Publications by authors named "Mohammad Faid Abd Rashid"
Background: Children account for a significant proportion of COVID-19 hospitalizations, but data on the predictors of disease severity in children are limited. We aimed to identify risk factors associated with moderate/severe COVID-19 and develop a nomogram for predicting children with moderate/severe COVID-19.
Methods: We identified children ≤ 12 years old hospitalized for COVID-19 across five hospitals in Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia, from 1 January 2021 to 31 December 2021 from the state's pediatric COVID-19 case registration system.
A unique double tango: Construct validation and reliability analysis of risk perception, attitude and practice (RPAP) questionnaire on dengue infection.
PLoS One
December 2021
Article Synopsis
- - Dengue fever continues to pose a significant public health challenge despite being preventable, necessitating an active shift in intervention strategies that hinge on evaluating community risk perceptions, attitudes, and practices toward the disease.
- - The objective of the study was to create and validate a new bilingual questionnaire aimed at assessing risk perception, attitude, and practices (RPAP) concerning dengue within the community, following established guidelines and expert reviews.
- - The final analysis of the questionnaire retained 29 questions and revealed eight key factors influencing RPAP regarding dengue, with solid statistical validation indicating a strong model fit, which underscores the tool's effectiveness for community assessment.
Objectives: To describe the clinical and epidemiological characteristics of children with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in the state of Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia in the setting of mandatory hospital isolation and quarantine for all confirmed cases.
Methods: A multi-centre, retrospective observational study was performed among children aged ≤12 years with laboratory-proven COVID-19 between 1 February and 31 December 2020.
Results: In total, 261 children (48.