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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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Main Author: Keroh, Theodora Habai
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Language:English
Published: 2015
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R735-854 Medical education. Medical schools. Research
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spelling my.usm.eprints.60653 http://eprints.usm.my/60653/ Knowledge and attitude of leptospirosis among students in School Of Health Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia Keroh, Theodora Habai R Medicine (General) R735-854 Medical education. Medical schools. Research 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. 2015 Conference or Workshop Item NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.usm.my/60653/1/THEODRA%20HABAI%20ANAK%20KEROH%20-%20e.pdf Keroh, Theodora Habai (2015) Knowledge and attitude of leptospirosis among students in School Of Health Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia. In: -.
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R735-854 Medical education. Medical schools. Research
Keroh, Theodora Habai
Knowledge and attitude of leptospirosis among students in School Of Health Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia
description 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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author Keroh, Theodora Habai
author_facet Keroh, Theodora Habai
author_sort Keroh, Theodora Habai
title Knowledge and attitude of leptospirosis among students in School Of Health Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia
title_short Knowledge and attitude of leptospirosis among students in School Of Health Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia
title_full Knowledge and attitude of leptospirosis among students in School Of Health Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia
title_fullStr Knowledge and attitude of leptospirosis among students in School Of Health Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed Knowledge and attitude of leptospirosis among students in School Of Health Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia
title_sort knowledge and attitude of leptospirosis among students in school of health sciences, universiti sains malaysia
publishDate 2015
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