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(NMRR-20-1502-55093) AN ONLINE SURVEY ON KNOWLEDGE, PERCEIVED BENEFIT AND ATTITUDE TOWARDS SOCIAL DISTANCING AMONG MALAYSIAN PUBLIC AN ONLINE SURVEY ON KNOWLEDGE, PERCEIVED BENEFIT AND ATTITUDE TOWARDS SOCIAL DISTANCING AMONG MALAYSIAN PUBLIC Social distancing (SD) is one of Ministry of Malaysia’s (MOH) key recommended prevention measures for COVID-19. It’s important to assess public's knowledge, attitude and perceived benefit of SD practices as health experts globally are advising public to practice SD diligently to minimize the spread of virus. This study aimed to assess public’s understanding, practice and perceptions related to Social Distancing during COVID-19 CONCLUSION Survey finding shows public have high awareness level and positive attitude towards Social Distancing (SD) practice, however further analysis need to be done to conclude whether high knowledge and positive attitude contributes to proper adherence of SD practices. However only 82% agree they will adhere strictly to SD as how they used to do during MCO. On perceived benefit of SD, more than 90% agree SD practices reduce personal risk of COVID 19 infection and stops the transmission at community level, however only 67.8% agree practice of SD reduce loss of life due to COVID 19. This possibly can be attributed to risk aversion towards COVID 19 among Malaysians, as we have lower death rates due to this diseases compared to other countries that was severely affected like US, UK, Italy, Brazil etc. Therefore Malaysian public may associate severity of COVID 19 as very infectious disease but not life threatening INTRODUCTION RESULTS OBJECTIVE METHODOLOGY RESPONDENTS PROFILE Author Details: Komathi PERIALATHAN, Masitah AHMAD, Teresa YONG Sui Mien, Mohammad Zabri JOHARI, Nor Haryati AHMAD SANUSI, Nurashma JUATAN, Khairul Amar MUSA & Norrafizah JAAFAR Institute for Health Behavioural Research, Ministry of Health Knowledge on Social Distancing Attitudes Towards Social 99.3% have to keep a distance at least 1 metre away from others 99.3% avoid touching gestures when greeting people eg : Bersalam or handshake 96.8% avoid gathering in groups 98.8% to keep Physical Distance from someone Respondent know... 99.1% avoid crowded places 93% Disagree Social Distancing means to stop communicate with someone 99.2% avoid mass gathering Hi ! 82% Agree they will adhere strictly to social distancing as how during the MCO 97.2% Agree social distancing is the new normal need to be adapted 89% Agree law action taken on owner of premises /business operations that doesn’t follow SOP guidelines 91.4% Agree they get tensed when see others don’t practice social distancing in public places 92% Agree they will be exposed to health severity of COVID 19 if don’t practice social distancing 97% Agree social distancing is the new normal need to be adapted 95.9% Agree social distancing effective measure to control the spread of COVID-19 infection 95.8% Agree social distancing is effective in reducing risk of getting infected with COVID 19 82% Agree they will adhere strictly to social distancing as how during the MCO 97.2% Agree social distancing is the new normal need to be adapted 89% Agree law action taken on owner of premises /business operations that doesn’t follow SOP guidelines 91.4% Agree they get tensed when see others don’t practice social distancing in public places 92% Agree they will be exposed to health severity of COVID 19 if don’t practice social distancing 97% Agree social distancing is the new normal need to be adapted 95.9% Agree social distancing effective measure to control the spread of COVID-19 infection 95.8% Agree social distancing is effective in reducing risk of getting infected with COVID 19 94.7% Agreed Reduces Personal Risk Of Covid-19 Infection 91.9% Agreed Stop Covid-19 Transmission In Community 82.9% Agreed Own Is Health Protected 67.8% Agreed To Avoid Loss Of Life Due To Covid 19 82.5% Agreed Health Of People Around Is Protected RIP Perception On Benefits Of Practicing Social Distancing ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS We would like to express our gratitude to the Director-General of Health and Deputy Director-General of Health (Research and Technical Support) Malaysia for allowing this presentation. We would also like to express appreciation for all the support from all parties that have contributed directly or indirectly to complete this study. REFERENCES Brauer, M., Brossard, D., DiPrete Brown, L. Ho, P., & Schwakopf, J. (2020). COVID-19 Coronavirus and Social Distancing. Internal Report, University of Madison-Wisconsin. Retrieved online on May 6, 2020 from https://psych.wisc.edu/Brauer/BrauerLab/ wp-content/uploads/2020/03/COVID-report-for-UW.pdf Mukherjee, Nabanita & Das, Arindam. (2020). Knowledge, attitude and perceived effectiveness about social distancing during COVID-19. International Journal of Advanced Education and Research ISSN: 2455-5746; Impact Factor: RJIF 5.34 Received: 05-05-2020; Accepted: 07-05-2020; Published: 18-06-2020 www.alleducationjournal.com Volume 5; Issue 3; 2020; Page No. 69-76 BR 12 1 2 3 4 5 7 6 STUDY DESIGN & DATA COLLECTION METHOD A Cross-Sectional Online Survey. Survey posted via MOH webmaster an social media platforms (Facebook, WhatsApp) SAMPLING TECHNIQUE Non Probability Sampling; Unrestricted, Self-selected Survey and Snowballing Method. TARGET POPULATION Malaysian internet user aged 18 years and above STUDY INTSRUMENT A Pretested & Validated questionnaire on Social Distancing DATA COLLECTION PERIOD 19 June - 19 July 2020 (During RMCO Phase) ETHICAL APPROVAL Medical Research Ethnics Approval (MREC), NMRR-20-1052-55093 TOTAL 3489 rsepondents responded 99.2% (3460 agreed to participate) Male Female Malay Chinese Indian Bumiputera Sabah Bumiputera Sarawak Others 2674 302 158 159 134 33 77.3 8.7 4.5 4.6 3.9 1.0 Secondary education Certificate/Diploma Degree/Masters PhD/Professional Qualification 323 936 2046 145 10.0 27.1 59.1 4.2 >RM10000 RM8000-RM9999 RM6000-RM7999 RM4000-RM6999 RM2000-RM3999 RM1000-RM1999 <RM999 780 425 550 770 638 177 120 22.5 12.3 15.9 22.3 18.4 5.1 3.5 ≥56 46-55 36-45 26-35 18-25 242 708 1235 1070 205 7.0 20.0 36.0 31.0 6.0 1004 2456 29.0 71.0 (n) (%) Race Level of Education Monthly Income Age Gender
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AN ONLINE SURVEY ON KNOWLEDGE, PERCEIVED BENEFIT AND ATTITUDE TOWARDS SOCIAL DISTANCING AMONG MALAYSIAN PUBLIC
AN ONLINE SURVEY ON KNOWLEDGE, PERCEIVED BENEFIT AND ATTITUDE TOWARDS SOCIAL DISTANCING AMONG MALAYSIAN PUBLIC
Social distancing (SD) is one of Ministry of Malaysia’s (MOH) key recommended prevention measures for COVID-19.
It’s important to assess public's knowledge, attitude and perceived benefit of SD practices as health experts globally are advising public to practice SD diligently to minimize the spread of virus.
This study aimed to assess public’s understanding, practice and perceptions related to Social Distancing during COVID-19
CONCLUSION
Survey finding shows public have high awareness level and positive attitude towards Social Distancing (SD) practice, however further analysis need to be done to conclude whether high knowledge and positive attitude contributes to proper adherence of SD practices.
However only 82% agree they will adhere strictly to SD as how they used to do during MCO.
On perceived benefit of SD, more than 90% agree SD practices reduce personal risk of COVID 19 infection and stops the transmission at community level, however only 67.8% agree practice of SD reduce loss of life due to COVID 19.
This possibly can be attributed to risk aversion towards COVID 19 among Malaysians, as we have lower death rates due to this diseases compared to other countries that was severely affected like US, UK, Italy, Brazil etc. Therefore Malaysian public may associate severity of COVID 19 as very infectious disease but not life threatening
INTRODUCTION RESULTS
OBJECTIVE
METHODOLOGY
RESPONDENTS PROFILE
Author Details: Komathi PERIALATHAN, Masitah AHMAD, Teresa YONG Sui Mien, Mohammad Zabri JOHARI, Nor Haryati AHMAD SANUSI, Nurashma JUATAN,
Khairul Amar MUSA & Norrafizah JAAFAR
Institute for Health Behavioural Research, Ministry of Health
Knowledge on Social Distancing
Attitudes Towards Social
99.3%have to keep a distance at least 1 metre away from others
99.3%avoid touching gestures when greeting people eg : Bersalam or handshake
96.8%avoid gathering in groups
98.8%to keep Physical Distance from someone
Respondent know...
99.1%avoid crowded places
93%Disagree Social Distancing means to stop communicate with someone
99.2%avoid mass gathering
Hi !
82% Agree they will adhere strictly to social
distancing as how during the MCO
97.2% Agree social distancing is the new
normal need to be adapted
89% Agree law action taken on owner of premises /business
operations that doesn’t follow SOP guidelines
91.4% Agree they get tensed when see others
don’t practice social distancing in public
places
92% Agree they will be exposed to health
severity of COVID 19 if don’t practice social
distancing
97% Agree social distancing is the new
normal need to be adapted
95.9% Agree social distancing effective
measure to control the spread of COVID-19
infection
95.8% Agree social distancing is effective in reducing risk of getting infected with COVID 19
82% Agree they will adhere strictly to social
distancing as how during the MCO
97.2% Agree social distancing is the new
normal need to be adapted
89% Agree law action taken on owner of premises /business
operations that doesn’t follow SOP guidelines
91.4% Agree they get tensed when see others
don’t practice social distancing in public
places
92% Agree they will be exposed to health
severity of COVID 19 if don’t practice social
distancing
97% Agree social distancing is the new
normal need to be adapted
95.9% Agree social distancing effective
measure to control the spread of COVID-19
infection
95.8% Agree social distancing is effective in reducing risk of getting infected with COVID 19
94.7% Agreed
Reduces Personal Risk Of Covid-19 Infection
91.9% Agreed
Stop Covid-19 Transmission In Community
82.9% Agreed
Own Is Health Protected
67.8% Agreed
To Avoid Loss Of Life Due To Covid 19
82.5% Agreed
Health Of People Around Is Protected
RIP
Perception On Benefits Of PracticingSocial Distancing
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTSWe would like to express our gratitude to the Director-General of Health and Deputy Director-General of Health (Research and Technical Support) Malaysia for allowing this presentation. We would also like to express appreciation for all the support from all parties that have contributed directly or indirectly to complete this study.
REFERENCESBrauer, M., Brossard, D., DiPrete Brown, L. Ho, P., & Schwakopf, J. (2020). COVID-19 Coronavirus and Social Distancing. Internal Report, University of Madison-Wisconsin. Retrieved online on May 6, 2020 from https://psych.wisc.edu/Brauer/BrauerLab/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/COVID-report-for-UW.pdfMukherjee, Nabanita & Das, Arindam. (2020). Knowledge, attitude and perceived effectiveness about social distancing during COVID-19. International Journal of Advanced Education and Research ISSN: 2455-5746; Impact Factor: RJIF 5.34 Received: 05-05-2020; Accepted: 07-05-2020; Published: 18-06-2020 www.alleducationjournal.com Volume 5; Issue 3; 2020; Page No. 69-76
BR 12
1 2 3
4 5
7
6
STUDY DESIGN & DATA COLLECTION
METHODA Cross-Sectional
Online Survey. Survey posted via MOH
webmaster an socialmedia platforms
(Facebook, WhatsApp)
SAMPLINGTECHNIQUE
Non ProbabilitySampling; Unrestricted,
Self-selected Survey and Snowballing
Method.
TARGETPOPULATION
Malaysian internet user aged 18 years and
above
STUDYINTSRUMENT
A Pretested & Validated questionnaire on Social
Distancing
DATA COLLECTION PERIOD
19 June - 19 July 2020(During RMCO Phase)
ETHICALAPPROVAL
Medical ResearchEthnics Approval
(MREC), NMRR-20-1052-55093
TOTAL3489 rsepondents responded
99.2% (3460 agreed to participate)
MaleFemale
MalayChineseIndianBumiputera SabahBumiputera SarawakOthers
267430215815913433
77.38.74.54.63.91.0
Secondary educationCertificate/DiplomaDegree/MastersPhD/Professional Qualification
323936
2046145
10.027.159.14.2
>RM10000RM8000-RM9999RM6000-RM7999RM4000-RM6999RM2000-RM3999RM1000-RM1999<RM999
780425550770638177120
22.512.315.922.318.45.13.5
≥5646-5536-4526-3518-25
24270812351070205
7.020.036.031.06.0
10042456
29.071.0
(n) (%)
Race
Level of Education
Monthly Income
Age
Gender
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