Patients' knowledge, attitude and preventive practices of dengue fever at outpatient department, Hospital Kuala Lumpur

Abd Halim, Mohd Alif (2012) Patients' knowledge, attitude and preventive practices of dengue fever at outpatient department, Hospital Kuala Lumpur. [Project Paper] (Submitted)

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Abstract

Introduction: Dengue fever is one of the infectious diseases in the world. The World Health Organization (WHO) declares dengue and dengue hemorrhagic fever to be endemic in South East Asia. There has been increasing year after year to about 49,173 cases of dengue infection in Malaysia (Ministry of Health, 2010). One study revealed that lack of knowledge about dengue fever and Aedes mosquito amongst elderly citizens in Malaysia are commonly related to the attitude towards dengue fever (Hairi et aI., 2003). In addition, lack of proper preventive practices is one of the major contributions to the transmission of dengue fever; especially in the rural areas of Malaysia (Kroeger et aI., 2005). Objective: The general objective is to determine the level of knowledge, attitude and preventive practices of dengue fever. Methods: A cross-sectional study was used in this study and was conducted at the Outpatient Department, Hospital Kuala Lumpur (HKL). Universal sampling was used in this study. A questionnaire was developed based on literature review (Farizah Hairi et aI., 2003) consists of socio-demographic, knowledge on dengue fever, attitudes towards dengue and preventive practices of dengue fever. Information sheet will be provided to respondents and consent was taken prior to participation to the study. Data was analyzed using the Statistical Analysis Package for Social Sciences (SPSS). Chi-square test was used to determine the relationship between the dependent and independent variables. Results: The total of 308 respondents was participated in this study. The result showed that 75 (24.2%) have poor knowledge and 233 (75.6%) have good knowledge, 79 (25.6%) have poor attitude and 229 (74.4%) have good attitude and 27 (8.8%) have poor preventive practices and 281 (91.2%) have good preventive practices. There are significant associations were found between gender and knowledge (p=0.041), ethnicity and knowledge (p=0.000), education level and knowledge (p=0.042), age and attitude (p=0.038), ethnicity and attitude (p=0.000), and education level and attitude (p=0.001). The findings of the study indicate that if patients' had a good knowledge, attitude, and preventive practices they should implement and apply a good behavior to destroy the dengue cases. The benefits for the health care provider and health system through this study is revise the program to enhance the effectiveness of the program intervention. Conclusion: Majority of respondents has a good knowledge, attitude, and preventive practices should aware and alert about the consequences of dengue fever diseases. Key words: Malaysia, HKL, dengue

Item Type:	Project Paper
Faculty:	Faculty of Medicine and Health Science
Depositing User:	Ms. Adni Syuhaida Zon
Date Deposited:	22 Nov 2022 07:43
Last Modified:	22 Aug 2023 01:31
URI:	http://psaspb.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/259

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