Open AccessFuture Healthcare Providers’ Knowledge about Ebola Virus Disease: A Private University Students’ Perspective
Author(s) -
Muhammad Zahid Iqbal,
Salah-Ud-Din Khan,
Muhammad Shahid Iqbal
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of pharmaceutical research international
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2456-9119
DOI - 10.9734/jpri/2020/v32i2830875
Subject(s) - ebola virus , pharmacy , health care , medical education , health science , perspective (graphical) , family medicine , medicine , disease , psychology , computer science , pathology , artificial intelligence , economics , economic growth
Objective: The objective of the study was to determine the knowledge of future healthcare providers regarding the Ebola virus disease (EVD) in a private university.
Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted using a convenience sampling method. A self-developed and pre-validated tool was used to collect data from students studying in three health care faculties of a university in Malaysia. The Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) Version 24.0 was used to analyze the data.
Results: More female students 170 (62.3%) participated in the present study than the male students 103 (37.7%), out of a total of 273 studied students. The majority of the final year students had an adequate knowledge towards EVD than the pre-final year students.
Conclusion: Overall appropriate and good knowledge was observed among the studied future healthcare providers. The present study concluded that pharmacy students had better knowledge regarding EVD than the rest of the studied students.