NOOR AZMIN, MUHAMAD ZIKRI AIZAT (2020) Knowledge, attitude and perception of smoking cessation among undergraduate students in Universiti Putra Malaysia. [Project Paper] (Submitted)
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Introduction: In 2015, approximately 22.8% of Malaysia population aged 15 years and above were smokers including men and women. Currently there are insufficient data on the level of knowledge, attitude and perception of smoking cessation among students in institute of higher learning. Objective: The objective of the study is to determine the current knowledge, attitude and perception on smoking cessation and what are the factors that causes smokers insisted on not quitting smoking among undergraduate students. Methodology: A cross-sectional study involved three hundred and seventy-seven respondents among undergraduate students of UPM that participated were given specific set of online questionnaires. The questionnaire was adapted from the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. Simple random sampling method were used for sampling. In the questionnaire, sections included on socio-demographic information, knowledge, attitude, perception and a section to identify the factor on why smoker insisted on not quitting smoking. For statistical analysis, Mann-Whitney test was used to determine the differences on mean between smoker and non-smoker while Chi-square are used to determine the association of socio-demographic with knowledge, attitude and perception. Results: Results found that 28.6%, 45.3% and 11.1% of undergraduate students have good knowledge, attitude and perception on smoking cessation respectively. There is no statistically significant differences for perception among smoker and non-smoker (p = 0.614) but there is significant differences for knowledge (p = 0.003) and attitude (p < 0.001). Among smokers, 78.9% agreed that smoking is the way to overcome stress and pressure. Smoking status has been associated with knowledge level (p < 0.001) and attitude level (p < 0.001) while gender (p < 0.001) and smoking status (p < 0.001) has been associated with perception level. Conclusion: These study findings suggested that the KAP level of smoking cessation should be improve among students as they were the generation to educate and lead the upcoming generation of Malaysia. Keywords: Knowledge, attitude, perception, undergraduate, association, factor.
| Item Type: | Project Paper |
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| Faculty: | Faculty of Medicine and Health Science |
| Depositing User: | Mr Hafizzuddin Hamidon |
| Date Deposited: | 12 Apr 2023 07:04 |
| Last Modified: | 12 Apr 2023 07:04 |
| URI: | http://psaspb.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/840 |
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