Mainul Haque, Nor Azlina A Rahman, Siti Nurafifah Binti Sheikh Zainal Abidin

Malezya'da bir devlet üniversitesindeki sağlık öğrencilerinin Hepatit B enfeksiyonuna yönelik bilgi ve tutumları

Amaç: Bu çalışma HBV enfeksiyonu, ilişkili faktörler ve bilgi ve tutum arasındaki ilişki üzerine sağlık temelli öğrencilerin bilgi ve tutumlarını değerlendirmeyi amaçlamıştır. Gereç ve Yöntem: Bu çalışma kesitsel bir çalışmadır. Veriler, Malezya'da bir kamu üniversitesinde kendi kendine uygulanan bir anket kullanılarak uygun örnekleme yoluyla seçilen öğrencilerden toplanmıştır. Bulgular: Araştırmaya katılan 117 öğrencinin yarısına yakını (%44.4) HBV enfeksiyonu ile ilgili yeterli bilgiye sahipti ve dördüncü beşe yakın (%78.6) tatmin edici düzeyde tutum puanına sahipti. Cinsiyetler ve toplum statüsü, HBV enfeksiyonu ile ilgili bilgi ve tutum ile hiçbir ilişki göstermezken, öğretim üyeleri hem bilgi hem de tutum ile önemli ölçüde ilişkiliydi. Sadece bilgi değil, tutumun yaş ve çalışma yılı ile anlamlı derecede pozitif olduğu bulunmuştur. Ayrıca bilginin HBV enfeksiyonu ile ilgili tutum ile pozitif ilişkili olduğu bulunmuştur. Sonuç: Bu araştırma, yaş ve çalışma yılı ile HBV ile ilgili olarak sadece tutum ve tutum arasında pozitif bir ilişki ve tutum olduğunu bulmuştur. Ayrıca, sonuç, HBV enfeksiyonuna ilişkin bilgi ve tutum arasında anlamlı pozitif korelasyon olduğunu, daha yüksek bilgi ile daha yüksek bir tutuma bağlı olduğunu göstermektedir.

Knowledge and attitudes of health-based students in a public university in Malaysia on hepatitis B infection

Purpose: This study was intended to assess the knowledgeand attitude of health-based students regarding HBVinfection, its associated factors and the relationshipbetween the knowledge and attitude.Materials and Methods: This study was a cross-sectionalstudy. The data had been collected from the studentsselected through convenience sampling in a publicuniversity in Malaysia using a self-administeredquestionnaire.Results: Among the 117 student respondents, nearing half(44.4%) had adequate knowledge related to HBV infectionand nearing fourth-fifth (78.6%) had attitude score ofsatisfactory level. Genders and community status showedno association with knowledge and attitude regardingHBV infection, while faculty was significantly associatedwith both knowledge and attitude. Only knowledge butnot attitude was found to have significant positivecorrelation with age and year of study. Knowledge wasalso found to be positively correlated with attituderegarding HBV infection.Conclusion: This research found that age and year ofstudy were only positively correlated with knowledgeregarding HBV, but not attitude. Besides, the resultshowed significant positive correlation between knowledgeand attitude regarding HBV infection, meaning higherknowledge was associated with higher attitude.

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