Knowledge, awareness, and perception towards tuberculosis disease among International Islamic University Malaysia Kuantan students

Jamaludin, Thandar Soe Sumaiyah; Ismail, Nurhanis; Saidi, Sanisah

doi:10.1016/j.enfcli.2019.04.116

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“…[9] Our study participants demonstrated better awareness and knowledge on the common symptoms of TB than undergraduate health-care students without clinical experience in Malaysia, who had poor knowledge and awareness about common TB symptoms, cough more than 2 weeks (17% vs. 96.7%) and weight loss (10% vs. 87%). [24] However, their knowledge level on TB being an airborne disease and prevention of TB spread through covering mouth and nose while coughing and sneezing were comparably high as observed in our study. [24] The ability to recognize presumed TB symptoms is helpful in TB endemic areas where other infectious disease such as malaria, Coronavirus infection (COVID-19), and flu-like syndromes could be confused with TB in the society leading to prolonged delay before presentation, diagnosis, and continued transmission of TB.…”

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“…[24] However, their knowledge level on TB being an airborne disease and prevention of TB spread through covering mouth and nose while coughing and sneezing were comparably high as observed in our study. [24] The ability to recognize presumed TB symptoms is helpful in TB endemic areas where other infectious disease such as malaria, Coronavirus infection (COVID-19), and flu-like syndromes could be confused with TB in the society leading to prolonged delay before presentation, diagnosis, and continued transmission of TB.…”

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“…The participant's knowledge about prevention of TB, infection control, and curability of TB was high and support findings from a study of Malaysian undergraduate health-care students. [24] However, lower proportion of the participants was aware of the duration of treatment to be a minimum of 6 months for simple uncomplicated drug sensitive TB before the workshop activities. A similar study conducted in India reported a lower level of awareness (28%) about the duration of TB treatment, [25] and much lower (12.6%) in another study in a slum community of Delhi, India.…”

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Impact of educational intervention on knowledge and awareness of TB among secondary school students in The Gambia

Owolabi

Genekah

Njie

et al. 2021

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Objectives: Health education and awareness campaigns about tuberculosis (TB) can empower adolescents on different aspects of the disease and its management, resulting in early and appropriate care seeking behavior through their advocacy in the community. We assessed the impact of educational intervention on knowledge and awareness about TB among adolescents in the greater Banjul area of The Gambia where approximately 70% of national TB cases are notified. Materials and Methods: A school-based, interventional analytical study, and interactive educational workshop was conducted among grade 12 students of the Methodist Academy Secondary School in Bakau, Banjul The Gambia. The workshop activities included illustrative demonstrations using posters, flipcharts, infographics, and games to convey TB messages in six domains: (1) Basic knowledge; (2) symptoms; (3) risk factors (4) modes of transmission; (5) treatment; and (6) care and support. Structured questionnaires were used to assess changes in the student’s knowledge and awareness about TB in the six domains before and after the workshop. Data were analyzed using proportional percentages, mean (95% CI) and differences standard error (SE) and student paired t-test. Results: Ninety-six students participated in the workshop out of which 92 (96%) students completed both pre- and post-test questionnaires. Sixty-eight percent of the students were females and 58% were from the science stream of the grade 12 students who participated in our workshop. The mean difference and SE between the pre- and post-workshop test scores in the six domains were: basic knowledge: +1.4 (0.2; P < 0.0001); symptoms: +1.5 (0.2; P < 0.0001); risk factors: +3.1 (0.3; P < 0.0001); modes of transmission: +1.2 (0.2; P < 0.0001); treatment: +0.8 (0.1; P < 0.0001); and care and support of TB: +0.5 (0.1; P = 0.0001). Conclusion: This school-based educational interactive workshop significantly improved the knowledge and awareness of the students especially in understanding the causative agent and risk factors of TB disease. We recommend exposure of students to TB educational activities as part of the school curriculum. The knowledge acquired in this workshop is likely to have impact on the wider community and should be assessed in future follow-up studies to determine if it impacts positively on views held within the wider community.

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Impact of educational intervention on knowledge and awareness of TB among secondary school students in The Gambia

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Genekah

Njie

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“…The total awareness rate of freshmen was 89.02%, although this indicator reached the national target requirement (85%), 17 the result obtains in this study is similar to a study done in Malaysia. 18 Only using total awareness rate to evaluate students’ awareness of tuberculosis has drawbacks because the total awareness rate will decrease with the increase of core knowledge questions. It needs to be evaluated combine with entire awareness rates, and that rate of all freshmen is only 58.94%.…”

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Study on the Influencing Factors of Knowledge, Attitudes and Practice About Tuberculosis Among Freshmen in Jiangsu, China: A Cross-Sectional Study

Liu

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“…Knowledge influences perception [ 29 , 30 , 31 , 32 ]. Perception about illness is the patient’s experience with the disease suffered and that experience will be applied to his or her condition [ 33 , 34 , 35 ]. There is a positive correlation between perception and adherence to taking anti-TB drugs [ 36 , 37 , 38 , 39 , 40 ], and Pasek et al (2013) found that 94% of patients with positive perception adhere to their treatment, whereas only 13% of patients with negative perception adhere to their treatment.…”

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The Effect of Javanese Language Videos with a Community Based Interactive Approach Method as an Educational Instrument for Knowledge, Perception, and Adherence amongst Tuberculosis Patients

Herawati

Megawati

Aslichah³

et al. 2021

Pharmacy

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The long period of tuberculosis treatment causes patients to have a high risk of forgetting or stopping the medication altogether, which increases the risk of oral anti-tuberculosis drug resistance. The patient’s knowledge and perception of the disease affect the patient’s adherence to treatment. This research objective was to determine the impact of educational videos in the local language on the level of knowledge, perception, and adherence of tuberculosis patients in the Regional General Hospital (RSUD) Bangil. This quasi-experimental study design with a one-month follow-up allocated 62 respondents in the intervention group and 60 in the control group. The pre- and post-experiment levels of knowledge and perception were measured with a validated set of questions. Adherence was measured by pill counts. The results showed that the intervention increases the level of knowledge of the intervention group higher than that of the control group (p-value < 0.05) and remained high after one month of follow-up. The perceptions domains that changed after education using Javanese (Ngoko) language videos with the Community Based Interactive Approach (CBIA) method were the timeline, personal control, illness coherence, and emotional representations (p-value < 0.05). More than 95% of respondents in the intervention group take 95% of their pill compared to 58% of respondents in the control group (p-value < 0.05). Utilization of the local languages for design a community-based interactive approach to educate and communicate is important and effective.

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Knowledge, awareness, and perception towards tuberculosis disease among International Islamic University Malaysia Kuantan students

Cited by 8 publications

References 7 publications

Impact of educational intervention on knowledge and awareness of TB among secondary school students in The Gambia

Impact of educational intervention on knowledge and awareness of TB among secondary school students in The Gambia

Study on the Influencing Factors of Knowledge, Attitudes and Practice About Tuberculosis Among Freshmen in Jiangsu, China: A Cross-Sectional Study

The Effect of Javanese Language Videos with a Community Based Interactive Approach Method as an Educational Instrument for Knowledge, Perception, and Adherence amongst Tuberculosis Patients

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