University Students’ Attitude towards Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

Iqbal, Muhammad Shahid and Khan, Salah-Ud-Din and Saad, Eldowaik Mohamed Salah and Iqbal, Muhammad Zahid (2020) University Students’ Attitude towards Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. Journal of Pharmaceutical Research International, 32 (36). pp. 89-98. ISSN 2456-9119

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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.9734/jpri/2020/v32i3631001

Abstract

Objective: The objective of the study was to evaluate the attitude of university students towards Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) in a medical university.

Methods: A cross-sectional study was performed among the students of three different faculties (Medical, Pharmacy and Dental) in a medical university in Malaysia using a self-prepared and pre-validated research tool. The Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) Version 24.0 was used to analyze and present the data.

Results: A total of 268 students from three faculties participated in the present study. The faculty of pharmacy students and male students had more positive attitude towards ALS. The positive attitude was more among the non-hostellers than the hostellers.

Conclusion: Overall positive attitude was observed among the three health care provider faculty students. The present study concluded that pharmacy students had a more positive attitude towards ALS than the other two faculty students.

Item Type:	Article
Subjects:	Bengali Archive > Medical Science
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Date Deposited:	07 Apr 2023 09:05
Last Modified:	28 Aug 2024 14:14
URI:	http://science.archiveopenbook.com/id/eprint/633

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