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Future Healthcare Providers’ Knowledge about Ebola Virus Disease: A Private University Students’ Perspective

Muhammad Zahid Iqbal, Salah-Ud-Din Khan, Muhammad Shahid Iqbal

Journal of Pharmaceutical Research International · pp. 93–101 · Published 11 Nov 2020

10.9734/jpri/2020/v32i2830875

Abstract

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.

Ebola virus disease EVD knowledge future healthcare providers.

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