Role Performance of Community Health Volunteers and Its Associated Factors in Kuching District, Sarawak

• Main Authors: Hsien, Melvin Liang Chung, Helmy, Hazmi, Whye, Lian Cheah
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2017
• Subjects: H Social Sciences (General)
• Online Access: http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/15640/1/Role%20Performance.pdf; http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/15640/; https://www.hindawi.com/journals/jeph/2017/9610928/; https://doi.org/10.1155/2017/9610928
• Institution: Universiti Malaysia Sarawak

The objective of this study was to assess the role performance among KOSPEN community health volunteer in Kuching district and its associated factors.This was a cross-sectional study, conducted in 21 localities in Kuching with a total of 210 respondents. Data were collected using validated interviewer-administered questionnaires and analyzed using SPSS version 22.0. The respondents comprised 55.2% females, 81.9% married, and 41.4% aged above 45 and above and 72.4% completed their education up to secondary school.The result revealed that 59.0% of the respondents agreed and understood their role performances.Multiple Logistics analysis revealed that factors associated with role performance were age group (