scholarly journals Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of Malaysian Medical Doctors on Smoking Cessation Guideline

2020 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohd Shaiful Ehsan Shalihin ◽  
Mohamad Haniki Nik Mohamed ◽  
Nurjasmine Aida Jamani ◽  
Mohd Aznan Bin Md Aris
Keyword(s):  
Primary Care ◽  
Smoking Cessation ◽  
Training Program ◽  
Medical Doctors ◽  
Care Providers ◽  
Quit Smoking ◽  
Attitude And Practice ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Primary Care Doctors ◽  
Knowledge Attitude And Practice

Introduction: Prevalence of active smokers in Malaysia is remaining high (22.8%) despite the wide availability of quit-smoking services. Rather than look at the patients’ factors alone, the possible negative factors from health care providers should also be explored. Therefore, knowledge, attitude and practice of the healthcare professional on smoking cessation intervention needs to be assessed, especially among the primary care doctors. This can be done during national conference gathering all doctors from Malaysia. Materials and Method: A crosssectional study was conducted among medical doctors attending First East Coast Symposium on Specialized Care at Primary Care Level at Grand DarulMakmur, Kuantan on 1st to 2nd December 2019, using validated questionnaire of Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of Medical Doctors on Smoking Cessation Guidelines; consisting 17 questions to determine the KAP score. The difference between the median KAP scores between age, gender, ethnicity, religion, profession, location of clinic, availability of specialist at clinic, numbers of smokers seen and presence of smoking cessation training were assessed using Independent sample T-test and One-way ANOVA. Results: A total of 131 primary care doctors involved in the study. Majority were female (80.9%), Malay (96.2%), medical officers (74.8%), government doctors (90%) and haven’t undergone any kind of smoking cessation training (65.5%). The higher KAP score were statistically associated (p < 0.05) with history of attending training program (mean 35.7 score) and in charge of quit smoking clinic (mean 35.4 score). No significant difference of score between government (mean 32.0 score) and private doctors (mean 29.9 score). Conclusions : Majority of the involved primary care doctors had low KAP score. Being a family medicine specialist, in charge in stop smoking clinic and have attended smoking cessation training program were significantly associated with high KAP score. Therefore, more smoking cessation training should be provided for doctors.

scholarly journals Knowledge, Attitude and Practice on Smoking Cessation Guideline among Medical Doctors attending Family Medicine Scientific Conference 2016

2018 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohd Shaiful Ehsan Bin Shalihin ◽  
Mohd Aznan Md Aris ◽  
Mohamad Haniki Nik Mohamed ◽  
Razman Bin Mohd Rus ◽  
Nurjasmine Aida Bt Jamani
Keyword(s):  
Primary Care ◽  
Smoking Cessation ◽  
Family Medicine ◽  
Training Program ◽  
Scientific Conference ◽  
Medical Doctors ◽  
Attitude And Practice ◽  
Stop Smoking ◽  
Primary Care Doctors ◽  
Knowledge Attitude And Practice

Introduction:  Prevalence of active smokers in Malaysia remains high despite the availability of stop-smoking services. Rather than focussing on patients’ demotivating factors, possible poor performance from providers should be evaluated. Thus, knowledge, attitude and practice of the healthcare professional on smoking cessation intervention needs to be assessed, especially among primary care doctors.  Materials and Methods:  A cross-sectional study was conducted among primary care medical doctors attending the 19th Family Medicine Scientific Conference 2016 held at the Grand Dorsett, Subang on the 10th to the 13th August 2016. Validated questionnaire of Knowledge, Attitude and Practice (KAP) of Medical Doctors on Smoking Cessation Guidelines consisting 17 questions were used to determine the KAP score. The difference between the median KAP scores between age, gender, ethnicity, religion, profession, location of clinic, availability of specialist in clinic, numbers of smokers seen and presence of smoking cessation training were assessed using Mann-Whitney U Test and Kruskal Wallis H Test. Results:  A total of 145 primary care doctors involved in the study. Majority were female (84.1%), Malay (73.1%) and haven’t undergone any kind of smoking cessation training (47.6%). The KAP score were statistically associated with presence of specialist, type of profession, history of attending training program, ethnicity and religion (p<0.05). Conclusion: Majority of the involved primary care doctors had low KAP score. Being a family medicine specialist, in charge of stop smoking clinic and having attended smoking cessation training program were significantly associated with high KAP score. Therefore, more smoking cessation training should be provided to the primary care doctors.

scholarly journals Revised Version of Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of Medical Doctors on Smoking Cessation Guidelines Questionnaire

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 95-104
Author(s):  
Mohd Shaiful Ehsan Shalihin ◽  
Mohd Aznan Md Aris ◽  
Mohamad Haniki Nik Mohamed
Keyword(s):  
Smoking Cessation ◽  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Internal Consistency ◽  
Assessment Tool ◽  
Medical Doctors ◽  
Cronbach’S Alpha ◽  
Cronbach's Alpha ◽  
Attitude And Practice ◽  
Stop Smoking ◽  
Knowledge Attitude And Practice

Number of active smokers in Malaysia is increasing despite availability of stop smoking clinics and smoking cessation medications. Thus, the practice of the healthcare professionals involved in providing smoking cessation intervention using evidence-based guidelines needs to be assessed using validated assessment tool. Newly invented reliable and valid questionnaire locally is needed. This study aimed to develop and validate a newly modified questionnaire to assess the knowledge, attitude and practice of medical doctors based on national smoking cessation guidelines and factors contributing to the score. The 22 items consists of mixture of true/false choice questions and Likert scaling response based on domain of 5A’s (ask, assess, advice, assist, arrange) and 5R’s (relevant, risks, rewards, roadblocks, repetitions) of the national stop-smoking guideline. The questionnaires were distributed to 131 primary care doctors. Reliability was determined using Cronbach’s alpha for internal consistency while construct validity was assessed using factor analysis. A high degree of internal consistency was observed for this 22 items (Cronbach’s alpha = 0.87), with good knowledge subscale (0.72), attitude subscale (0.58) and practice subscale (0.92). Factor analysis showed five meaningful components which represent the smoking cessation framework. This study indicates that this questionnaire is reliable and valid tool to assess the knowledge, attitude and practice on stop smoking guidelines compared to previous questionnaire.

scholarly journals A cross sectional study on knowledge, attitude and practice towards tuberculosis among health care workers

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 2632-2646
Author(s):  
Ajith Kumar G ◽  
Saranya P
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care Providers ◽  
Health Care Workers ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Care Providers ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Attitude And Practice ◽  
Care Workers ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Knowledge Attitude And Practice

Health care providers play a major role in the management of tuberculosis (TB). The knowledge, attitude and practice towards TB in health care providers will have an impact on the treatment success or failure. Studies have reported that inadequate knowledge of the health care providers led to the delivery of improper counselling content to the recipients. We assessed the knowledge, attitude and practice (KAP) towards tuberculosis among health care workers in and around Chennai. A cross sectional study was conducted among 382 health care workers of the chest and tuberculosis department of government hospitals and directly observed treatment short-course clinics. The principal investigator administered a structured and validated questionnaire to the study participants. Around 500 healthcare workers were approached, and 382 showed interest to sign the informed consent. A majority (70%) of the study participants were between the age group 20-30 years. There was a highly significant difference (P = 0.006) in response to this between participants who had a history of active tuberculosis and undergone treatment for the same, and the participants with no history of TB. There was a significant difference between the study population based on their qualification and profession (P = 0.001 and P = 0.007 respectively) in using the Revised National Tuberculosis Control Program guideline for reference. The knowledge attitude and practice towards TB was good in more than 80% of the respondents, yet there is room to improve. Structured periodic training towards TB will further improve the KAP of health care workers.

scholarly journals Reliability and Construct Validity of Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice of Medical Doctors on Smoking Cessation Guidelines

2018 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohd Shaiful Ehsan Bin Shalihin ◽  
Mohd Aznan Md Aris ◽  
Mohamad Haniki Nik Mohamed ◽  
Razman Mohd Rus ◽  
NurJasmine Aida Jamani
Keyword(s):  
Smoking Cessation ◽  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Internal Consistency ◽  
Healthcare Professionals ◽  
Medical Doctors ◽  
Cronbach’S Alpha ◽  
Cronbach's Alpha ◽  
Attitude And Practice ◽  
Stop Smoking ◽  
Knowledge Attitude And Practice

Introduction: Islam forbids any forms of tobacco smoking. Prevalence of active smokers in Malaysia is increasing despite availability of stop-smoking clinics. Thus, the practice of healthcare professionals involved in providing smoking cessation intervention needs to be assessed using validated assessment tool. Objective: This study aimed to develop and validate a questionnaire that assesses the knowledge, attitude, and practice of medical doctors based on the national smoking cessation guideline. In addition, we aimed to evaluate factors that contribute to the score. Methods: The 26 items consists of mixture of true/false choice questions and Likert scaling response based on domain of 5A’s (ask, assess, advice, assist, arrange) and 5R’s (relevant, risks, rewards, roadblocks, repetitions) of the national stop-smoking guideline. The questionnaire was distributed to 141 medical doctors. Reliability was determined using Cronbach’s alpha for internal consistency while construct validity was assessed using factor analysis. Results: A high degree of internal consistency was observed for this 26 items (Cronbach’s alpha= 0.824) and for practice subscale (Cronbach’s alpha 0.83). Subsequently, three items were removed due to poor inter item correlation. Factor analysis extracted seven meaningful components from this remaining 23 items, in which three components with least items were deleted due to overlapping subscale with other components, leaving four meaningful components which consist of (1) practice of ask, advice and assess components and practice of 5R’s (total of 10 items); (2) practice of assist components for those willing to quit (two items); (3) knowledge (two items) and (4) attitude (three items).These final 17 items still demonstrate high internal consistency with Cronbach’s alpha of 0.832. Conclusion: This study indicates that this questionnaire is a reliable and valid tool to assess the knowledge, attitude, and practice of healthcare professionals on stop smoking guidelines.

scholarly journals Reliability and construct validity of knowledge, attitude and practice of medical doctors on smoking cessation guidelines

2016 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohd Aznan Md Aris ◽  
Mohamad Haniki Nik Mohamed ◽  
Razman Mohd Rus ◽  
Nurjasmine Aida Jamani ◽  
Mohd Shaiful Ehsan Shalihin
Keyword(s):  
Smoking Cessation ◽  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Construct Validity ◽  
Internal Consistency ◽  
Medical Doctors ◽  
Cronbach’S Alpha ◽  
Cronbach's Alpha ◽  
Attitude And Practice ◽  
Stop Smoking ◽  
Knowledge Attitude And Practice

Introduction: Prevalence of active smokers in Malaysia is increasing despite availability of stop smoking clinics. Thus, practice of the healthcare professionals in providing smoking cessation intervention needs to be assessed. This study aimed to develop and validate a questionnaire to assess the knowledge, attitude and practice of medical doctors on national smoking cessation guidelines  and factors contributing to the score. Methods: The 26 items consists of mixture of                        true/false questions; strongly-agree/agree/don’tknow/disagree/strongly-disagree response; and always/frequent/seldom/never response were created based on domain of 5A’s (ask, assess, advice, assist, arrange) and 5R’s (relevant, risks, rewards, roadblocks, repetitions). The questionnaires were distributed to 141 medical doctors. Reliability was determined using Cronbach’s alpha for internal consistency while construct validity was assessed using factor analysis. Results: A high degree of internal consistency was observed for this 26 items (Cronbach’s alpha= 0.824). Subsequently, 2 items with poor inter-item correlations were removed. Factor analysis extracted 7 meaningful components from this remaining 24 items, in which 3 components with least items were deleted due to overlapping subscale with other components, leaving 4 meaningful components of (1st) practice ask, advice, assess and practice 5R’s, (2nd) practice of assist and arrange for those willing to quit, (3rd) knowledge and (4th) attitude. These final 17 items still demonstrate high internal consistency with Cronbach’s alpha of 0.832. Conclusions: This study indicates that this questionnaire is a reliable and valid tool to assess the knowledge, attitude and practice on stop smoking guidelines. Improvement can be made for attitude items in the future.

scholarly journals Knowledge, Attitude and Practice Scale of Medical Personnel on Smoking Cessation Guidelines: A Review on Associations and Questionnaires

2019 ◽  
pp. 3
Author(s):  
Mohd Shaiful Ehsan bin Shalihin ◽  
Mohamad Haniki bin Nik Mohamed
Keyword(s):  
Smoking Cessation ◽  
Assessment Tool ◽  
Healthcare Providers ◽  
Medical Personnel ◽  
Quit Smoking ◽  
Attitude And Practice ◽  
Validated Questionnaire ◽  
Level Of Motivation ◽  
Evidence Based Guidelines ◽  
Knowledge Attitude And Practice

The number of active smokers in Malaysia is increasing despite the availability of stop smoking clinics and smoking cessation medications. Other than smokers’ level of motivation to quit smoking, competency of the healthcare professionals involved in providing smoking cessation intervention using evidence-based guidelines need to be considered. Hence, knowledge, attitude and practice (KAP) of the healthcare providers in relation to existing clinical practice guidelines on smoking cessation should be assessed. In this review, we look at the factors contributing to the KAP of medical personnel on the guidelines and also the previously available assessment tool, mainly in the form of a validated questionnaire, for the purpose of applying it to the context of the Malaysian healthcare providers.  

scholarly journals Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice regarding Anaphylaxis among Pediatric Health Care Providers in a Teaching Hospital

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (01) ◽  
pp. e224-e229
Author(s):  
Sibabratta Patnaik ◽  
Samarth Krishna ◽  
Mukesh Kumar Jain
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care Providers ◽  
Teaching Hospital ◽  
Care Providers ◽  
Management Skills ◽  
Pediatric Health ◽  
Pediatric Health Care ◽  
Attitude And Practice ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Knowledge Attitude And Practice

AbstractAnaphylaxis is a severe, life threatening generalized or systemic hypersensitivity reaction which requires prompt, accurate diagnosis, and appropriate management. The objective of the study is to assess the extent of knowledge, management skills, and attitude on anaphylaxis among pediatric health care providers of a tertiary care teaching hospital. This was a cross-sectional study done in the department of pediatrics, which included faculty, residents, interns, and nurses. The knowledge, attitude, and practice were assessed using a standardized questionnaire comprised of 35 questions. The questionnaire was distributed and collected in person to all the participants. Informed consent was obtained from all participants and confidentiality was ensured at all stages. Collected data were analyzed using SPSS version 20. The mean of total knowledge score (TKS) was 7.36 ± 1.42. TKS of faculty was 8.36 ± 1.15, in residents 7.81 ± 1.25, in interns 7.46 ± 1.15, and in nurses 6.69 ± 1.57. Knowledge scores of faculty, residents, and interns were significantly higher than that of nurses while there was no significant difference between faculty, residents, and interns. The majority of participants have positive attitude toward anaphylaxis. Incorrect practice is followed by most of the participants. The extent of knowledge about anaphylaxis among pediatric health care providers is moderate but management skills remains suboptimal. Thus, proper training, through continued medical educations and programs to improve abilities to recognize and manage anaphylaxis are very crucial. Differential approach may be followed to different groups; nurses need extra training for optimal management of anaphylaxis.

KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDE, AND PRACTICE OF PHARMACISTS ABOUT PHARMACEUTICAL CARE FOR DIABETES MELLITUS PATIENTS IN A PRIMARY CARE CENTER IN SAUDI ARABIA

2020 ◽  
Vol 76 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Maha Aldraimly ◽  
Sayed Azhar Suliman ◽  
Ahmed Ibrahim Nouri ◽  
Manahel Mohammed Alshaer ◽  
Norah Mohammed Almaghrabi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Diabetes Mellitus ◽  
Primary Care ◽  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
Pharmaceutical Care ◽  
Care Center ◽  
Primary Care Center ◽  
Attitude And Practice ◽  
Knowledge Attitude And Practice
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