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Knowledge, attitude and practice on dengue prevention and dengue seroprevalence in a dengue hotspot in Malaysia: A cross-sectional study

Dengue has become a global public health problem. Despite reactive efforts by the government in Malaysia, the dengue cases are on the increase. Adequate knowledge, positive attitude and correct practice for dengue control are essential to stamp out the disease. Hence, this study aims to assess the f...

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Autores principales: Selvarajoo, Sivaneswari, Liew, Jonathan Wee Kent, Tan, Wing, Lim, Xin Ying, Refai, Wardha F., Zaki, Rafdzah Ahmad, Sethi, Neha, Wan Sulaiman, Wan Yusoff, Lim, Yvonne Ai Lian, Vadivelu, Jamuna, Vythilingam, Indra
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Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7293214/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32533017
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-66212-5
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author Selvarajoo, Sivaneswari
Liew, Jonathan Wee Kent
Tan, Wing
Lim, Xin Ying
Refai, Wardha F.
Zaki, Rafdzah Ahmad
Sethi, Neha
Wan Sulaiman, Wan Yusoff
Lim, Yvonne Ai Lian
Vadivelu, Jamuna
Vythilingam, Indra
author_facet Selvarajoo, Sivaneswari
Liew, Jonathan Wee Kent
Tan, Wing
Lim, Xin Ying
Refai, Wardha F.
Zaki, Rafdzah Ahmad
Sethi, Neha
Wan Sulaiman, Wan Yusoff
Lim, Yvonne Ai Lian
Vadivelu, Jamuna
Vythilingam, Indra
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description Dengue has become a global public health problem. Despite reactive efforts by the government in Malaysia, the dengue cases are on the increase. Adequate knowledge, positive attitude and correct practice for dengue control are essential to stamp out the disease. Hence, this study aims to assess the factors associated with dengue knowledge, attitude and practice (KAP), as well as the association with dengue IgM and IgG seropositivity. A community-based cross-sectional study was conducted in a closed, dengue endemic area with multi-storey dwellings . Five hundred individuals (aged 18 years and above) were approached for pre-tested KAP and seroprevalences assessment. The study showed only half of the total participants have good knowledge (50.7%) but they had insufficient knowledge about dengue during pregnancy. 53.2% of people had poor attitude and 50.2% reported poor practice for dengue control. Out of 85 respondents who agreed to participate in the dengue seroprevalence study, 74.1% (n = 63) were positive for dengue IgG and 7.1% (n = 6) were positive for dengue IgM. Among all sociodemographic variable, race is the only independent predicator for all KAP levels (P < 0.05). In conclusion, proactive and sustainable efforts are needed to bring a behavioural change among communities in order to fight dengue outbreaks in endemic areas.
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spelling pubmed-72932142020-06-15 Knowledge, attitude and practice on dengue prevention and dengue seroprevalence in a dengue hotspot in Malaysia: A cross-sectional study Selvarajoo, Sivaneswari Liew, Jonathan Wee Kent Tan, Wing Lim, Xin Ying Refai, Wardha F. Zaki, Rafdzah Ahmad Sethi, Neha Wan Sulaiman, Wan Yusoff Lim, Yvonne Ai Lian Vadivelu, Jamuna Vythilingam, Indra Sci Rep Article Dengue has become a global public health problem. Despite reactive efforts by the government in Malaysia, the dengue cases are on the increase. Adequate knowledge, positive attitude and correct practice for dengue control are essential to stamp out the disease. Hence, this study aims to assess the factors associated with dengue knowledge, attitude and practice (KAP), as well as the association with dengue IgM and IgG seropositivity. A community-based cross-sectional study was conducted in a closed, dengue endemic area with multi-storey dwellings . Five hundred individuals (aged 18 years and above) were approached for pre-tested KAP and seroprevalences assessment. The study showed only half of the total participants have good knowledge (50.7%) but they had insufficient knowledge about dengue during pregnancy. 53.2% of people had poor attitude and 50.2% reported poor practice for dengue control. Out of 85 respondents who agreed to participate in the dengue seroprevalence study, 74.1% (n = 63) were positive for dengue IgG and 7.1% (n = 6) were positive for dengue IgM. Among all sociodemographic variable, race is the only independent predicator for all KAP levels (P < 0.05). In conclusion, proactive and sustainable efforts are needed to bring a behavioural change among communities in order to fight dengue outbreaks in endemic areas. Nature Publishing Group UK 2020-06-12 /pmc/articles/PMC7293214/ /pubmed/32533017 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-66212-5 Text en © The Author(s) 2020 Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article’s Creative Commons license, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article’s Creative Commons license and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.
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Selvarajoo, Sivaneswari
Liew, Jonathan Wee Kent
Tan, Wing
Lim, Xin Ying
Refai, Wardha F.
Zaki, Rafdzah Ahmad
Sethi, Neha
Wan Sulaiman, Wan Yusoff
Lim, Yvonne Ai Lian
Vadivelu, Jamuna
Vythilingam, Indra
Knowledge, attitude and practice on dengue prevention and dengue seroprevalence in a dengue hotspot in Malaysia: A cross-sectional study
title Knowledge, attitude and practice on dengue prevention and dengue seroprevalence in a dengue hotspot in Malaysia: A cross-sectional study
title_full Knowledge, attitude and practice on dengue prevention and dengue seroprevalence in a dengue hotspot in Malaysia: A cross-sectional study
title_fullStr Knowledge, attitude and practice on dengue prevention and dengue seroprevalence in a dengue hotspot in Malaysia: A cross-sectional study
title_full_unstemmed Knowledge, attitude and practice on dengue prevention and dengue seroprevalence in a dengue hotspot in Malaysia: A cross-sectional study
title_short Knowledge, attitude and practice on dengue prevention and dengue seroprevalence in a dengue hotspot in Malaysia: A cross-sectional study
title_sort knowledge, attitude and practice on dengue prevention and dengue seroprevalence in a dengue hotspot in malaysia: a cross-sectional study
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7293214/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32533017
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-66212-5
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