Knowledge, awareness, and perception towards tuberculosis disease among International Islamic University Malaysia students.

Introduction: The increasing of TB cases in Malaysia, raising a question whether the community are equipping themselves with TB knowledge, whether they are aware about TB disease, or having good perception towards TB disease. In order to stop TB disease, community especially health care students nee...

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Main Authors:	Thandar Soe, Sumaiyah Jamaludin, Ismail, Nurhanis, Saidi, Sanisah, Hassan, Masmunaa
Format:	Conference or Workshop Item
Language:	English
Published:	2018
Subjects:	RT Nursing RT71 Study and Teaching
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spelling	iium-682322018-12-12T10:05:00Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/68232/ Knowledge, awareness, and perception towards tuberculosis disease among International Islamic University Malaysia students. Thandar Soe, Sumaiyah Jamaludin Ismail, Nurhanis Saidi, Sanisah Hassan, Masmunaa RT Nursing RT71 Study and Teaching Introduction: The increasing of TB cases in Malaysia, raising a question whether the community are equipping themselves with TB knowledge, whether they are aware about TB disease, or having good perception towards TB disease. In order to stop TB disease, community especially health care students need to equip themselves with basic knowledge on TB disease and having good perception towards TB disease. Therefore, there is still inadequate significant finding that show association between level of knowledge and perception of healthcare students on TB disease. Objective: To survey the knowledge, awareness, and perception of International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM), Kuantan campus students towards TB disease. Methods/Materials: A cross-sectional study was done in six Kulliyyah in IIUM Kuantan campus using a self-administered questionnaire adopt from previous studies within March until May 2018. After obtaining of ethical approval, data was collected. Then, data was analysed using SPSS version 20.0. Result: Relatively low knowledge and awareness (73.8%) and high stigma (67.9%) about TB disease was found among IIUM Kuantan students. Significant association was found between type of Kulliyyah and level of knowledge and awareness. The level of TB perception does not have any significant association with level of knowledge and awareness of TB disease. Conclusion: More efforts should be made to improve the knowledge, awareness, and perception of students regarding TB disease. Hopefully, this study can be a benchmark for other future studies. 2018-11-13 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/68232/1/68232_Knowledge%2C%20awareness%2C%20and%20perception%20towards%20tuberculosis%20disease%20among.pdf Thandar Soe, Sumaiyah Jamaludin and Ismail, Nurhanis and Saidi, Sanisah and Hassan, Masmunaa (2018) Knowledge, awareness, and perception towards tuberculosis disease among International Islamic University Malaysia students. In: The 2nd International Nursing Scholars Congress, 13-15 November 2018, Jakarta Indonesia. (Unpublished) https://insc.ui.ac.id/
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description	Introduction: The increasing of TB cases in Malaysia, raising a question whether the community are equipping themselves with TB knowledge, whether they are aware about TB disease, or having good perception towards TB disease. In order to stop TB disease, community especially health care students need to equip themselves with basic knowledge on TB disease and having good perception towards TB disease. Therefore, there is still inadequate significant finding that show association between level of knowledge and perception of healthcare students on TB disease. Objective: To survey the knowledge, awareness, and perception of International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM), Kuantan campus students towards TB disease. Methods/Materials: A cross-sectional study was done in six Kulliyyah in IIUM Kuantan campus using a self-administered questionnaire adopt from previous studies within March until May 2018. After obtaining of ethical approval, data was collected. Then, data was analysed using SPSS version 20.0. Result: Relatively low knowledge and awareness (73.8%) and high stigma (67.9%) about TB disease was found among IIUM Kuantan students. Significant association was found between type of Kulliyyah and level of knowledge and awareness. The level of TB perception does not have any significant association with level of knowledge and awareness of TB disease. Conclusion: More efforts should be made to improve the knowledge, awareness, and perception of students regarding TB disease. Hopefully, this study can be a benchmark for other future studies.
format	Conference or Workshop Item
author	Thandar Soe, Sumaiyah Jamaludin Ismail, Nurhanis Saidi, Sanisah Hassan, Masmunaa
author_facet	Thandar Soe, Sumaiyah Jamaludin Ismail, Nurhanis Saidi, Sanisah Hassan, Masmunaa
author_sort	Thandar Soe, Sumaiyah Jamaludin
title	Knowledge, awareness, and perception towards tuberculosis disease among International Islamic University Malaysia students.
title_short	Knowledge, awareness, and perception towards tuberculosis disease among International Islamic University Malaysia students.
title_full	Knowledge, awareness, and perception towards tuberculosis disease among International Islamic University Malaysia students.
title_fullStr	Knowledge, awareness, and perception towards tuberculosis disease among International Islamic University Malaysia students.
title_full_unstemmed	Knowledge, awareness, and perception towards tuberculosis disease among International Islamic University Malaysia students.
title_sort	knowledge, awareness, and perception towards tuberculosis disease among international islamic university malaysia students.
publishDate	2018
url	http://irep.iium.edu.my/68232/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/68232/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/68232/1/68232_Knowledge%2C%20awareness%2C%20and%20perception%20towards%20tuberculosis%20disease%20among.pdf
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Knowledge, awareness, and perception towards tuberculosis disease among International Islamic University Malaysia students.

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