Zaki, Farah Syazwani Hilmy
(2016)
Knowledge and behaviour towards salt
intake among adult patients getting
treatment in outpatients Clinic
Hospital USM.
Project Report.
Universiti Sains Malaysia.
Abstract
Sodium chloride (salt) is widely used in people’s food as an additive or preservatives to
make food tastes better and lasts longer. The knowledge and behaviour towards sodium
chloride (salt) intake has become a question mark. The aim of this study is to determine the
knowledge and behaviour towards sodium chloride (salt) intake among adult patients
getting treatment in Outpatients Clinic Hospital USM. A cross-sectional study was
conducted on 186 adult patients getting treatment at Outpatients Clinic Hospital USM,
using convenience sampling. A pilot study was conducted using Pan American Health
Organization (PAHO) questionnaires. The questions contains dichotomous and Likert scale
questions types, thus yielded higher Standardized Items Chronbach’s Alpha compared to
Chronbach’s Alpha. Knowledge towards sodium chloride (salt) intake yielded Standardized
Items Chonbach’s Alpha of 0.520 and Chronbach’s Alpha of 0.387. Behaviour towards
sodium chloride (salt) intake yielded Standardized Items Chonbach’s Alpha of 0.519 and
Chronbach’s Alpha of 0.394. There was no significant association between knowledge and
behaviour towards sodium chloride (salt) intake using independent t-test, p-value=0.136.
However, there is a significant association between knowledge towards sodium chloride
(salt) intake with education level using One Way ANOVA, p-value=0.002, and there is a
significant association between knowledge towards sodium chloride (salt) intake with
gender using Independent t-test, p-value=0.012. In conclusion, the findings showed that
knowledge and behavior does not affect the intake of sodium chloride (salt) and future
research with larger sample size should be conducted.
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