Pub Date : 2022-01-01DOI: 10.17576/jskm-2022-2001-13
Lau YUAN HUI, Hanif Farhan Mohd Rasdi, D. Harun, Chang XUN YUN
A pre-driving assessment usually involves standardised and non-standardised tests to examine the skills for safe driving of people with disabilities. However, it is still unknown to what extent the pre-driving assessments are being practised among occupational therapists in Malaysia. Therefore, this study aims to investigate the association of challenges, attitudes, and skills of occupational therapists towards practising driving rehabilitation and explore the most used predriving assessment. A cross-sectional study had been conducted from July to September 2020. The convenient sampling method was used to recruit experienced occupational therapists in driving rehabilitation. A total of 53 therapists had completed an online survey. According to the results, the bivariate correlation between skills and challenges was positive and strong (rѕ = 0.680, p < 0.05). A multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA) indicated that workplace variables had a significant effect on the combined dependent variables of challenges, attitudes, and skills, F(3,49) = 4.521 p = 0.007, partial Ƞ² = 0.217. This study found that the most used standardised assessment was the range of motion (n = 39, 73.6 %) and the right and left discrimination (n = 40, 75.5 %). The findings of this study identified that occupational therapists challenges and attitudes are significantly associated with the skills to practice driving rehabilitation. Malaysian occupational therapists working in the government sector reported better skills than those working in the private sector. Furthermore, numerous types of pre-driving assessments were used and vary from setting to setting. This study hopes to benefit occupational therapists and related rehabilitation practitioners towards a holistic understanding of Malaysia's driving rehabilitation practices.
驾驶前评估通常包括标准化和非标准化考试，以检查残疾人士的安全驾驶技能。然而，目前尚不清楚马来西亚职业治疗师在多大程度上实施了驾驶前评估。因此，本研究旨在探讨职业治疗师对驾驶康复训练的挑战、态度和技能的关系，并探索最常用的驾驶前评估。一项横断面研究于2020年7月至9月进行。采用方便抽样的方法，招募有经验的职业治疗师从事驾驶康复工作。共有53名治疗师完成了一项在线调查。结果显示，技能与挑战的双变量相关性强且正(rr = 0.680, p < 0.05)。多变量方差分析(MANOVA)表明，工作场所变量对挑战、态度和技能的组合因变量有显著影响，F(3,49) = 4.521 p = 0.007，偏Ƞ²= 0.217。本研究发现，最常用的标准化评估是运动范围(n = 39, 73.6%)和左右判别(n = 40, 75.5%)。本研究发现，职业治疗师的挑战和态度与实践驾驶康复的技能显著相关。据报道，在政府部门工作的马来西亚职业治疗师比在私营部门工作的职业治疗师的技能更好。此外，使用了多种类型的驾驶前评估，并且因设置而异。本研究希望有利于职业治疗师和相关的康复从业人员对马来西亚的驾驶康复实践的整体理解。
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Pub Date : 2022-01-01DOI: 10.17576/jskm-2022-2001-06
Jocelyn Deana Jominol, Ching Sin Siau, M. Rabbani, Mimi Fitriana Zaini, Mansour Amini, A. N. Yahya, Jing NI TEE, Muhamad Nur Fariduddin ABDUL AZIZ
Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and their parents require support from the community, and could profit from volunteer work involving the family. At the same time, university students demonstrate a high willingness to volunteer in community initiatives such as work involving children with ASD. This study aims to examine the relationship between ASD knowledge and the motivation to volunteer among university students. Students (N=150) from a private university in the Klang Valley, Malaysia, participated in this study. Instruments utilized in this study were the Stone Autism Survey and Volunteer Functions Inventory. The results indicated that a higher level of ASD knowledge was the strongest predictor of higher motivation to volunteer after adjusting for relevant demographic factors and exposure to ASD children. Meanwhile, female and Hindu participants reported a significantly higher motivation to volunteer. This study emphasizes the need to increase factual knowledge about ASD among university students, and any effort to encourage students to volunteer in helping individuals with ASD should include knowledge sharing about this population.
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Pub Date : 2022-01-01DOI: 10.17576/jskm-2022-2001-14
Nurbieta Abd Aziz, Masne Kadar, D. Harun, Hanif Farhan Mohd Rasdi
Proficient hand dexterity (HD) may help students with learning disabilities (LDs) perform various hand tasks efficiently. Video modelling (VM) is a strategy that uses a model to improve desired skills. However, the limited study focuses on VM to improve HD among students with LDs. Therefore, this study explores VM implementation in the learning and teaching process to improve the HD of students with LDs. Five Special Education (SE) teachers who taught the Hand Manipulative Component lessons in two different states were purposefully selected and invited to participate in this study. A one-toone interview was conducted with individual SE teachers. The interview sessions were audio-recorded and transcribed verbatim, and the data was analysed through thematic analysis. Rigorous approaches were performed to ensure the findings' trustworthiness, such as triangulation, member checking, and an audit trail. Four key themes emerged: conventional learning and teaching methods, challenges faced by students with LDs in improving HD, and the advantages of implementing VM in learning and teaching to improve HD and develop a video module. This study suggests SE teachers can implement VM in their learning and teaching processes to improve the HD performance of students with LDs. This current study concludes that VM can be a supportive strategy in the teaching process to improve HD performance among students with LDs.
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Pub Date : 2022-01-01DOI: 10.17576/jskm-2022-2001-04
Noryantimarlina Abdullah, Basyariatul Fathi Othman, K. Ahmad, P. Devesahayam, Y. Ahmad Rusli
Kemahiran bahasa dan pertuturan merupakan antara komponen penting dalam menentukan keberhasilan penggunaan implan koklea. Kajian ini bertujuan untuk mengukur pencapaian kemahiran bahasa dan pertuturan kanak-kanak Melayu pengguna implan koklea menggunakan borang soal jawab skala perkembangan dan mengenalpasti faktor demografi yang menyumbang kepada pencapaian kanak-kanak. Kajian ini melibatkan 26 orang kanak-kanak Melayu pengguna implan koklea daripada Program Implan Koklea Kebangsaan di bawah Kementerian Kesihatan Malaysia dengan umur kronologi antara 33 hingga 99 bulan (min=70, SP=18.9), umur semasa implan antara 18 hingga 71 bulan (min=40, SP=13.5) dan umur pendengaran antara 13 bulan hingga 48 bulan (min=30, SP=10.5). Instrumen yang digunakan adalah The Integrated Scale of Development-Malay version 2 (ISD-Mv2). Borang soal jawab diberikan kepada ibu bapa atau penjaga seterusnya temubual melalui telefon dilakukan. Hasil kajian menunjukkan hanya 9 subjek (35%) yang berjaya mencapai skor purata ISD-Mv2 setara atau lebih dari umur pendengaran. Antara enam komponen ISD-Mv2, komponen kognitif mencapai peratusan tertinggi dengan 96.79 peratus manakala penghasilan bahasa adalah yang terendah (76.21%). Ujian korelasi Pearson menunjukkan hubungan positif yang kuat antara kemahiran mendengar dengan pemahaman bahasa (r=0.554, p<0.05) dan kognitif dengan komunikasi sosial/pragmatik (r= 0.625, p<0.05). Tahap pencapaian bahasa dan pertuturan kanak-kanak dengan faktor demografik tidak menunjukkan perbezaan yang signifikan. Dapatan kajian menunjukkan bahawa majoriti kanak-kanak Melayu pengguna implan koklea mempunyai tahap pencapaian bahasa dan pertuturan yang lewat berbanding kanak-kanak berpendengaran normal sebaya.
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Pub Date : 2022-01-01DOI: 10.17576/jskm-2022-2001-12
Wan Nazatul Shima Shahidan, Tuan Nadrah Naim Tuan Ismail, K. Ponnuraj
Medicinal plants have been used in Malaysia for a long time ago. These plants have been marketed as herbal product and used in the traditional healthcare system because of its positive therapeutic effects. This paper discusses particularly several types of Malaysian herbs that are traditionally used for contraception and scientific studies related to its pharmaceutical properties showing its use among the public for its anti-fertility effects. Even though several methods of contraception have been promoted for family planning, yet, the perception of the public on the usage of synthetic steroidal contraceptives due to its serious adverse effects has made them focus on indigenous plants. Contraceptives drug-containing oestrogen and progesterone have proven to be effective and popular, However, the side effects of these drugs have sparked the idea of scientists to develop newer molecules from medicinal plants. Therefore, it is necessary to investigate in-depth qualitative research on conceptions and concerns about traditional contraceptive methods using herbal ingredients among Malaysians.
{"title":"Malaysian Herbs in Contraception: Public Perception","authors":"Wan Nazatul Shima Shahidan, Tuan Nadrah Naim Tuan Ismail, K. Ponnuraj","doi":"10.17576/jskm-2022-2001-12","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17576/jskm-2022-2001-12","url":null,"abstract":"Medicinal plants have been used in Malaysia for a long time ago. These plants have been marketed as herbal product and used in the traditional healthcare system because of its positive therapeutic effects. This paper discusses particularly several types of Malaysian herbs that are traditionally used for contraception and scientific studies related to its pharmaceutical properties showing its use among the public for its anti-fertility effects. Even though several methods of contraception have been promoted for family planning, yet, the perception of the public on the usage of synthetic steroidal contraceptives due to its serious adverse effects has made them focus on indigenous plants. Contraceptives drug-containing oestrogen and progesterone have proven to be effective and popular, However, the side effects of these drugs have sparked the idea of scientists to develop newer molecules from medicinal plants. Therefore, it is necessary to investigate in-depth qualitative research on conceptions and concerns about traditional contraceptive methods using herbal ingredients among Malaysians.","PeriodicalId":17686,"journal":{"name":"Jurnal Sains Kesihatan Malaysia","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46206892","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-07-01DOI: 10.17576/JSKM-2021-1902-03
Affandi Omar, Siti Rozilah Abdul Kadir, S. Rahman, Fatimah Diana Amin Nordin, B. Kamarudin, Nur Jannaim Muhamad, Rosnani Mohamed, M. Mamat, Noornatisha Salleh, Z. M. Yunus, J. Jalil
{"title":"Reference range for plasma total homocysteine among Malaysian’s children","authors":"Affandi Omar, Siti Rozilah Abdul Kadir, S. Rahman, Fatimah Diana Amin Nordin, B. Kamarudin, Nur Jannaim Muhamad, Rosnani Mohamed, M. Mamat, Noornatisha Salleh, Z. M. Yunus, J. Jalil","doi":"10.17576/JSKM-2021-1902-03","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17576/JSKM-2021-1902-03","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":17686,"journal":{"name":"Jurnal Sains Kesihatan Malaysia","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49054617","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-07-01DOI: 10.17576/JSKM-2021-1902-10
Ku Akmal Afifi Ku Marudzi, Syafiqah Husna Rusdi, Xiu Leong Tang, N. H. Hamzaid
{"title":"Effectiveness of Interactive Book in Improving Nutrition Knowledge Among Preschoolers","authors":"Ku Akmal Afifi Ku Marudzi, Syafiqah Husna Rusdi, Xiu Leong Tang, N. H. Hamzaid","doi":"10.17576/JSKM-2021-1902-10","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17576/JSKM-2021-1902-10","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":17686,"journal":{"name":"Jurnal Sains Kesihatan Malaysia","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48027427","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-07-01DOI: 10.17576/jskm-2021-1902-15
Nor Afifi Razaob, Masne Kadar, Hanif Farhan MOHD RASHDI, Farahiyah Wan Yunus, Nor Azwani MOHAMED BUKHORI, S. Tham, Siaw Chui Chai
Self-care is defined as activities performed by individuals, families, and communities to enhance their health, prevent diseases, limit illnesses, and restore health. Previous research has mainly focused on self-care skills of older adults in either institution or residential homes separately but limited studies have compared between both these settings. This study aimed to compare the self-care skills between institutionalised and home dwelling older adults at selected area in Malaysia. A total of 43 participants aged 60 years old and above were recruited in our study; (23 participants were home-dwelled older adults and 19 participants were recruited from institutionalised older adults located in Kuala Lumpur). The Malay Version of Performance Assessment of Self-Care Skills ( M-PASS - HOME ) 4.0 was used focusing on four main subtests of self-skills; oral hygiene, trimming toenails, house mobility and shower mobility. The differences in self-care skills between institutionalised and home dwelling older adults are statistically significant (p<0.01) in the aspects of independency for all self-care activities. The results of this study revealed that home dwelling older adults group are more independent in self-care activities of oral hygiene, trimming toenails, house mobility and shower mobility compared to institutionalised group.
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Pub Date : 2021-07-01DOI: 10.17576/jskm-2021-1902-14
Siti Noraini Asmuri, Masne Kadar, Nor Afifi Razaob, Siaw Chui Chai, Hanif Farhan Mohd Rasdi, Nur Syahira Atiqah Arifin
The Performance Assessment of Self-care Skills ( PASS -Home) is a client-centered, performance-based, criterion-reference, observational form designed to capture client’s performance skills in completing daily task activities. The aim of the study was to describe the process of translating, adapting and validating the PASS -Home from English language version into a Malay language version. The development of the translated Malay version of the PASS -Home consisted of two stages. Stage one involved the exclusion of the items that were not culturally relevant to the Malaysian culture. Stage two involved the translation process. The five steps of the cross-cultural adaptation process were followed: (1) initial forward version; (2) a summary of recommendations by the expert panels; (3) the back-translation; (4) modifications of the translated Malay version of PASS and a summary of problems found during the pre-testing, and (5) the final version of the PASS Malay Version ( M-PASS ). A total of five items from the PASS-Home were omitted in the Malay version ( M - PASS ) and another five items that were considered as suitable in Malaysian context were added in the M-PASS . The Content Validation Index ( CVI ) showed perfect agreement with an average of I-CVI was reported at 0.99 and S-CVI /universal agreement ( S-CVI/UA ) was at 0.93. Test-retest reliabilty showed that the M-PASS were highly reliable reported of its three main constructs of Independence ( ICC =0.706), Safety ( ICC =0.906) and Adequacy ( ICC =0.950). M-PASS showed strong evidence as a valid and reliable assessment in evaluating the functional level of older people who live independently in community.
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Pub Date : 2021-07-01DOI: 10.17576/jskm-2021-1902-13
C. Ng, Devinder Kaur Ajit Singh, M. Tan, Saravana Kumar
Online health information have a role in enhancing health in older adults. However, age-related physiological changes and non-senior friendly websites proved to be a challenge for older adults. Research investigating older adults’ preferences of features in health information websites is limited. Thus, in this review, we aim to summarize older adults’ preferences regarding the design and content of health websites. Medline, CINAHL , Cochrane Library, Scopus, Journal of Medical Internet Research ( JMIR ) and Google Scholar were searched for relevant articles in February 2018, using key words ‘older adults’, ‘Internet’, ‘health information’ and ‘usability’. The methodological quality of included studies was evaluated using the McMaster critical appraisal tools by two independent reviewers. Individual study design, participants’ characteristics, and identified preferences for health website features were extracted and summarized narratively. ( PROSPERO registration number: CRD42018096281 ). Five studies (3 qualitative, 2 quantitative) were included in this review. The quality appraisal score ranged from 32% to 83%. The web feature preferences of older adults were grouped into three domains: web presentation factors, web navigation factors and health information preferences. The results highlight older adults have specific preferences when engaging with online content. This review suggests that readable text, simple design, consistent layout and straightforward web navigation are the preferred priorities for a health information website for older adults. Findings from this review may be useful to healthcare professionals and developers to understand older adults’ preferences pertaining to web design and contents in health websites specifically designed for this population.
在线健康信息在增强老年人健康方面发挥着作用。然而，与年龄相关的生理变化和对老年人不友好的网站对老年人来说是一个挑战。调查老年人对健康信息网站功能偏好的研究有限。因此，在这篇综述中，我们旨在总结老年人对健康网站设计和内容的偏好。2018年2月，Medline、CINAHL、Cochrane Library、Scopus、Journal of Medical Internet Research（JMIR）和Google Scholar使用关键词“老年人”、“互联网”、“健康信息”和“可用性”搜索了相关文章。纳入研究的方法学质量由两名独立评审员使用麦克马斯特批判性评估工具进行评估。对个体研究设计、参与者的特征以及对健康网站特征的偏好进行了提取和叙述性总结。（PROSPERO注册号：CRD42018096281）。本综述包括5项研究（3项定性研究，2项定量研究）。质量评价得分在32%到83%之间。老年人的网络特征偏好分为三个领域：网络呈现因素、网络导航因素和健康信息偏好。研究结果强调，老年人在参与在线内容时有特定的偏好。这篇综述表明，可读的文本、简单的设计、一致的布局和简单的网络导航是老年人健康信息网站的首选。这篇综述的发现可能有助于医疗保健专业人员和开发人员了解老年人对专门为这一人群设计的健康网站的网页设计和内容的偏好。
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