Knowledge, attitude and practice on COVID-19 among students during the early phase of pandemic in a university in Borneo, Malaysia
Background: COVID-19 related knowledge, attitude and practice plays a major role in determining the readiness of the community to adopt the behavioural change towards recommended preventive measures outlined by public health officials. This study aims to assess the knowledge, attitude, and practice...
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| author | Mohd Fazeli Sazali Syed Sharizman Syed Abdul Rahim Mohd Haazik Mohamed Azizan Omar Nicholas Tze Ping Pang Mohammad Saffree Jeffree Yeap Boon Tat Nelbon Giloi Farhana Harzila Mohd Bahar Wiwik Afridah Abdul Hakim Zakkiy Fasya Mohd Rohaizat Hassan Mohd Faizal Madrim Khalid Mokti Abdul Rahman Ramdzan Zulkhairul Naim Sidek Ahmad Azman Atil Muhammad Aklil Abd Rahim Mohd Yusof Ibrahim |
| author_facet | Mohd Fazeli Sazali Syed Sharizman Syed Abdul Rahim Mohd Haazik Mohamed Azizan Omar Nicholas Tze Ping Pang Mohammad Saffree Jeffree Yeap Boon Tat Nelbon Giloi Farhana Harzila Mohd Bahar Wiwik Afridah Abdul Hakim Zakkiy Fasya Mohd Rohaizat Hassan Mohd Faizal Madrim Khalid Mokti Abdul Rahman Ramdzan Zulkhairul Naim Sidek Ahmad Azman Atil Muhammad Aklil Abd Rahim Mohd Yusof Ibrahim |
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| description | Background: COVID-19 related knowledge, attitude and practice plays a major role in determining the readiness of the community to adopt the behavioural change towards recommended preventive measures outlined by public health officials. This study aims to assess the knowledge, attitude, and practice regarding COVID-19 among university students as well as its associated factors.
Method: This is a cross sectional study that was conducted among students in a public university during the early phase of COVID-19 pandemic in Malaysia. An online validated self-administered questionnaire was used to collect the data. Mann-Whitney U and Kruskal Wallis test was used to determine the association between independent variables with knowledge, attitude, and practice score.
Results: Overall response rate of this study was 92.9 (n=524). Median score of knowledge domain was 78.0 (IQR= ±12.0), median attitude score of 49.0 (IQR= ±5.0), and median practice score of 80.0 (IQR= ±11.0). The mean knowledge, attitude and practice score were significantly higher among diploma holder (vs degree holder, p<0.05), residing in main Kota Kinabalu campus (vs non-KK campus, p<0.001), studying in medical faculty (vs non-medical faculty, p<0.001), and attended COVID-19 education (vs non-attendance; p<0.05).
Conclusion: COVID-19 related knowledge and attitude were below satisfactory level during earlier phase of the pandemic. However, majority of respondents have positive behaviour towards COVID-19 prevention. This highlights the importance of accurate and tailored health education to improve the level of knowledge, attitude and practice of recommended measures to prevent COVID-19 spread. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-6e4624bf1d8a433eb2dc636e031518d22023-01-02T03:38:12ZengSAGE PublishingJournal of Public Health Research2279-90282279-90362021-03-0110.4081/jphr.2021.2122Knowledge, attitude and practice on COVID-19 among students during the early phase of pandemic in a university in Borneo, MalaysiaMohd Fazeli Sazali0Syed Sharizman Syed Abdul Rahim1Mohd Haazik Mohamed2Azizan Omar3Nicholas Tze Ping Pang4Mohammad Saffree Jeffree5Yeap Boon Tat6Nelbon Giloi7Farhana Harzila Mohd Bahar8Wiwik Afridah9Abdul Hakim Zakkiy Fasya10Mohd Rohaizat Hassan11Mohd Faizal Madrim12Khalid Mokti13Abdul Rahman Ramdzan14Zulkhairul Naim Sidek Ahmad15Azman Atil16Muhammad Aklil Abd Rahim17Mohd Yusof Ibrahim18Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Kota Kinabalu, SabahFaculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Kota Kinabalu, SabahFaculty of Psychology and Education, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Kota Kinabalu, SabahFaculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Kota Kinabalu, SabahFaculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Kota Kinabalu, SabahFaculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Kota Kinabalu, SabahFaculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Kota Kinabalu, SabahFaculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Kota Kinabalu, SabahFaculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Kota Kinabalu, SabahUniversitas Nahdlatul Ulama, SurabayaUniversitas Nahdlatul Ulama, SurabayaFaculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bandar Tun Razak, Cheras, Kuala LumpurFaculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Kota Kinabalu, SabahFaculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Kota Kinabalu, SabahFaculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Kota Kinabalu, SabahFaculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Kota Kinabalu, SabahFaculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Kota Kinabalu, SabahFaculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Kota Kinabalu, SabahFaculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Kota Kinabalu, SabahBackground: COVID-19 related knowledge, attitude and practice plays a major role in determining the readiness of the community to adopt the behavioural change towards recommended preventive measures outlined by public health officials. This study aims to assess the knowledge, attitude, and practice regarding COVID-19 among university students as well as its associated factors. Method: This is a cross sectional study that was conducted among students in a public university during the early phase of COVID-19 pandemic in Malaysia. An online validated self-administered questionnaire was used to collect the data. Mann-Whitney U and Kruskal Wallis test was used to determine the association between independent variables with knowledge, attitude, and practice score. Results: Overall response rate of this study was 92.9 (n=524). Median score of knowledge domain was 78.0 (IQR= ±12.0), median attitude score of 49.0 (IQR= ±5.0), and median practice score of 80.0 (IQR= ±11.0). The mean knowledge, attitude and practice score were significantly higher among diploma holder (vs degree holder, p<0.05), residing in main Kota Kinabalu campus (vs non-KK campus, p<0.001), studying in medical faculty (vs non-medical faculty, p<0.001), and attended COVID-19 education (vs non-attendance; p<0.05). Conclusion: COVID-19 related knowledge and attitude were below satisfactory level during earlier phase of the pandemic. However, majority of respondents have positive behaviour towards COVID-19 prevention. This highlights the importance of accurate and tailored health education to improve the level of knowledge, attitude and practice of recommended measures to prevent COVID-19 spread.https://www.jphres.org/index.php/jphres/article/view/2122health educationawarenessknowledgeperceptionattitudepractice |
| spellingShingle | Mohd Fazeli Sazali Syed Sharizman Syed Abdul Rahim Mohd Haazik Mohamed Azizan Omar Nicholas Tze Ping Pang Mohammad Saffree Jeffree Yeap Boon Tat Nelbon Giloi Farhana Harzila Mohd Bahar Wiwik Afridah Abdul Hakim Zakkiy Fasya Mohd Rohaizat Hassan Mohd Faizal Madrim Khalid Mokti Abdul Rahman Ramdzan Zulkhairul Naim Sidek Ahmad Azman Atil Muhammad Aklil Abd Rahim Mohd Yusof Ibrahim Knowledge, attitude and practice on COVID-19 among students during the early phase of pandemic in a university in Borneo, Malaysia Journal of Public Health Research health education awareness knowledge perception attitude practice |
| title | Knowledge, attitude and practice on COVID-19 among students during the early phase of pandemic in a university in Borneo, Malaysia |
| title_full | Knowledge, attitude and practice on COVID-19 among students during the early phase of pandemic in a university in Borneo, Malaysia |
| title_fullStr | Knowledge, attitude and practice on COVID-19 among students during the early phase of pandemic in a university in Borneo, Malaysia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Knowledge, attitude and practice on COVID-19 among students during the early phase of pandemic in a university in Borneo, Malaysia |
| title_short | Knowledge, attitude and practice on COVID-19 among students during the early phase of pandemic in a university in Borneo, Malaysia |
| title_sort | knowledge attitude and practice on covid 19 among students during the early phase of pandemic in a university in borneo malaysia |
| topic | health education awareness knowledge perception attitude practice |
| url | https://www.jphres.org/index.php/jphres/article/view/2122 |
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