Knowledge and attitude of leptospirosis among students in School Of Health Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia
A cross sectional study was conducted to assess the knowledge and attitude towards leptospirosis among students of School of Health Sciences in Universiti Sains Malaysia. The response rate of questionnaire distributed was 97.1%. A total of 301 respondents was randomly selected and recruited for t...
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2015
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| Online Access: | http://eprints.usm.my/60653/1/THEODRA%20HABAI%20ANAK%20KEROH%20-%20e.pdf http://eprints.usm.my/60653/ |
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| Summary: | A cross sectional study was conducted to assess the knowledge and attitude towards
leptospirosis among students of School of Health Sciences in Universiti Sains Malaysia.
The response rate of questionnaire distributed was 97.1%. A total of 301 respondents was
randomly selected and recruited for this study. Self administered questionnaire consisted
of questions on demographic data and knowledge and attitude of leptospirosis questions
was distributed to all the respondents. Analysis of collected data is done using SPSS
version 22.0 software. Respondents consisted of 96 (31.9%) males and 205 (68.1%)
females with mean age of 21.63 (SD 1.1) years old. The age ranged from 20 to 24 years
old. Based on the calculated mean percentage of total knowledge score, about 183
(60.8%) respondents had good knowledge whereas 118 (39.2%) respondents had
moderate knowledge. No respondents claimed never heard of the disease which is
considered as poor knowledge. With score >75% considered as satisfactory, attitude
towards leptospirosis was generally good as 286 (95.0%) respondents obtained
satisfactory attitude score and only 15 (5.0%) respondents obtained unsatisfactory score.
Although knowledge on disease transmission and prevention strategies were high,
students knowledge on common signs and symptoms of leptospirosis still need to be
improved. Thus, this study recommend that health education program on leptospirosis
should be implemented among students to prevent leptospirosis outbreak among
students. |
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