KNOWLEDGE AND PERCEPTION OF MEDICINE, DENTISTRY AND PHARMACY STUDENTS OF MALAYSIAN UNIVERSITY REGARDING EBOLA VIRUS DISEASE (EVD)
Author(s)
Iqbal MZ1, Iqbal MS2, Deneshwary B3, Rahul RR1, Muhammad Tahir M4, Yeoh CC3, Aziz S3, Mohiuddin SG3
1AIMST University,, Bedong, Kedah Darul Aman, Malaysia, Malaysia, 2MAHSA University, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 3AIMST University, Sungai Petani, Malaysia, 4University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Lahore, Pakistan., Lahore, Malaysia
OBJECTIVES: Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) also known as Ebola hemorrhagic ever a deadly dissease that current outbreak in West Africa. Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) Outbreak is notified as Public Health Emergency of International Importance on 8th August, 2014 by WHO. Malaysia is one of the country which most common for tourism and is at high risk for the spread of EVD through the tourist, international student and some immigrants .This study is to assess the Knowledge and Perception of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmacy students in AIMST university regarding Ebola virus disease (EVD). METHODS: Objectives of the study to evaluate the gaps in knowledge & attitude among Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmacy students regarding EVD and how to improve the knowledge of the disease to the students as a preparations to face the disease in future. Cross sectional observational study was conducted. It was conduct on 84 medicine students,90 dentistry students and 99 pharmacy students from AIMST University, Kedah, Malaysia. Student’s knowledge and attitude were correlated with the students’ Faculty, Year of study, Age, Gender, Race, Education background and Residency. RESULTS: Mann Whitney and Kruskal Wallis test were performed to observe the statistical difference among the variables. Pharmacy students (38.4%) are having more adequate knowledge than Dentistry (28.9%) and Medicine students (27.4%). Gaps between knowledge and practices were seen in all categories which is alarming. These gaps were mainly due to lack of knowledge, poor motivation, education system and students psychology. CONCLUSIONS: overall good knowledge and positive attitude was observed aboutEbola Virus Disease (EVD)
Conference/Value in Health Info
2016-09, ISPOR Asia Pacific 2016, Singapore
Value in Health, Vol. 19, No. 7 (November 2016)
Code
PIN34
Topic
Health Service Delivery & Process of Care
Topic Subcategory
Treatment Patterns and Guidelines
Disease
Geriatrics, Infectious Disease (non-vaccine), Multiple Diseases