scholarly journals Survey to Investigate the Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice of Pet Owners on Animal Health Control in the City of Banda Aceh

2020 ◽  
Vol 151 ◽  
pp. 01049
Author(s):  
Amiruddin Amiruddin ◽  
Teuku R. Ferasyi ◽  
Erdiansyah Rahmi ◽  
Rusli Sulaiman ◽  
Farida Athaillah ◽  
...  

This study was aimed to obtain information on pet owners understanding towards animal health control in the City of Banda Aceh. The survey was conducted by interview pet owners those visited Veterinary clinics in the City of Banda Aceh. A number of 51 pet owners were included as respondent in this study. The interview was conducted using a structure questionnaire, which contained both open and closed questions. The pet owners were interviewed for the knowledge, attitude, and practice toward animal health control. Data obtained in this study were analysed descriptively, continued with chi-square test. The results showed that most of the owners interviewed in three animal clinics in the City of Banda Aceh were keeping cats as their pet animals (98.04%), and a few proportion of them were the owner of dogs. At proportion of 60.78% of the pet owners were women, and men only 39.22%. Statistical analysis showed that there were significant association (p<0.05) between knowledge, attitude, and practice towards animal health control of the owners those visited the three clinics in the City of Banda Aceh. Based on the results of this study it is concluded that most of the pet owners those visited veterinary clinics in Banda Aceh have good knowledge, attitude, and practice towards animal health control.

Author(s):  
Amiruddin Amiruddin ◽  
Erdiansyah Rahmi ◽  
Teuku Reza Ferasyi ◽  
Rusli Sulaiman ◽  
Abdullah Hamzah ◽  
...  

This study was aimed to obtain information on pet owners understanding toward animal health control, including zoonotic diseases, and animal welfare in the City of Banda Aceh. The survey was conducted by interview pet owners that visited 1 Animal Clinic of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine of Syiah Kuala University and 2 veterinarian clinics in the City of Banda Aceh. A number of 51 pet owners were included as respondent in this study. The interview was conducted using a structure questionnaire, which contained of 72 questions, both open and close questions. The pet owners were interviewed for the knowledge, attitude, and practice on animal health control. Data obtained in this study were analysed descriptively using chi-square test. The results showed that most of the owners interviewed in three animal clinics in the City of Banda Aceh were keeping cats as their pet animals (98.04%), and a few proportion of them were the owner of dogs. At proportion of 60.78% of the pet owners were women, and men only 39.22%. Statistical analysis showed that there were significant association between knowledge, attitude, and practice on animal health control of the owners those visited the three clinics in the City of Banda Aceh. Based on the results of this study it is concluded that the pet owners those visited animal clinics in Banda Aceh has a good knowledge, attitude, and practice on animal health control.


Rev Rene ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 16 (5) ◽  
pp. 738 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andressa Kaline Ferreira Araújo ◽  
Inacia Sátiro Xavier de França ◽  
Alexsandro Silva Coura ◽  
Sérgio Ribeiro dos Santos ◽  
Ana Paula Andrade Ramos ◽  
...  

Objective: to analyze associations among sociodemographic characteristics and knowledge, attitude and practice ofblind people about sexually transmitted infections. Methods: descriptive transversal study with a quantitative approach.Participants were 36 blind individuals. The questionnaire Knowledge, attitude and practice about sexually transmittedinfections was used. Absolute and relative frequencies were calculated. There were Chi-square test and chi-square Exact.Results: most participants are elderly, unmarried, with elementary school and not working. Knowledge, attitude andpractice about sexually transmitted infections are inadequate (p<0.05). Religion (p<0.001), work (p<0.001), not workingreason (p<0.001) and education (p=0.003) had associations with the attitude about sexually transmitted infections. Gender(p<0.001), marital status (p=0.019) and education (p=0.020) had associations with practice. There was no associationbetween sociodemographic characteristics and knowledge. Conclusion: sociodemographic characteristics may interferewith the attitude and practice of blind people about sexually transmitted infections, and the nurse should consider thesecharacteristics in professional practice with those subjects.


2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Nani Nani

The existence of Aedes aegypti larvae is an indicator of the existence of Aedes aegypti mosquito populations in the area. This mosquito is a vektor that can transmit diseases like Dengue, Zika, Yellow Fever and Chikungunya. The most effective efforts to eradicate mosquito larvae are within off the circle of mosquito chain that is by conducting mosquito nest eradication (PSN). Factors that may affect the existence of Aedes aegypti larvae are PSN behavior that consist of knowledge, attitudes and practice. The purpose of this study was to analyze the relationship of knowledge, attitudes and practice mosquito eradication with existence of Aedes aegypti larvae. This study use cross sectional design with a sample size of 80 respondents selected by simple random sampling. To determine the relationship between the dependent variable and independent variables used chi square test. The independent variable in this study is the knowledge, attitude and practice. The results of this study show that based on the chi square test with α = 5% knowledge (p value = 0,004; PR = 1,76; CI 95% 1,19-2,59), attitude (p value = 0,024 ; PR = 1,55 ; CI 95% 1,08-2,24) and the PSN practice (p value = 0,000, PR = 3,89; CI 95% 2,01-7,52) relationship with existence larvae. The conclusion is that there are relationship between knowledge, attitude and practice PSN with the exixtence of Aedes aegypti larvae in the Port of Pulang Pisau.Keywords: the existence of larvae of Aedes aegypti, knowledge, attitudes, practice PSN


2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (7) ◽  
pp. 419-424
Author(s):  
Lakshmi Ramesh ◽  
Nirupama Rajegowda ◽  
Pooja Rai

BACKGROUND Obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) is a common sleep disorder that often goes undiagnosed. It has been observed that sleep disorders aren’t given adequate importance in dental education. This survey was conducted to access the knowledge, attitude and practice of dental clinicians regarding OSA. METHODS A study was carried out using a 33-item questionnaire that assessed the knowledge of OSA; 2 questions regarding the attitude and practice of OSA amongst dental clinicians along with 1 question on the source of information about OSA. The questions related to knowledge covered OSA-related risk factors, symptoms, complications and treatment of OSA. The survey was passed on via social media. RESULTS 111 subjects participated in the survey. Participants showed poor knowledge regarding diabetes mellitus as a complication (7.2 %), increased age as a predisposing factor (22.5 %), nocturia as a symptom (15.3 %) and alcohol restriction as a line of treatment (34 %) for OSA. Chi-square test suggests that comparison of knowledge with experience for cardiovascular disease (CVS) disorders as complications and age & snoring as predisposing factors shows statistical significance for better knowledge of the experience group of 6 - 10 years. Other knowledge scores were statistically insignificant. CONCLUSIONS The descriptive data suggests that the dental clinicians in this study were informed regarding the knowledge associated with sleep apnoea. The knowledge scores when compared with the years of experience showed that there was statistical significance regarding knowledge of cardiovascular disease as a complication of OSA and age over 45 years & snoring as a predisposing factor for OSA. The chi-square test indicated that the experience group of 6 - 10 years had better knowledge than the other groups. Although there is no statistical significance in comparison with the other knowledge factors when compared to the years of experience, this could be suggestive of lack of awareness of OSA in the dental curriculum as well as lack of resources such as continued dental education and seminars for updating the knowledge on OSA for practicing dentists. KEY WORDS Obstructive Sleep Apnoea, Questionnaire, Knowledge, Awareness, Practice, Attitude, Survey


2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 718-723
Author(s):  
Amit Shah ◽  
Gaurav Mishra ◽  
Pallavi Singh ◽  
Pankaj Kumar Singh ◽  
Vaibhav Krishna Singh ◽  
...  

Even till now, nothing much has been done to explore the inflammation and prevention of the same around the implants placed, hence the aim of this study was to evaluate factor associated with dentist knowledge, attitude along with practice in preventing peri-implant diseases. This was a descriptive, cross-sectional, questionnaire based study carried within Dental professionals of Patna city. Stratified random sampling technique was the sampling method utilized in this study. The survey was conducted among 132 dentists. A questionnaire was framed by using google forms.  Most of dental professionals were having fair knowledge {61(46.21%)}, positive attitude {61 (46.21%)} and poor practice (47.72%)} towards prevention of Peri-implant diseases. On application of Chi-square test, it was found that knowledge of study participants was significantly (0.05*) associated with gender, average duration of doing Implant surgery while attitude was significantly (0.05*) associated with age and degree. It was concluded that knowledge was fair; attitude was positive and despite this practice was poor regarding the prevention of Peri-Implant diseases among Dental professionals. Factors associated with knowledge, attitude and practice of study participants was gender, average duration of doing Implant surgery, age and degree.


2018 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 121-127
Author(s):  
Taufik Suryadi ◽  
Zulfitri Zulfitri ◽  
M. Iqbal Harmas

Abstrak. Kesiapsiagaan bencana merupakan salah satu faktor penting yang harus diketahui oleh seluruh lapisan masyarakat dalam hal manajemen bencana. Kurangnya pengetahuan akan kesiapsiagaan bencana akan berdampak langsung pada sikap seseorang dalam hal menanggapi bencana. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menilai perbandingan pengetahuan dan sikap kesiapsiagaan bencana pada kecamatan yang telah terkena dampak langsung dan yang tidak terkena dampak langsung bencana di kota Banda Aceh. Jenis penelitian ini adalah deskriptif dengan pendekatan cross sectional. Populasi dalam penelitian ini adalah masyarakat Kota Banda Aceh yang berdomisili di Kecamatan Kutaraja dan Lueng Bata dengan sampel sebanyak 100 orang. Pengumpulan data dilakukan dengan menggunakan kuesioner yang telah teruji validitas dan reliabilitasnya. Analisis data dilakukan secara univariat dan bivariat dengan menggunakan uji chi-square (p =0,05). Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa masyarakat Kecamatan Kutaraja dan Lueng bata telah memiliki pengetahuan kesiapsiagaan bencana dengan baik adalah (49,0%) dan kurang baik (51,0%) dalam hal kesiapsiagaan bencana. Hasil uji chi-square menunjukkan bahwa ada hubungan bermakna antara pengetahuan masyarakat dengan sikap kesiapsiagaan bencana tentang kesiapsiagaan bencana (p=0,05). Kesimpulan penelitian ini adalah terdapat perbedaan tingkat pengetahuan dan sikap kesiapsiagaan pada masyarakat yang terkena dampak langsung dan dampak tidak langsung dari bencana tsunami pada responden penelitian di Kecamatan Kutaraja dan Lueng Bata. Kata Kunci: Kesiapsiagaan bencana, pengetahuan, sikap, masyarakat Abstract. Disaster preparedness is one of the important factors that should be recognized by all levels of society in terms of disaster management. Lack of knowledge on disaster preparedness will have a direct impact on one's attitude in responding to disasters. This study aims to assess the comparability of knowledge and attitude of disaster preparedness in sub-districts that have been directly affected and not directly affected by the disaster in the city of Banda Aceh. The type of this research is descriptive with the cross-sectional approach. The population in this study is the people of Banda Aceh who are domiciled in Kutaraja and Lueng Bata sub-district with a sample of 100 people. The data were collected by using questionnaires that have been tested for their validity and reliability. Data were analyzed by univariate and bivariate using chi-square test (p = 0,05). The results showed that the people of Kutaraja and Lueng Bata sub-districts had good knowledge of disaster preparedness (49.0%) and unfavorable (51.0%) in terms of disaster preparedness. The chi-square test shows that there is a significant correlation between community knowledge and disaster preparedness attitude on disaster preparedness (p = 0,05). The conclusions of this study are the different levels of knowledge and attitudes of preparedness in the communities directly affected and the indirect impact of the tsunami disaster on the research respondents in Kutaraja and Lueng Bata sub-district.Keywords: Disaster preparedness, knowledge, attitude, community 


Author(s):  
Radha Madhab Tripathy ◽  
Sushree Priyadarsini Satapathy ◽  
Nivedita Karmee

Background: Rabies is a viral zoonosis and human infection usually occurs following transdermal bite or scratch by an infected animal. It is one of the most dangerous and completely preventable diseases. Construction workers are vulnerable to animal bites. So, this study was undertaken to study the knowledge, attitude and practice regarding animal bite and rabies among construction workers.Methods: A cross sectional study was done in campus of MKCG medical college, Berhampur, Odisha, India. Data was collected by using pre-designed interview from 400 construction workers. Data was entered and analyzed using SPSS V.17. Descriptive statistics and chi square test were applied. KAP score were calculated. P<0.05 was considered statistically significant.Results: Mean age group of study participants was 37.75±15.8, 72.5% were male and 27.5% were female. 84% of the participants had heard the word rabies. 65.75% among them had poor KAP score. KAP score was significantly associated with age, sex, education and residence.Conclusions: Construction workers had poor knowledge about animal bite and rabies. Their knowledge, attitude and practice with respect to prevention and treatment of rabies can be improved by providing proper health education.


2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (6) ◽  

Objective: To assess nurses’ knowledge, attitude, and practice (KAP) of pharmacovigilance. Design and Methods: A cross-sectional study that utilized questionnaires to evaluate nurses’ KAP of pharmacovigilance. A sample size of 234 nurses was selected using a 95% confidence level with the raosoft online sample size calculator. Stratified random sampling method was used to select nurses from different departments. Data were analysed with the SPSS 20 using descriptive and inferential measures. The chi-square test was used to test the association between two attributes at a P< 0.05 significance level. Results: 209 responses were received from 260 distributed questionnaires, giving an 80% response rate. Results for knowledge showed that 13.5% of the nurses had heard of the term pharmacovigilance prior to the study, while 58.4% correctly stated the functions of pharmacovigilance. Attitude towards pharmacovigilance revealed that 93.7% of the nurses felt it was a professional obligation to report adverse drug reactions (ADR). 98.1% of nurses felt that ADR reporting was necessary. Pharmacovigilance practice revealed that 68.8% of nurses indicated that they had noted an ADR while in practice, while 55.3% had reported an ADR. There was a significant association between nurses who noted ADRs in clinical practice and nurses who reported ADRs, χ2 (1) = 86.642, p < 0.05. Conclusion: Registered nurses at UHWI showed a good attitude towards pharmacovigilance, although their knowledge and practice was limited.


Author(s):  
Poonam Shah ◽  
Rajeev Shrestha ◽  
Zongfu Mao ◽  
Yilin Chen ◽  
Yan Chen ◽  
...  

The purpose of this study was to conduct a preliminary study to assess knowledge, attitude, and practice (KAP) associated with antibiotic use among medical students (MS) and non-medical students (NMS) at Kathmandu University, Nepal. A self-administered questionnaire was distributed to 1223 students for a cross-sectional study. In total, 1222 questionnaires collected from 609 MS and 613 NMS were regarded as effective. A t-test and Chi-square test were applied to analyze the data. A total of 25 out of 39 questions in the KAP survey were found to have statistical significance. The MS showed higher levels of knowledge/attitude/practice associated with antibiotic use than the NMS. Significant gaps were found in and between the MS and NMS in the first and final years of study. Interventions, such as lectures, courses, workshops, and seminars on antibiotic use, along with internet and media campaigns, etc., are needed to improve the awareness and change the behavior of both the MS and the NMS of universities with regards to the rational use of antibiotics.


2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 48-56
Author(s):  
Susmita Bhattarai ◽  
Srijana Pradhan

Introduction: Personal protective equipment (PPE) is one of the effective measures to protect health care workers while caring confirmed or suspected patients with COVID-19. Objective: To assess the knowledge, attitude, and practice regarding the use of PPE among health­care workers (HCWs) in Hetauda during COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted among 138 HCWs from three hospitals in Hetauda: Hetauda Hospital, Makwanpur Sahakari hospital and Hetauda Orthopedic Hospital between December 2020 and January 2021 for two weeks. A validated self-administered question­naire, Likert scale and Observational checklist were used for data collection. The simple descriptive statistics (percentage, mean) and inferential statistics (Chi-square test) were used for the data analysis. Results: The findings of the study showed that the mean age of the respondents was 26.54 years. Half of the total respondents 70 (50.7%) had adequate knowledge, half 69 (50%) had positive attitude and more than half of the respondents had poor practice 60 (60%) regarding the use of PPE during COVID-19 pandemic. There was significant association of knowledge regarding the use of PPE with training, continue education, profession and attitude at p<0.05 level of significance. Conclusion: This study concludes that the periodic training program for newly recruited HCWs and refresher training/ continue education for old HCWs to update about the proper use of PPE would enhance the knowledge, attitude and practice of the HCWs. The hospitals should follow the standard PPE guidelines by CDC or WHO while donning and doffing the PPE during the care of Covid patients.


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