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Effectiveness of a Novel Smartphone Health Education Intervention in Enhancing Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices for the Prevention of Respiratory Tract Infections Among Private Hajj Pilgrims From Malaysia
- Source :
- Frontiers in Public Health, Vol 9 (2021), Frontiers in Public Health
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- Frontiers Media SA, 2021.
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Abstract
- This study was aimed to develop and evaluate the efficacy of a health education program for increasing knowledge, changing attitudes, and promoting prevention practices to reduce the incidence of RTIs among Malaysian Hajj pilgrims. A quasi-experimental study was done among 130 Hajj pilgrims attending Hajj orientation course organized by a private Hajj tour companies. Hajj pilgrims assigned to intervention group (n = 65) and control group (n = 65). Data were collected baseline and after return from Hajj using a validated questionnaire. Mixed design repeated measure ANOVA was used to analyse the effect of group, time, and group-time interaction on the dependent variables. There was a significant improvement in knowledge, attitude and practice scores in the intervention group compared to the control group. Based on the findings of the interaction of time and group, there was a significant statistical difference for post intervention for knowledge (p = 0.005), attitude (p = 0.041), and practice (p = 0.002). The newly-established health education intervention smartphone application was effective in improving KAP toward RTIs prevention among pilgrims.
- Subjects :
- Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
knowledge
medicine.medical_specialty
respiratory tract infection
030231 tropical medicine
Intervention group
Smartphone application
Islam
attitude and practice
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Intervention (counseling)
Humans
Medicine
030212 general & internal medicine
Health Education
Respiratory Tract Infections
intervention
Original Research
Travel
Hajj pilgrims
Respiratory tract infections
business.industry
Incidence (epidemiology)
Malaysia
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Repeated measures design
Family medicine
Health education
Hajj
Smartphone
Public Health
Public aspects of medicine
RA1-1270
business
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 22962565
- Volume :
- 9
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Frontiers in Public Health
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....ce39f995c0f0317ed02488afae2ceb57