Pet owners' knowledge, attitude and practice on feeding for cats during movement control order (MCO) in Selangor, Malaysia

Mohd Hizan, Hanum (2020) Pet owners' knowledge, attitude and practice on feeding for cats during movement control order (MCO) in Selangor, Malaysia. [Project Paper] (Submitted)

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Abstract

The Malaysia 2020 Movement Control Order (MCO) is expected to affect pet owners’ pet expenditure. A cross-sectional online survey was carried out to analyze the demographic and socioeconomic characteristics, knowledge, attitude and practice of feeding of pet owners in Selangor during MCO. A sum of 305 pet owners participated in this study and the Statistical Package For Social Sciences (SPSS) version 25 was utilized to perform statistical analysis. Knowledge was categorized into two groups which were good and poor knowledge based on their score with a cutoff point of 50%. This is similarly applied to categories pet owners that retained good attitude and practice during MCO and vice versa. The score is calculated based on comparing the score during and before MCO. Binomial logistic regression was used to analyze the association of good knowledge with retaining good attitude and practice of feeding during MCO along with the association of demographic and socioeconomic characteristics with retaining good practice of feeding during MCO. Majority of the pet owners were female (85.9%) of age group 18-24 years old (51%) and have income during MCO (80%). Overall, 90% of pet owners have good knowledge on feeding practices. There were 90% pet owners retained good attitude and 62% retained good practice of feeding during MCO. It was found that retaining good attitude, age and income status during MCO have correlations with retaining good feeding practices during MCO. Pet owners older than 24 years old are 1.97 times more likely to retain good feeding practice during MCO. To conclude, pet owners in Selangor have good knowledge of feeding pets. However, good knowledge has no association with retaining good attitude and practice of feeding during MCO. There are correlation of age, income status and retained good attitude with retaining good feeding practice during MCO. However, only age has significant association with retaining good feeding practice during MCO. Nevertheless, this study can be improved by analyzing other unexplored variables and expanding the sample distribution to other states in Malaysia.

Item Type:	Project Paper
Faculty:	Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
Depositing User:	Ms Nurhaznita Mahmood
Date Deposited:	19 Oct 2023 06:53
Last Modified:	19 Oct 2023 06:53
URI:	http://psaspb.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/1486

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