Determinants of caregivers' awareness of Universal Newborn Hearing Screening in Malaysia

Abdul Majid AH 1 , Zakaria MN 2 , Abdullah NAC 3 , Hamzah S 4 , Mukari SZS 5

Affiliations 

  • 1 School of Business Management, UUM College of Business, Kedah, Malaysia. Electronic address: ahalim@uum.edu.my
  • 2 School of Health Sciences, Health Campus, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kubang Kerian, Kelantan, Malaysia
  • 3 School of Business Management, UUM College of Business, Kedah, Malaysia
  • 4 Department of Otorhinology, Hospital Raja Permaisuri Bainun, Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia
  • 5 I-HEARS - Institute of Ear, Hearing & Speech, Universiti Kebangsaan, Malaysia
Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol, 2017 Oct;101:107-111.
PMID: 28964278 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2017.07.036

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: This paper aims to investigate the effects of perceived attitude and anxiety on awareness of UNHS among caregivers in Malaysia.

METHODS: Using cross sectional research approach, data were collected and some 46 out of 87 questionnaires distributed to caregivers attending UNHS programs at selected public hospitals were usable for analysis (response rate of 52.8%). Partial Least Squares Method (PLS) algorithm and bootstrapping technique were employed to test the hypotheses of the study.

RESULTS: R square value is 0.205, and it implies that exogenous latent variables explained 21% of the variance of the endogenous latent variable. This value indicates moderate and acceptable level of R-squared values. Findings from PLS structural model evaluation revealed that anxiety has no significant influence (β = -0.091, t = 0.753, p > 0.10) on caregivers' awareness; but perceived attitude has significant effect (β = -0.444, t = 3.434, p 

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