Faiz Daud

• MBBS MPH MBA CMIA
• Lecturer at National University of Malaysia

The World Health Organization (WHO) declared the 2019-20 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak a pandemic on 11th of March 2020. The Ministry of Health, Malaysia has made preparations for the involvement of all government hospitals, including some teaching hospitals. This report elaborates and discusses the early establishment of the Hospital Can...

The COVID-19 pandemic has become a significant challenge to humanity, especially marginalized groups such as indigenous people. This study aimed to assess the knowledge, attitude, and practice towards COVID-19 prevention among the indigenous population in Lipis district, Pahang, Malaysia. A cross-sectional study was conducted among the indigenous p...

Pengenalan Soal selidik sebagai alat untuk mengukur faktor sosiobudaya berkaitan COVID-19 masih belum digunakan secara meluas oleh kebanyakan penyelidik. Di Malaysia, tiada soal selidik yang dibina dan disahkan untuk tujuan tersebut. Oleh itu, tujuan kajian ini adalah untuk membina dan mengesahkan soal selidik sebagai alat ujian yang baru bagi meng...

INTRODUCTION: Fee-for-service (FFS) has been the main payment method for clinical specialists around the world. However, until most recently, several payment methods for doctors, particularly clinical specialists, such as salary, pay for performance and blended remuneration of the above models have been researched. This mechanism is being used to i...

Pengenalan Pencemaran sungai di Malaysia pada masa ini berada di tahap yang kritikal dan amat membimbangkan dengan pelbagai masalah pencemaran sungai berlaku hampir setiap hari. Tahap pengetahuan, sikap dan tingkah laku individu memberikan impak yang besar terhadap isu pencemaran sungai. Oleh itu, kajian ini bertujuan untuk menilai tahap pengetahua...

The increasing trend of resignation among specialist from the Ministry of Health (MOH) is mostly associated with job dissatisfaction. This phenomenon is not just commonly seen on Malaysia but also in all over the world. The main purpose of this study is to determine the factors that affect job satisfaction and also to understand the level of job sa...

This study aims to provide an overview of research related to ambulatory care centers by mapping its outputs. The methodology used in this research is a bibliometrics study based on the Scopus database from 2001 to 2020. The analysis was conducted using Harzing Publish and Perish and VOSviewer to generate visualization data. A total of 145 papers f...

Introduction Self-care behaviour is fundamental in preventing hypertension in the general population. According to the Health Belief Model, health beliefs and perceptions influence the success in adopting disease prevention strategies. While factors influencing hypertension self-care behaviour have been examined previously in patient populations, t...

The prevalence of chronic kidney disease (CKD) risk factors such as diabetes mellitus, hypertension, and obesity among the young Malaysians are increasing. Understanding the factors associated with CKD knowledge could assists healthcare providers to design health education programmes. There are scarce local studies on CKD knowledge and its associat...

Background: With growing healthcare (HC) expenditures and limited funding, policymakers need to find new ways to provide healthcare that is affordable and fair. There are many methods for paying specialists, and the three basic payment methods include fee-for-service (FFS), capitation, and salary. This review focuses on identifying published articl...

A novel coronavirus, COVID-19 is responsible for the current outbreak of pneumonia. As of 16 September 2021, a total of 2,049,750 COVID-19 cases were recorded in Malaysia. In this study, we aimed to describe a cluster of COVID-19 cases among non-clinical staff in a teaching hospital in Kuala Lumpur Malaysia. We obtained epidemiological and clinical...

Virtual reality (VR) offers patient with a drug free supplement, an alternative or complementary therapy to traditional pain management. VR technology allowing its use in a wide variety of settings in the medicine world. So, we would like to evaluate the current existing evidence supporting VR in pain management. We conducted a systematic review of...

Refuelling is an important activity in the daily routines at airports. Airport oil pits are covered, requiring a special pit-opener to open its lid. After using the pit-opener, there is no designated place to store the pit-opener. Due to the weight of the pit-opener, workers have difficulty in opening, carrying and using the existing pit-opener, wh...

Introduction: Predicting susceptibility to e-cigarette (EC) initiation among adolescents is crucial to optimize preventive measures before the health risk behavior persists through adulthood. The identification of susceptible groups is needed in response to the surge of EC use. This study aimed to determine the prevalence and determinants associat...

ABSTRAK: Realiti maya (VR) menawarkan pesakit dengan suplemen bebas ubat, terapi alternatif atau pelengkap untuk pengurusan kesakitan tradisional. Teknologi VR membenarkan penggunaannya dalam pelbagai tetapan dalam dunia perubatan. Oleh itu kami ingin menilai bukti yang ada sehingga kini yang menyokong VR dalam pengurusan kesakitan. Kami melakukan...

Introduction: Information on the clinical characteristics of local patients with confirmed COVID-19 is limited. This study aims to report the clinical characteristics of 147 patients admitted and receiving treatment at a teaching hospital. Methodology: Patients' socio-demographic and epidemiological data, clinical features, laboratory findings a...

250 words) Background: Skin whitening products are widely used and increasing in demand. However, some of the users are unaware about the health effect of some of the products. Therefore, the main objective of this study was to determine user awareness of health effects from skin whitening applications.

While direct-to-consumer advertising (DTCA) has been legalized in the United States and New Zealand, the prescribed drug marketing has long reached other places in the world including the Asian regions. Behind the successful profit-making pharmaceutical companies, concerns about public health impacts to the patient and physician counterpart have gr...

The World Health Organization (WHO) declared the 2019-20 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak a pandemic on 11th of March 2020. The Ministry of Health, Malaysia has made preparations for the involvement of all government hospitals, including some teaching hospitals. This report elaborates and discusses the early establishment of the Hospital Can...

This study primarily intends to determine visitors’ perception of leptospirosis health hazard warning signage and its effectiveness within natural recreational parks in the district of Hulu Langat. This cross-sectional study was conducted in four out of seven natural recreational parks, installed with leptospirosis health hazard warning signage. A...

Background: Appropriate level of healthcare utilization is one of the aims in translating health system inputs into improving the outcome of population health. Healthcare utilization services in Malaysia remains relatively low as compared to the rate in most high-income countries and some gaps exist across socioeconomic status. After the financial...

Social media is appealing to the general public, especially the teenagers. This has brought about changes as the role of social media has penetrated our daily activities which directly affects the adolescence. This review looked at the usage of social media amongst adolescents and its impact on their sexual behaviour. Four databases were used in th...

Introduction: Non-communicable disease accounted for 73% of premature death in year 2015 Malaysian national survey. The orang asli population may be affected similarly. The prevention of non-communicable diseases should start as early as modifiable risk factors prevention, as proposed by STEPWISE approach of WHO. This study aims to identify the pre...

Background: Information regarding factors associated with postpartum death enhances the understanding of the root cause of the problem; hence, facilitate the formation of effective remedial measure. Literatures on postpartum death in Malaysia are limited despite the increasing trend of mortality in the state of Selangor. This study aimed to determi...

Mobile learning is fairly new in the local context, particularly for STEM subjects in Malaysia universities. However, this raises the issue of the ethics of mobile technology. With the advancement of mobile technologies few studies have been conducted for mobile ethics in student-generated activities. The aim of this research is to investigate the...

A powerful smartphone with all the high-end features has becomes one of the basic necessitie in today’s modern life. People use the smartphone not only for communication purpose, but for other things such as entertainment, education, and work. As our life has becomes very much dependent on this kind of technological gadget which makes everything ea...

ABSTRAK: Stres pekerjaan berlaku apabila keperluan persekitaran termasuk gaya kepimpinan pemimpin di tempat kerja tidak sepadan dengan keupayaan dan kemahuan individu. Ia berpotensi menggugat pekerja dan organisasi dalam pelbagai aspek. Kajian ini dijalankan bagi mengukur prevalen persepsi gaya kepimpinan dan tahap stres pekerjaan dalam kalangan pe...

Sharps injury imposed a major threat towards safety and health among healthcare workers (HCWs). Many studies in Malaysia concentrated on prevalence of needle stick injury (NSI), however the prevalence of sharps injury among HCWs based on local guideline was still scarce in Malaysia. This information gap leads us to conduct this study. Our study aim...

The trend of choosing natural birth at home without proper supervision is gaining more attention and popularity in Malaysia. This is partly due to wrong beliefs of modern medical care. It prompts the need to explore further into other myths and wrong beliefs present in communities around the world surrounding pregnancy and childbirth that may lead...

Objective: The Fuzzy Delphi Method (FDM) is one of the phases in Design and Development Research (DDR). It is a systematic method for tool development and validation. This article aims to validate an occupational zoonotic disease questionnaire using this technique. DDR is applied going through phase 1 (needs analysis), phase 2 (development and desi...

The worsening trend of childhood obesity is a global public health issue. Digital technology evolution is a contributing factor towards physical inactivity and obesity among children. In order to overcome this growing problem, exercise games have been introduced in early eighties to ameliorate this obesogenic environment. Exercise games utilize inn...

Child abuse is a part of violence and maltreatment towards a child. It has led to many immediate and long-term consequences. The factors pertaining to the perpetrators of physical and emotional abuse were least explored in the literature. The aim of this systematic review is to comprehend the factors of vulnerability among the perpetrators of child...

This study determined the potential risk factors that may contribute to seropositivity among dogs and dog handlers from working dog and dog shelter institutions. Data was collected from dogs (n = 266) and dog handlers (n = 161) using a standardised guided questionnaire. Serum obtained from the dogs and dog handlers was tested using the microscopic...

Despite the rapid progress of the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) subjects in developed countries, in Malaysia, STEM is still lagging. Malaysia also lacks the local digital content for STEM, including mobile learning. Furthermore, from previous studies, the Human Computer Interaction (HCI) of local cultural aspects has been...

Background: Dengue fever is endemic in Malaysia and continues to be a public health concern. Selangor was the top hit and there is a paucity of information on knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP) of Bandar Baru Bangi residents regarding dengue infection. Therefore, the objective of this study is to describe dengue related knowledge, attitudes...

Introduction: Non-communicable disease accounted for 73% of premature death in year 2015 Malaysian national survey. The orang asli population may be affected similarly. The prevention of non-communicable diseases should start as early as modifiable risk factors prevention, as proposed by STEPWISE approach of WHO. This study aims to identify the pre...

Ever since scheduled air service was first established in 1914, the airline industry has evolved tremendously over the past century. Airlines are making avail to various strategies in order to remain relevant in the highly competitive airline industry. Malaysia Airlines and AirAsia are two highly-respected airlines based in Malaysia. Although both...

ABSTRACT Background: Difficulty in adhering to lifestyle modifications as diet and exercise is a common problem in individuals with type-2 diabetes mellitus. This study aimed to evaluate the factors affecting adherence of diabetic patients towards recommendations of diet and exercise and to assess effect of patients' adherence on glycated hemoglob...

Introduction: Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender or LGBT has now become a growing trend globally and Malaysia is not exempted. Issues and trends: In Western countries, LGBT is recognized for their rights like other civilians. Efforts to legalize same-sex marriage by law and constitution are in full swing. In England, married gay couples continu...

Objectives: To determine the prevalence of glycaemic control and factors associated with poor glycaemic control [glycosylated haemoglobin (HbA1c) ≥6.5%] among patients with type 2 diabetes treated in public health clinics in Johor, Malaysia. Study design: Cross-sectional study. Methods: A review of all patients aged over 18 years and with a di...

Objectives The main purpose of the early introduction of Clinical Skills Learning (CSL) to pre-clinical years is to allow medical students to gain experience in clinical examination skills, basic medical procedures, history-taking and clinical communication. The objective of this study was to determine the effectiveness of the early teaching of cli...