| Popis: |
IntroductionSocial 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. ObjectiveThis study aimed to assess public’s understanding, practice and perceptions related to Social Distancing during COVID-19 Methodology[Refer to Poster]. Results[Refer to Poster]. ConclusionSurvey 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 |
