University students' knowledge, attitude, and practice KAP towards COVID-19 in Malaysia
Covid-19--associated with the human-to-human transmission is recent medical concern which also associated with public health concerns. A cross-sectional online survey was conducted among clinical year veterinary and medical students studying in a university in Malaysia to determine the students'...
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| description | Covid-19--associated with the human-to-human transmission is recent medical concern which also associated with public health concerns. A cross-sectional online survey was conducted among clinical year veterinary and medical students studying in a university in Malaysia to determine the students' knowledge, attitude, and practice towards COVID-19. The questionnaire consisted of 4 sections, namely, socio-demographic characteristics (6 items), knowledge (14 items), attitude (10 items), and practice (24 items) towards COVID-19. The collected data were subjected to descriptive statistics, Mann-Whitney U, Kruskal-Wallis H, and Spearman's correlation analysis. A total of 219 students participated in this study, and they consisted of 52.1% and 47.9% of veterinary and medical students, respectively. The total scores were categorised into poor (<60%), moderate (60-79%), and high (>80%) based on Bloom's cut off point. Overall, the students acquired high knowledge (80%), moderate attitude (76%) and high practice (86%) against COVID-19. In the attitude section, the veterinary student scored significantly higher than medical students (U=3791, p= .001), and female students scored significantly higher than males (U=3183, p= .001). The analysis revealed a statistically significant association between attitude and practice (P< .05) despite no association between knowledge to attitude and practice variables. Overall, the results indicated that both veterinary and medical students had high knowledge with moderate to high attitudes towards COVID-19. Thus, they were practising good preventive measures in limiting the spread of the disease. |
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| spelling | upm-934852023-01-13T03:28:16Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/93485/ University students' knowledge, attitude, and practice KAP towards COVID-19 in Malaysia Mohd Zubir, Zur Batrisyia Abd Rahaman, Nor Yasmin Awang Hamat, Rukman Kadir @ Shahar, Hayati Covid-19--associated with the human-to-human transmission is recent medical concern which also associated with public health concerns. A cross-sectional online survey was conducted among clinical year veterinary and medical students studying in a university in Malaysia to determine the students' knowledge, attitude, and practice towards COVID-19. The questionnaire consisted of 4 sections, namely, socio-demographic characteristics (6 items), knowledge (14 items), attitude (10 items), and practice (24 items) towards COVID-19. The collected data were subjected to descriptive statistics, Mann-Whitney U, Kruskal-Wallis H, and Spearman's correlation analysis. A total of 219 students participated in this study, and they consisted of 52.1% and 47.9% of veterinary and medical students, respectively. The total scores were categorised into poor (<60%), moderate (60-79%), and high (>80%) based on Bloom's cut off point. Overall, the students acquired high knowledge (80%), moderate attitude (76%) and high practice (86%) against COVID-19. In the attitude section, the veterinary student scored significantly higher than medical students (U=3791, p= .001), and female students scored significantly higher than males (U=3183, p= .001). The analysis revealed a statistically significant association between attitude and practice (P< .05) despite no association between knowledge to attitude and practice variables. Overall, the results indicated that both veterinary and medical students had high knowledge with moderate to high attitudes towards COVID-19. Thus, they were practising good preventive measures in limiting the spread of the disease. Universiti Putra Malaysia 2021-12-13 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/93485/1/41%20JSSH-8233-2021.pdf Mohd Zubir, Zur Batrisyia and Abd Rahaman, Nor Yasmin and Awang Hamat, Rukman and Kadir @ Shahar, Hayati (2021) University students' knowledge, attitude, and practice KAP towards COVID-19 in Malaysia. Pertanika Journal of Social Science and Humanities, 29 (4). 2853 - 2868. ISSN 0128-7702; ESSN: 2231-8534 http://www.pertanika.upm.edu.my/pjssh/browse/regular-issue?decade=2030&year=2021 10.47836/pjssh.29.4.41 |
| spellingShingle | Mohd Zubir, Zur Batrisyia Abd Rahaman, Nor Yasmin Awang Hamat, Rukman Kadir @ Shahar, Hayati University students' knowledge, attitude, and practice KAP towards COVID-19 in Malaysia |
| title | University students' knowledge, attitude, and practice KAP towards COVID-19 in Malaysia |
| title_full | University students' knowledge, attitude, and practice KAP towards COVID-19 in Malaysia |
| title_fullStr | University students' knowledge, attitude, and practice KAP towards COVID-19 in Malaysia |
| title_full_unstemmed | University students' knowledge, attitude, and practice KAP towards COVID-19 in Malaysia |
| title_short | University students' knowledge, attitude, and practice KAP towards COVID-19 in Malaysia |
| title_sort | university students' knowledge, attitude, and practice kap towards covid-19 in malaysia |
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