Indoor air quality at higher institution’s laboratory: a study on pre-symptoms, awareness and understanding among occupants

This study intends to show the effectiveness of indoor air quality (IAQ) at the higher institution laboratory. The objective is to determine the impact of current IAQ, to study the occupants’ knowledge in the indoor air pollutants and to identify the significance of occupants’ personality regarding...

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Main Authors:	Osman, Mohamad Romizan, Azid, Azman, Juahir, Hafizan, Yunus, Kamaruzzaman, Amran, Mohammad Azizi, Mustafa, Ahmad Dasuki, Azaman, Fazureen, Mohamed Zainuddin, Syahrir Farihan
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Published:	Universiti Teknologi Malaysia 2015
Subjects:	QD Chemistry
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spelling	iium-456742017-08-08T08:16:36Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/45674/ Indoor air quality at higher institution’s laboratory: a study on pre-symptoms, awareness and understanding among occupants Osman, Mohamad Romizan Azid, Azman Juahir, Hafizan Yunus, Kamaruzzaman Amran, Mohammad Azizi Mustafa, Ahmad Dasuki Azaman, Fazureen Mohamed Zainuddin, Syahrir Farihan QD Chemistry This study intends to show the effectiveness of indoor air quality (IAQ) at the higher institution laboratory. The objective is to determine the impact of current IAQ, to study the occupants’ knowledge in the indoor air pollutants and to identify the significance of occupants’ personality regarding the IAQ awareness. 100 respondents had responded to answer the questionnaires given. The questionnaires were analysed using XLSTAT2014 software for descriptive statistic and discriminant analysis in order to fulfil the outlined objectives. The finding shows that 56% of the respondents know about IAQ, while 40% and 4% did not know and not sure about the IAQ, respectively. By gender, there were 20 of male respondents having the IAQ knowledge and 21 of male respondents did not know about the IAQ. Meanwhile, 36 of female respondents have IAQ knowledge, 19 of female respondents did not know the IAQ knowledge and 4 of female respondents were not sure regarding the IAQ knowledge. Furthermore, the IAQ in the laboratory at the higher institution is considered as unhealthy based on the respondents’ complaints of their health problem symptoms. Meanwhile, the results of personality tests show that women have more IAQ awareness compared to men. It indicated that the personalities of the occupants have significance to influence and able to determine their awareness on the IAQ. Hence, it described that IAQ is a significant factor to determine and influence the health of laboratory occupants. Universiti Teknologi Malaysia 2015-11 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/45674/1/Indoor_air_quality_at_higher_institution%27s_laboratory.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/45674/4/45674_Indoor%20air%20quality%20at%20higher%20institution%E2%80%99s_SCOPUS.pdf Osman, Mohamad Romizan and Azid, Azman and Juahir, Hafizan and Yunus, Kamaruzzaman and Amran, Mohammad Azizi and Mustafa, Ahmad Dasuki and Azaman, Fazureen and Mohamed Zainuddin, Syahrir Farihan (2015) Indoor air quality at higher institution’s laboratory: a study on pre-symptoms, awareness and understanding among occupants. Jurnal Teknologi, 77 (1). pp. 95-100. ISSN 0127–9696 E-ISSN 2180–3722 http://www.jurnalteknologi.utm.my/index.php/jurnalteknologi/article/view/4272 10.11113/jt.v77.4272
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spellingShingle	QD Chemistry Osman, Mohamad Romizan Azid, Azman Juahir, Hafizan Yunus, Kamaruzzaman Amran, Mohammad Azizi Mustafa, Ahmad Dasuki Azaman, Fazureen Mohamed Zainuddin, Syahrir Farihan Indoor air quality at higher institution’s laboratory: a study on pre-symptoms, awareness and understanding among occupants
description	This study intends to show the effectiveness of indoor air quality (IAQ) at the higher institution laboratory. The objective is to determine the impact of current IAQ, to study the occupants’ knowledge in the indoor air pollutants and to identify the significance of occupants’ personality regarding the IAQ awareness. 100 respondents had responded to answer the questionnaires given. The questionnaires were analysed using XLSTAT2014 software for descriptive statistic and discriminant analysis in order to fulfil the outlined objectives. The finding shows that 56% of the respondents know about IAQ, while 40% and 4% did not know and not sure about the IAQ, respectively. By gender, there were 20 of male respondents having the IAQ knowledge and 21 of male respondents did not know about the IAQ. Meanwhile, 36 of female respondents have IAQ knowledge, 19 of female respondents did not know the IAQ knowledge and 4 of female respondents were not sure regarding the IAQ knowledge. Furthermore, the IAQ in the laboratory at the higher institution is considered as unhealthy based on the respondents’ complaints of their health problem symptoms. Meanwhile, the results of personality tests show that women have more IAQ awareness compared to men. It indicated that the personalities of the occupants have significance to influence and able to determine their awareness on the IAQ. Hence, it described that IAQ is a significant factor to determine and influence the health of laboratory occupants.
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author	Osman, Mohamad Romizan Azid, Azman Juahir, Hafizan Yunus, Kamaruzzaman Amran, Mohammad Azizi Mustafa, Ahmad Dasuki Azaman, Fazureen Mohamed Zainuddin, Syahrir Farihan
author_facet	Osman, Mohamad Romizan Azid, Azman Juahir, Hafizan Yunus, Kamaruzzaman Amran, Mohammad Azizi Mustafa, Ahmad Dasuki Azaman, Fazureen Mohamed Zainuddin, Syahrir Farihan
author_sort	Osman, Mohamad Romizan
title	Indoor air quality at higher institution’s laboratory: a study on pre-symptoms, awareness and understanding among occupants
title_short	Indoor air quality at higher institution’s laboratory: a study on pre-symptoms, awareness and understanding among occupants
title_full	Indoor air quality at higher institution’s laboratory: a study on pre-symptoms, awareness and understanding among occupants
title_fullStr	Indoor air quality at higher institution’s laboratory: a study on pre-symptoms, awareness and understanding among occupants
title_full_unstemmed	Indoor air quality at higher institution’s laboratory: a study on pre-symptoms, awareness and understanding among occupants
title_sort	indoor air quality at higher institution’s laboratory: a study on pre-symptoms, awareness and understanding among occupants
publisher	Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
publishDate	2015
url	http://irep.iium.edu.my/45674/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/45674/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/45674/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/45674/1/Indoor_air_quality_at_higher_institution%27s_laboratory.pdf http://irep.iium.edu.my/45674/4/45674_Indoor%20air%20quality%20at%20higher%20institution%E2%80%99s_SCOPUS.pdf
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Indoor air quality at higher institution’s laboratory: a study on pre-symptoms, awareness and understanding among occupants

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