Knowledge and attitude of leptospirosis among students in School Of Health Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia

Keroh, Theodora Habai (2015) Knowledge and attitude of leptospirosis among students in School Of Health Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia. In: -.

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Abstract

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.

Item Type: Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Uncontrolled Keywords: leptospirosis
Subjects: R Medicine > R Medicine (General)
R Medicine > R Medicine (General) > R735-854 Medical education. Medical schools. Research
Divisions: Kampus Kesihatan (Health Campus) > Pusat Pengajian Sains Kesihatan (School of Health Sciences) > Conference or Workshop Item
Depositing User: Mr Husnan Budin
Date Deposited: 20 May 2024 07:35
Last Modified: 20 May 2024 07:35
URI: http://eprints.usm.my/id/eprint/60653

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