Marieanne Florence and Ateeqah Abdul Said and Chong, Wen Jing and Jaya Dhaarshini Sundara Rajan and Karrthigeyan Ramachandaran and Muhamad Luqman Hakim Mohd Yamin and Nur Syahierra Azmi and Yeap, Jia Han and Azman Atil @ Azmi and Awang Setia Musleh and Azizan Omar and Mohd Yusof Ibrahim (2021) Perceived status towards COVID-19 mitigation measures among medical students in Malaysian Borneo. Borneo Epidemiology Journal, 2. pp. 25-35. ISSN 2735-0266 (P-ISSN) , 2716-7070 (E-ISSN)
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Introduction: Mitigation measures are important in curbing COVID-19 infection. However, people’s adherence to the control measures is depending upon their knowledge, attitudes and practices (KAP) towards the disease. This study aims to determine the KAP on COVID-19 and its associated factors among medical students in Malaysian Borneo during the period of the pandemic. Methods: A cross-sectional online survey of 248 medical students from University Malaysia Sabah was conducted from August to September 2020. The survey instrument was adapted from a previously validated questionnaire on COVID-19. Descriptive statistics and simple logistic regression were conducted. Results: The mean age of respondents was 22.0 (SD 1.4) years. Majority (65.7%, n= 163) were clinical students, female gender (70.6%, n= 175), and Bumiputera ethnic (46.8%, n= 116). 211 (85.1%), 191 (77.0%) and 163 (65.7%) of the respondents have good level of knowledge, positive attitude and good practice respectively. Conclusion: The medical students are updated with the current health issues especially on COVID-19. They are aware of the attributes of the disease and have concerns in taking good care of themselves. Further study needs to be implemented among the groups of non-medical student of the same institution to compare their KAP on COVID-19.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Keyword: | KAP , Covid-19 , Medical students , Malaysian Borneo |
| Subjects: | R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine > RA1-1270 Public aspects of medicine > RA421-790.95 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive medicine > RA643-645 Disease (Communicable and noninfectious) and public health |
| Department: | FACULTY > Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences |
| Depositing User: | SAFRUDIN BIN DARUN - |
| Date Deposited: | 29 Sep 2022 11:30 |
| Last Modified: | 29 Sep 2022 11:30 |
| URI: | https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/34256 |
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