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The Effectiveness of Tuberculosis Education Programme in Kelantan, Malaysia on Knowledge, Attitude, Practice and Stigma Towards Tuberculosis among Adolescents

BACKGROUND: Tuberculosis (TB) is contagious and the transmission risk is high in congregate settings like school. Incidence of TB among adolescents is significantly high hence an education programme was developed to improve knowledge, attitude, practice and stigma (KAPS) among them. METHODS: This sc...

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Autores principales: Idris, Nur Aiza, Zakaria, Rosnani, Muhamad, Rosediani, Nik Husain, Nik Rosmawati, Ishak, Azlina, Wan Mohammad, Wan Mohd Zahiruddin
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Publicado: Penerbit Universiti Sains Malaysia 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7785272/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33447138
http://dx.doi.org/10.21315/mjms2020.27.6.10
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author Idris, Nur Aiza
Zakaria, Rosnani
Muhamad, Rosediani
Nik Husain, Nik Rosmawati
Ishak, Azlina
Wan Mohammad, Wan Mohd Zahiruddin
author_facet Idris, Nur Aiza
Zakaria, Rosnani
Muhamad, Rosediani
Nik Husain, Nik Rosmawati
Ishak, Azlina
Wan Mohammad, Wan Mohd Zahiruddin
author_sort Idris, Nur Aiza
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description BACKGROUND: Tuberculosis (TB) is contagious and the transmission risk is high in congregate settings like school. Incidence of TB among adolescents is significantly high hence an education programme was developed to improve knowledge, attitude, practice and stigma (KAPS) among them. METHODS: This school-based, non-randomised controlled study was conducted among secondary school students with a total of 236 respondents. The KAPS score were assessed before and 1 month after using self-administered validated KAPS questionnaire on TB. Analysis was done using repeated measures ANOVA. RESULTS: The mean percentage score (SD) for baseline knowledge, attitude, practice and stigma score for the respondents were 54.0 (4.48), 65.6 (1.74), 70.0 (1.43) and 66.0 (6.88), respectively. There was a significant difference (P < 0.001) in the knowledge and stigma score for intervention group compared to control group, adjusted for gender, ethnicity and smoking status 4 weeks post-TB educational programme. However, with regards to attitude and practice score, there was no significant difference (P = 0.210 and P = 0.243, respectively). CONCLUSION: TB education programme was effective in improving knowledge and stigma related to TB. This health education programme can be used as one of the strategies for the prevention and control of TB in schools.
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spelling pubmed-77852722021-01-13 The Effectiveness of Tuberculosis Education Programme in Kelantan, Malaysia on Knowledge, Attitude, Practice and Stigma Towards Tuberculosis among Adolescents Idris, Nur Aiza Zakaria, Rosnani Muhamad, Rosediani Nik Husain, Nik Rosmawati Ishak, Azlina Wan Mohammad, Wan Mohd Zahiruddin Malays J Med Sci Original Article BACKGROUND: Tuberculosis (TB) is contagious and the transmission risk is high in congregate settings like school. Incidence of TB among adolescents is significantly high hence an education programme was developed to improve knowledge, attitude, practice and stigma (KAPS) among them. METHODS: This school-based, non-randomised controlled study was conducted among secondary school students with a total of 236 respondents. The KAPS score were assessed before and 1 month after using self-administered validated KAPS questionnaire on TB. Analysis was done using repeated measures ANOVA. RESULTS: The mean percentage score (SD) for baseline knowledge, attitude, practice and stigma score for the respondents were 54.0 (4.48), 65.6 (1.74), 70.0 (1.43) and 66.0 (6.88), respectively. There was a significant difference (P < 0.001) in the knowledge and stigma score for intervention group compared to control group, adjusted for gender, ethnicity and smoking status 4 weeks post-TB educational programme. However, with regards to attitude and practice score, there was no significant difference (P = 0.210 and P = 0.243, respectively). CONCLUSION: TB education programme was effective in improving knowledge and stigma related to TB. This health education programme can be used as one of the strategies for the prevention and control of TB in schools. Penerbit Universiti Sains Malaysia 2020-12 2020-12-29 /pmc/articles/PMC7785272/ /pubmed/33447138 http://dx.doi.org/10.21315/mjms2020.27.6.10 Text en © Penerbit Universiti Sains Malaysia, 2020 This work is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Idris, Nur Aiza
Zakaria, Rosnani
Muhamad, Rosediani
Nik Husain, Nik Rosmawati
Ishak, Azlina
Wan Mohammad, Wan Mohd Zahiruddin
The Effectiveness of Tuberculosis Education Programme in Kelantan, Malaysia on Knowledge, Attitude, Practice and Stigma Towards Tuberculosis among Adolescents
title The Effectiveness of Tuberculosis Education Programme in Kelantan, Malaysia on Knowledge, Attitude, Practice and Stigma Towards Tuberculosis among Adolescents
title_full The Effectiveness of Tuberculosis Education Programme in Kelantan, Malaysia on Knowledge, Attitude, Practice and Stigma Towards Tuberculosis among Adolescents
title_fullStr The Effectiveness of Tuberculosis Education Programme in Kelantan, Malaysia on Knowledge, Attitude, Practice and Stigma Towards Tuberculosis among Adolescents
title_full_unstemmed The Effectiveness of Tuberculosis Education Programme in Kelantan, Malaysia on Knowledge, Attitude, Practice and Stigma Towards Tuberculosis among Adolescents
title_short The Effectiveness of Tuberculosis Education Programme in Kelantan, Malaysia on Knowledge, Attitude, Practice and Stigma Towards Tuberculosis among Adolescents
title_sort effectiveness of tuberculosis education programme in kelantan, malaysia on knowledge, attitude, practice and stigma towards tuberculosis among adolescents
topic Original Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7785272/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33447138
http://dx.doi.org/10.21315/mjms2020.27.6.10
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