Eye Tracking Assessment on occupational safety and health websites: An approach on websites usability

Abdul Rashid, Sahidah (2013) Eye Tracking Assessment on occupational safety and health websites: An approach on websites usability. [Project Paper] (Submitted)

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Abstract

Project paper (B.S.(Environmental & Occupational Health)) - Universiti Putra Malaysia, 2013. Introduction: Leptospirosis is a bacterial disease that affects humans and animals which caused by bacteria of the genus Leptospira. Objective: The aims of this study were to determine seroprevalence of leptospiral antibodies and factors associated with it among local authority workers along with the level of knowledge, attitude and practice regarding leptospirosis infection. Methodology: About 89 workers who have been working with Ampang Jaya Municipal Council were selected. Blood sample was taken from every respondent for serological test. All respondents were required to answer a questionnaire regarding knowledge, attitude and practice of leptospirosis infection. All sera samples were tested for the presence of anti leptospiral antibodies using microscopic agglutination test (MAT) following standard methods. Validation and test of the reliability of the questionnaire was done, and the proper lab procedure was done by following the standard protocol. Results: This study found that 34.8% from total of workers had seropositive of leptospiral antibodies. Distribution of serovars detected among samples which had been identified positive were Sarawak, Copenhageni, Hardjobovis, Lai, Hardjoprajitno, Tarrasovi, Patoc and Pomona. Knowledge, attitude and practice level towards leptospirosis infection among local authority workers were considered as low. There were significant association between seropositivity of leptospiral antibodies with job category (p=O.014), worker's nationality (p=O.014), attitude (p=O.030) and practice (p=O.021) level among local authority workers. However, there was no significant association between seropositivity of leptospiral antibodies with knowledge of local authority workers. Conclusion: The results suggest that local authority workers posed high seropositivity rates for leptospiral infection and it is associated with job category, nationality, attitude and practice among local authority workers. Further research is needed to identify the interaction of human leptospirosis and animal (reservoirs) to provide important information on pattern and interaction predominant serovars between human and animal. The findings from this study suggest that health education programme should be initiated to prevent leptospirosis infection among local authority workers in future. Keywords: Leptospirosis, seroprevalence, microscopic agglutination test, local authority workers

Item Type:	Project Paper
Faculty:	Faculty of Medicine and Health Science
Depositing User:	Ms Nabilah Rozali
Date Deposited:	22 Nov 2022 00:57
Last Modified:	22 Nov 2022 00:57
URI:	http://psaspb.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/153

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