Information Seeking Behaviour, Health Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of Patients in Hospital Besar Tengku Ampuan Rahimah, Klang, Selangor Darul Ehsan

The purpose of this study was to analyze the various interrelated factors associated with health and information seeking behaviour of hypertensive patients. The population of this study consisted of 245 hypertensive patients listed for their appointments at Hospital Besar Tengku Ampuan Rahlmah, Klan...

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Main Author:	Tunku Zainal Abidin, Tunku Zaidar
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English English
Published:	1995
Subjects:	Information behavior Information retrieval
Online Access:	http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/9773/1/FBMK_1995_1_A.pdf
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spelling	my-upm-ir.97732011-09-13T02:05:04Z Information Seeking Behaviour, Health Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of Patients in Hospital Besar Tengku Ampuan Rahimah, Klang, Selangor Darul Ehsan 1995-06 Tunku Zainal Abidin, Tunku Zaidar The purpose of this study was to analyze the various interrelated factors associated with health and information seeking behaviour of hypertensive patients. The population of this study consisted of 245 hypertensive patients listed for their appointments at Hospital Besar Tengku Ampuan Rahlmah, Klang Twenty five percent of hypertensives have been selected daily for 10 consecutive days excluding Saturday and Sunday Information was collected via a highly structured interview, in which the questionnaires were administered orally Independent variables Included in this study were age, sex, ethnic group, marial status, education level, Income, health knowledge level, attitude, beliefs, health behaviour and social network The dependent variables Included were sources of health information (television, radio, newspaper, magazine, doctor, paramedic, family and friends), their frequency of referral, reliability and perceived Influence Findings of this study indicated that the higher the educational level the higher was the health knowledge score of respondents. Overall, hypertensive had a positive attitude toward their disease and every patient was aware of the importance of controlling blood pressure. Patients with higher health knowledge scores reported a tendency to indulge in good health related behaviour. Knowledge was related to health behaviour. Interpersonal interaction was found to be more important than mass media in influencing dietary, exercise and health habits. Doctors were considered most reliable, most influential and were also regarded as the leading source of health information. Information behavior Information retrieval 1995-06 Thesis http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/9773/ http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/9773/1/FBMK_1995_1_A.pdf application/pdf en public masters Universiti Pertanian Malaysia Information behavior Information retrieval Faculty of Modern Language and Communication English
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description	The purpose of this study was to analyze the various interrelated factors associated with health and information seeking behaviour of hypertensive patients. The population of this study consisted of 245 hypertensive patients listed for their appointments at Hospital Besar Tengku Ampuan Rahlmah, Klang Twenty five percent of hypertensives have been selected daily for 10 consecutive days excluding Saturday and Sunday Information was collected via a highly structured interview, in which the questionnaires were administered orally Independent variables Included in this study were age, sex, ethnic group, marial status, education level, Income, health knowledge level, attitude, beliefs, health behaviour and social network The dependent variables Included were sources of health information (television, radio, newspaper, magazine, doctor, paramedic, family and friends), their frequency of referral, reliability and perceived Influence Findings of this study indicated that the higher the educational level the higher was the health knowledge score of respondents. Overall, hypertensive had a positive attitude toward their disease and every patient was aware of the importance of controlling blood pressure. Patients with higher health knowledge scores reported a tendency to indulge in good health related behaviour. Knowledge was related to health behaviour. Interpersonal interaction was found to be more important than mass media in influencing dietary, exercise and health habits. Doctors were considered most reliable, most influential and were also regarded as the leading source of health information.
format	Thesis
qualification_level	Master's degree
author	Tunku Zainal Abidin, Tunku Zaidar
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title	Information Seeking Behaviour, Health Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of Patients in Hospital Besar Tengku Ampuan Rahimah, Klang, Selangor Darul Ehsan
title_short	Information Seeking Behaviour, Health Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of Patients in Hospital Besar Tengku Ampuan Rahimah, Klang, Selangor Darul Ehsan
title_full	Information Seeking Behaviour, Health Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of Patients in Hospital Besar Tengku Ampuan Rahimah, Klang, Selangor Darul Ehsan
title_fullStr	Information Seeking Behaviour, Health Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of Patients in Hospital Besar Tengku Ampuan Rahimah, Klang, Selangor Darul Ehsan
title_full_unstemmed	Information Seeking Behaviour, Health Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of Patients in Hospital Besar Tengku Ampuan Rahimah, Klang, Selangor Darul Ehsan
title_sort	information seeking behaviour, health knowledge, attitude and practice of patients in hospital besar tengku ampuan rahimah, klang, selangor darul ehsan
granting_institution	Universiti Pertanian Malaysia
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Information Seeking Behaviour, Health Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of Patients in Hospital Besar Tengku Ampuan Rahimah, Klang, Selangor Darul Ehsan

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