Knowledge, attitude and practice of MSD injuries from Malaysian employer perspective
This study aims to assess the level of Knowledge, Attitude and Practices (KAP) on Musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) from employer perspectives in Malaysia industries. A newly developed KAP questionnaire was distributed and answered by 45 employers. Most employers show good scores to the majority of i...
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| author | Athirah, Nadia Nordin Mohd. Rohani, Jafri Zainal Abidin, Norsheila Raemy, Md. Zein |
| author_facet | Athirah, Nadia Nordin Mohd. Rohani, Jafri Zainal Abidin, Norsheila Raemy, Md. Zein |
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| description | This study aims to assess the level of Knowledge, Attitude and Practices (KAP) on Musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) from employer perspectives in Malaysia industries. A newly developed KAP questionnaire was distributed and answered by 45 employers. Most employers show good scores to the majority of items in Knowledge, Attitude and Practices sections. Pearson correlation is used in order to test the relationship between KAP scores and demographic profile and also KAP variables. It was found that knowledge has strong correlation r=0.291, p>0.05 with gender. The attitude component has a strong correlation (r=0.344, p>0.05) with age group. Whereas the practices component has good correlation with education level (r=0.249, p>0.05). However, the KAP variables show only knowledge and practices have a strong correlation(r=0.271, p>0.05).MSDs cases are increasing hence understanding the underlying KAP factors are crucial in order to tackle the problem. |
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| spelling | utm.eprints-670402017-08-25T06:14:20Z http://eprints.utm.my/67040/ Knowledge, attitude and practice of MSD injuries from Malaysian employer perspective Athirah, Nadia Nordin Mohd. Rohani, Jafri Zainal Abidin, Norsheila Raemy, Md. Zein TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery This study aims to assess the level of Knowledge, Attitude and Practices (KAP) on Musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) from employer perspectives in Malaysia industries. A newly developed KAP questionnaire was distributed and answered by 45 employers. Most employers show good scores to the majority of items in Knowledge, Attitude and Practices sections. Pearson correlation is used in order to test the relationship between KAP scores and demographic profile and also KAP variables. It was found that knowledge has strong correlation r=0.291, p>0.05 with gender. The attitude component has a strong correlation (r=0.344, p>0.05) with age group. Whereas the practices component has good correlation with education level (r=0.249, p>0.05). However, the KAP variables show only knowledge and practices have a strong correlation(r=0.271, p>0.05).MSDs cases are increasing hence understanding the underlying KAP factors are crucial in order to tackle the problem. UTM-NIOSH 2016-01-11 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed Athirah, Nadia Nordin and Mohd. Rohani, Jafri and Zainal Abidin, Norsheila and Raemy, Md. Zein (2016) Knowledge, attitude and practice of MSD injuries from Malaysian employer perspective. In: 4th Scientific Conference on Occupational Safety and Health, 14-17 Nov, 2016, Johor Bahru, Malaysia. https://sites.google.com/site/scicosh2016/ |
| spellingShingle | TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery Athirah, Nadia Nordin Mohd. Rohani, Jafri Zainal Abidin, Norsheila Raemy, Md. Zein Knowledge, attitude and practice of MSD injuries from Malaysian employer perspective |
| title | Knowledge, attitude and practice of MSD injuries from Malaysian employer perspective |
| title_full | Knowledge, attitude and practice of MSD injuries from Malaysian employer perspective |
| title_fullStr | Knowledge, attitude and practice of MSD injuries from Malaysian employer perspective |
| title_full_unstemmed | Knowledge, attitude and practice of MSD injuries from Malaysian employer perspective |
| title_short | Knowledge, attitude and practice of MSD injuries from Malaysian employer perspective |
| title_sort | knowledge attitude and practice of msd injuries from malaysian employer perspective |
| topic | TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery |
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