = 1.142 – 3.334) and fifth year of studies (AOR = 1.993, 95% CI = 1.081 – 3.677). Conclusion: Negative attitudes still exist such as fear of infection as well as stigmatization of EVD patients and survivors. There is need for government intervention through funding to improve the situation. Community Health Society Malaysia 2016 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/54273/1/Factors%20associated%20with%20attitude%20regarding%20the%20Ebola%20Virus%20disease%20.pdf Balami, Lawan Gana and Ismail, Suriani and M. Saliluddin, Suhainizam and Garba, S. H. (2016) Factors associated with attitude regarding the Ebola Virus disease among medical and nursing students in a Nigerian teaching hospital. International Journal of Public Health and Clinical Sciences, 3 (3). pp. 112-124. ISSN 2289-7577 http://publichealthmy.org/ejournal/ojs2/index.php/ijphcs/article/view/307
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description Background: In recent times the Ebola Virus Disease has been a major source of public health concern. The 2014 West African outbreak affected several Health Care Workers (HCW) and this has negatively affected their attitudes towards the disease. Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional study was done at the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital (UMTH), Nigeria and involved 423 under-graduate medical and nursing students. Multi-stage stratified random sampling was used and data was collected using a pretested structured self-administered questionnaire. Data analysis was done using IBM-SPSS version 22. Association between two categorical variables was done using Chi-square test, while Spearman’s correlation was used for correlation between two continuous as well as ordinal variables. The predictors of attitude were analyzed using Multiple Logistic Regression. Result: The mean attitude score was 83.9 ±9.8, about 51.8% had good attitude. Predictors of attitude were age (AOR = 1.099, 95% CI = 1.019 - 1.184), field of study (AOR = 1.953, 95% CI = 1.142 – 3.334) and fifth year of studies (AOR = 1.993, 95% CI = 1.081 – 3.677). Conclusion: Negative attitudes still exist such as fear of infection as well as stigmatization of EVD patients and survivors. There is need for government intervention through funding to improve the situation.
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author Balami, Lawan Gana
Ismail, Suriani
M. Saliluddin, Suhainizam
Garba, S. H.
spellingShingle Balami, Lawan Gana
Ismail, Suriani
M. Saliluddin, Suhainizam
Garba, S. H.
Factors associated with attitude regarding the Ebola Virus disease among medical and nursing students in a Nigerian teaching hospital
author_facet Balami, Lawan Gana
Ismail, Suriani
M. Saliluddin, Suhainizam
Garba, S. H.
author_sort Balami, Lawan Gana
title Factors associated with attitude regarding the Ebola Virus disease among medical and nursing students in a Nigerian teaching hospital
title_short Factors associated with attitude regarding the Ebola Virus disease among medical and nursing students in a Nigerian teaching hospital
title_full Factors associated with attitude regarding the Ebola Virus disease among medical and nursing students in a Nigerian teaching hospital
title_fullStr Factors associated with attitude regarding the Ebola Virus disease among medical and nursing students in a Nigerian teaching hospital
title_full_unstemmed Factors associated with attitude regarding the Ebola Virus disease among medical and nursing students in a Nigerian teaching hospital
title_sort factors associated with attitude regarding the ebola virus disease among medical and nursing students in a nigerian teaching hospital
publisher Community Health Society Malaysia
publishDate 2016
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/54273/1/Factors%20associated%20with%20attitude%20regarding%20the%20Ebola%20Virus%20disease%20.pdf
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