Department of Veterinary Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Maiduguri, Borno State, Nigeria.
Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia.
PLoS One. 2022 Jan 28;17(1):e0262313. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0262313. eCollection 2022.
This study is designed to determine the knowledge, attitude, and practice of food poisoning and its factors among postgraduate students in Universiti Putra Malaysia.
A cross-sectional study was conducted among 212 respondents who were selected through simple random sampling. Data was generated using a validated and reliable self-administered questionnaire.
The majority of the respondents are male, aged less than 35 years old, non-Malaysian, single, first-degree holders, not working, received a monthly income of less than 3264 Malaysian Ringgit, aware of food poisoning outbreak and the sources of their information of the food poisoning outbreak were television, the internet, newspaper, Online journals, friends, Facebook, community, nurse, drinking raw milk for the second time, information from their parents, relatives, restaurant, and radio. Majority had previous history of food poisoning illness but didn't correctly confirm the causes of their food poisoning illness. Majority had poor knowledge, acceptable attitude, and good practice of food poisoning. A significant association was observed for citizen, marital status, awareness of food poisoning outbreak, and previous history of food poisoning illness with knowledge. Gender and awareness of food poisoning outbreak were significantly associated with attitude. Attitude and practice were significantly associated. Logistic regression revealed that being married, awareness of food poisoning outbreak, and previous history of food poisoning illness are predictors for good knowledge. Female respondents and awareness of food poisoning outbreak are predictors for acceptable attitude.
Documentation of the identified poor knowledge and factors affecting knowledge, attitude, and practice provides essential information on the baseline indicators towards the risk of food poisoning among the respondents. A relevant interventional program is highly recommended to prevent the potential risks of food poisoning outbreak among them.
本研究旨在确定马来西亚博特拉大学研究生对食物中毒及其相关因素的知识、态度和实践。
通过简单随机抽样，对 212 名受访者进行了横断面研究。使用经过验证和可靠的自填式问卷生成数据。
大多数受访者为男性，年龄小于 35 岁，非马来西亚人，单身，持有第一学位，不工作，月收入低于 3264 令吉，了解食物中毒爆发及其信息来源是电视、互联网、报纸、在线期刊、朋友、Facebook、社区、护士、第二次喝生牛奶、来自父母、亲戚、餐馆和广播的信息。大多数人曾有过食物中毒病史，但未能正确确定其食物中毒的原因。大多数人对食物中毒的知识掌握较差，态度可接受，实践良好。公民身份、婚姻状况、对食物中毒爆发的认识以及食物中毒病史与知识之间存在显著关联。性别和对食物中毒爆发的认识与态度显著相关。态度和实践之间存在显著关联。逻辑回归显示，已婚、对食物中毒爆发的认识以及食物中毒病史是良好知识的预测因素。女性受访者和对食物中毒爆发的认识是可接受态度的预测因素。
对确定的知识欠缺以及影响知识、态度和实践的因素进行记录，为了解受访者食物中毒风险的基线指标提供了重要信息。强烈建议实施相关干预计划，以预防他们食物中毒爆发的潜在风险。
