MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS AND PARENTS’ COMMUNICATION AMONG UNIVERSITY STUDENTS IN MALAYSIA: A CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY

Malaysian Journal of Public Health Medicine Pub Date : 2023-08-28 DOI:10.37268/mjphm/vol.23/no.2/art.1949

Nethmi Dimbulana, Mustafa Alshagga, A. Al-Kabsi, Rasheed Abdulsalam, Pan Yan

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This cross-sectional study aimed to assess the mental health awareness and communication with parents among healthcare students (Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences) across three private universities in Selangor, Malaysia. The study hypothesized that healthcare students would have good mental health awareness and positive communication with parents about mental health. An online survey composed of 38 items was developed and distributed among the selected students. Results showed that 418 out of 575 participants completed the survey with an 85.7% response rate. The survey questions had high reliability (a Cronbach’s alpha of 0.876), and the factor analysis showed that the survey examined one construct. The findings revealed that there were no significant differences in mental health awareness among students with respect to gender, nationality, and year group, but significant differences were observed between religious groups (p=0.017) and only-child in the family (p=0.026). Male Malaysian students showed a significantly positive parent-student communication score compared to female students (p=0.004) and international students (p=0.040). This study shows positive growth in mental health awareness among students in health-related courses. Although parents’ communication about mental health is affected by factors such as gender and religion; students perceived their parents are supportive regarding mental health issues. Further studies are recommended to explore deep the factors that impact mental health communications.

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马来西亚大学生的心理健康意识与父母的沟通：一项横断面研究

这项横断面研究旨在评估马来西亚雪兰莪州三所私立大学的医学生（医学、牙科和健康科学专业）的心理健康意识以及与父母的沟通情况。研究假设，医护专业学生将具有良好的心理健康意识，并就心理健康问题与家长进行积极沟通。研究人员制作了一份由 38 个项目组成的在线调查问卷，并在被选中的学生中分发。结果显示，575 名参与者中有 418 人完成了调查，回复率为 85.7%。调查问题的信度很高（Cronbach's alpha 为 0.876），因子分析显示调查研究了一个构念。调查结果显示，学生的心理健康意识在性别、国籍和年级组之间没有显著差异，但在宗教团体（p=0.017）和家庭独生子女（p=0.026）之间存在显著差异。与女生（p=0.004）和国际学生（p=0.040）相比，马来西亚男生在家长与学生沟通方面的得分明显较高。这项研究表明，学习健康相关课程的学生对心理健康的认识有了积极的提高。虽然父母在心理健康方面的沟通受到性别和宗教等因素的影响，但学生认为他们的父母在心理健康问题上是支持他们的。建议进一步开展研究，深入探讨影响心理健康沟通的因素。

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Malaysian Journal of Public Health Medicine Medicine-Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

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期刊介绍： Malaysian Journal of Public Health Medicine (MJPHM) is the official Journal of Malaysian Public Health Physicians’ Association. This is an Open-Access and peer-reviewed Journal founded in 2001 with the main objective of providing a platform for publication of scientific articles in the areas of public health medicine. . The Journal is published in two volumes per year. Contributors are welcome to send their articles in all sub-discipline of public health including epidemiology, biostatistics, nutrition, family health, infectious diseases, health services research, gerontology, child health, adolescent health, behavioral medicine, rural health, chronic diseases, health promotion, public health policy and management, health economics, occupational health and environmental health.