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Reliability and Validity of an Instrument to Evaluate Knowledge, Attitude and Practice towards Measures for Preventing the Spread of COVID-19 in Malaysia: A Pilot Study

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dc.contributor.authorZairina Binti A. Rahmanen_US
dc.contributor.authorNatasya Binti Abdullahen_US
dc.contributor.authorNoor Dzuhaidah Binti Osmanen_US
dc.contributor.authorMuhammad Nizam Bin Awangen_US
dc.contributor.authorNur Syazana Umaren_US
dc.date.accessioned2024-05-30T02:26:26Z
dc.date.available2024-05-30T02:26:26Z
dc.date.issued2021-08
dc.date.submitted2021-9-30
dc.description.abstractPreventing the spread of COVID-19 is crucial in flattening the COVID-19 infection curve. General population control measures should emphasise on understanding the knowledge about the disease and importance of following regulations related to restriction on movement. The aim of this pilot study was to develop a valid, reliable and practical instrument on Knowledge, Attitude and Practice towards Measures for Preventing the Spread of COVID-19 in Malaysia. The instrument was developed based on a Knowledge, Attitude and Practice (KAP) conceptual framework. The instrument in the form of a questionnaire was distributed online to a sample of 40 adults. The initial questionnaires contained 16, 17 and 14 questions on knowledge, attitude and practices domains, respectively. The content validity was assessed by the experts. The reliability of the instrument was measured using internal consistency reliability, which was measured using alpha coefficient reliability of Cronbach Alpha. The analysis showed that the total Cronbach Alpha value for knowledge, attitude and practice were 0.93, 0.89 and 0.87 respectively. After one item dropped from the attitude domain, the findings of this pilot study show that the instrument is valid and reliable to be used in a further larger study. This study demonstrated that the three scales of knowledge, attitude and practice were reliable and valid for assessing the prevention of spread of COVID-19 in Malaysia, although further analysis are needed to improve especially on the knowledge scale due to the low level of difficulty.en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.33102/uij.vol33no3.363
dc.identifier.epage90
dc.identifier.issn1675-5936
dc.identifier.issue3
dc.identifier.spage82
dc.identifier.urihttps://uijournal.usim.edu.my/index.php/uij/article/view/363
dc.identifier.urihttps://oarep.usim.edu.my/handle/123456789/16070
dc.identifier.volume33
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherUSIM Pressen_US
dc.relation.ispartofUlum Islamiyyah: Malaysian Journal of Islamic Sciencesen_US
dc.subjectreliability, validity, prevention-COVID-19en_US
dc.titleReliability and Validity of an Instrument to Evaluate Knowledge, Attitude and Practice towards Measures for Preventing the Spread of COVID-19 in Malaysia: A Pilot Studyen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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