General knowledge and misconceptions about HIV/AIDs among the university students in Malaysia Nazmul MHM1,*, Farzana Y2, Deepthi S1, Fazlul MKK3, Najnin A4, Srikumar C1 1Graduate School of Medicine, Perdana University, Block B & D, MAEPS Building, MARDI Complex, Jalan MAEPS Perdana, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia 2Faculty of Science, Lincoln University, 12–18, Jalan SS6/12, Off Jalan Perbandaran, Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia 3Faculty of Industrial Sciences and Technology, University Malaysia Pahang, Gambang, 26300, Pahang, Malaysia 4Jeffrey Cheah School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Monash University, No.8, Jalan Masjid Abu Bakar, Johor Bahru, Malaysia *Corresponding address: Dr. Mohammad Nazmul Hasan Maziz Graduate School of Medicine, Perdana University, Block B & D, MAEPS Building, MARDI Complex, Jalan MAEPS Perdana, Serdang, 43400, Selangor, Malaysia. Email: poorpiku@yahoo.com
Online published on 1 November, 2018. Abstract This study was aimed to determine the general knowledge and misconceptions among the undergraduate students in a private university in Malaysia. Data was collected from a stratified random sample of 180 students using a validated questionnaire survey to assess the general knowledge and misconceptions about HIV/AIDS. The data was analysed by using the SPSS software and Chi-square test was used to find the p-value for each of the questions. The average mean score assessing the general knowledge of the students in was 82.32%, where the Health Science students scored 45.11% with a standard deviation of 0.017 and the Non-Health Science students scored 36.15% with a standard deviation of 0.026. When comparing each question using the Chi-square test, most of the answers of the Health Science students and Non-Health Science students showed a significant difference where the p-value was <0.05. From the results of this study it is clear that the Health Science students had better knowledge and fewer misconceptions than the Non-Health Science students. Top Keywords General knowledge, Misconception, HIV/AIDS, students, Malaysia. Top |