Predicting factors contributing to knowledge, attitudes and practices relating to Zika virus infection among the general public in Malaysia
Objective: To identify the predicting factors that contribute to knowledge, attitude and practices relating to Zika virus infection among the general public in Malaysia. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted using a validated self-administered questionnaire. Descriptive analysis was done fo...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:e03809aa9d0b4a22a4626eab385d2b62 2023-05-15T15:10:55+02:00 Predicting factors contributing to knowledge, attitudes and practices relating to Zika virus infection among the general public in Malaysia Kingston Rajiah Mari Kannan Maharajan May Yee Woo Yew Wing Yee Shi Mun Cheah Mai Ya Zhe 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.4103/1995-7645.285830 https://doaj.org/article/e03809aa9d0b4a22a4626eab385d2b62 EN eng Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications http://www.apjtm.org/article.asp?issn=1995-7645;year=2020;volume=13;issue=7;spage=314;epage=321;aulast=Rajiah https://doaj.org/toc/2352-4146 2352-4146 doi:10.4103/1995-7645.285830 https://doaj.org/article/e03809aa9d0b4a22a4626eab385d2b62 Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Medicine, Vol 13, Iss 7, Pp 314-321 (2020) zika virus infection public malaysia predictors Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962 article 2020 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.4103/1995-7645.285830 2022-12-31T05:59:42Z Objective: To identify the predicting factors that contribute to knowledge, attitude and practices relating to Zika virus infection among the general public in Malaysia. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted using a validated self-administered questionnaire. Descriptive analysis was done for participants’ socio-demographic profile. Contingency table analysis was done to analyse the associations between knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP) scores and socio-demographic profile. A Bonferroni-corrected P-value was used to find the significance of the associations and multiple comparisons were performed in a single data set. To determine the linear relationship between each independent variable and the dependent variable, Spearman rank correlation was performed. Cohen’s correlation coefficient was evaluated to determine the strength of the effect size. Multiple correlations and regression analyses were performed to identify independent variables that predicts the dependent variable. Results: Multiple correlation analyses were conducted between respondents’ KAP score and independent variables (Age >60 years; Female gender; Selangor state; At least 1 pregnant woman per household). The independent variables such as ‘Female gender’, ‘Selangor state’ and ‘At least 1 pregnant woman per household’ were positively and significantly correlated with KAP score whereas, age >60 years was negatively and significantly correlated with the KAP scores. Conclusions: There were associations between four independent factors and the KAP scores, while only three factors contributed to changes in KAP scores among the public. Among these contributing factors, respondents’ age group was the strongest predictor. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Arctic Kap ENVELOPE(23.567,23.567,65.533,65.533) Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Medicine 13 7 314 |
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Objective: To identify the predicting factors that contribute to knowledge, attitude and practices relating to Zika virus infection among the general public in Malaysia. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted using a validated self-administered questionnaire. Descriptive analysis was done for participants’ socio-demographic profile. Contingency table analysis was done to analyse the associations between knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP) scores and socio-demographic profile. A Bonferroni-corrected P-value was used to find the significance of the associations and multiple comparisons were performed in a single data set. To determine the linear relationship between each independent variable and the dependent variable, Spearman rank correlation was performed. Cohen’s correlation coefficient was evaluated to determine the strength of the effect size. Multiple correlations and regression analyses were performed to identify independent variables that predicts the dependent variable. Results: Multiple correlation analyses were conducted between respondents’ KAP score and independent variables (Age >60 years; Female gender; Selangor state; At least 1 pregnant woman per household). The independent variables such as ‘Female gender’, ‘Selangor state’ and ‘At least 1 pregnant woman per household’ were positively and significantly correlated with KAP score whereas, age >60 years was negatively and significantly correlated with the KAP scores. Conclusions: There were associations between four independent factors and the KAP scores, while only three factors contributed to changes in KAP scores among the public. Among these contributing factors, respondents’ age group was the strongest predictor. |
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Predicting factors contributing to knowledge, attitudes and practices relating to Zika virus infection among the general public in Malaysia |
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