Knowledge, Awareness and Perception of Healthcare Personnel Based on Employment Level towards Stem Cells in Pahang Azizah Abu Mansor Noor1, Normina Ahmad Bustami1, Seghayat Marjan Sadat1, Tan Chung Keat1,*, Tan Eugenie Sin Sing1, Amini Farahnaz1, Thiagarajah Sharmanee1 1Faculty of Medicine and Health Science, UCSI University, 56000, Cheras, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia *Corresponding author: Chung Keat Tan, sharmanee@ucsiuniversity.edu.my
Online published on 30 April, 2019. Abstract Stem cell research and treatment hold much promise and expectation both globally and locally to date with a lot of interest garnered. The aim of this survey was to assess their knowledge, awareness and perception towards stem cells based on their employement level, as well as insight on healthcare personnel‘s acceptance of stem cells from religious and moral point of views and the support on the treatment and research. A cross-sectional tool was used on 307 healthcare personnel in Pahang, Malaysia was conducted by using cluster random sampling from six primary healthcare clinics. Ethical approval (NMRR-14-1052-21256) was granted from Malaysian Research & Ethics Committee, Ministry of Health, Malaysia and UCSI Ethics Committee. Based on the result, knowledge on the stem cell among respondents associated with education (p=0.000). Recognizing the low learning in foundational microorganism, the members demonstrated enthusiasm for undifferentiated cell data extremely significant with p < 0.01. The association of awareness on impact of religious and ethical belief over storing and using stem cells for research or therapy among respondents by both education and employment status have very significant p value < 0.01. Overall, the perception of the healthcare personnel based on education to support on stem cell research, in willingness to use medical treatments from embryonic stem cells, using excess embryo during IVF, tax contribution for stem cell research in Malaysia were very significant with p value < 0.01. Taking everything into account, this investigation reflects low level of information, mindfulness and impression of social insurance work force dependent on their business status on the of perspectives relating to undeveloped cells in Malaysia. Top Keywords Stem cell, awareness, knowledge, perception, healthcare. Top |