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Knowledge, attitude and practice of MSD injuries from Malaysian employer perspective

Athirah, Nadia Nordin and Mohd. Rohani, Jafri and Zainal Abidin, Norsheila and Raemy, Md. Zein (2016) Knowledge, attitude and practice of MSD injuries from Malaysian employer perspective. In: 4th Scientific Conference on Occupational Safety and Health, 14-17 Nov, 2016, Johor Bahru, Malaysia.

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Abstract

This study aims to assess the level of Knowledge, Attitude and Practices (KAP) on Musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) from employer perspectives in Malaysia industries. A newly developed KAP questionnaire was distributed and answered by 45 employers. Most employers show good scores to the majority of items in Knowledge, Attitude and Practices sections. Pearson correlation is used in order to test the relationship between KAP scores and demographic profile and also KAP variables. It was found that knowledge has strong correlation r=0.291, p>0.05 with gender. The attitude component has a strong correlation (r=0.344, p>0.05) with age group. Whereas the practices component has good correlation with education level (r=0.249, p>0.05). However, the KAP variables show only knowledge and practices have a strong correlation(r=0.271, p>0.05).MSDs cases are increasing hence understanding the underlying KAP factors are crucial in order to tackle the problem.

Item Type:Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Additional Information:RADIS System Ref No:PB/2016/09278
Uncontrolled Keywords:musculoskeletal disorders, employer perspective
Subjects:T Technology > TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
Divisions:Mechanical Engineering
ID Code:67040
Deposited By: Siti Nor Hashidah Zakaria
Deposited On:25 Aug 2017 06:14
Last Modified:25 Aug 2017 06:14

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