| dc.description.abstract | Food allergy is an abnormal immune response to specific proteins found in
certain foods and can have reactions that are minor, major, or even fatal. This
research aimed to assess the knowledge, attitude, and practice of the residents in
Klang Valley, Malaysia towards seafood allergy. The minimum target respondents
for this study were 121 respondents and the total number of respondents that
answered the questionnaire was 127 respondents. The questionnaire was spread
through an online google form. The characteristic data of the respondents was
analysed descriptively, while the correlation between knowledge, attitude and
practice was analysed using Spearman’s rank correlation. Results of this study
showed most of the respondents scored moderate (51,2%) scoring on their
knowledge about seafood allergy. Respondents had a good score for attitude
(81,1%) and a moderate score (51,2%) for practice towards seafood allergy. The
correlation was found weak between knowledge and attitude, while no correlation
was found between knowledge and practice of respondents towards seafood allergy.
Furthermore, attitude and practice had a sufficient correlation. Residents of Klang
Valley, Malaysia generally has high education and knowledge that is good towards
seafood allergy, however without performing an allergy test, choosing to consume
medicine to continue eating seafood. | |
