The Prevalence of Road Crash Involvement and Its Associated Factors Among Medical Doctors in Malaysia

May 19, 2022 updated by: Aneesa Abdul Rashid, Universiti Putra Malaysia

The Prevalence of Road Crash Involvement and Its Associated Factors Among Medical Doctors in Malaysia : A Cross Sectional Study

This study mainly to investigate the prevalence of road crash involvement and its associated factors (fatigue, demographic factors, sleep quality, and mental health status, number of working hours) among medical doctors in Malaysia.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Detailed Description

The incidence reports of road crash involvement among medical doctors in Malaysia have steadily increased in frequency by 28%. Despite the gravity of the situation, there is an obvious absence of further information regarding the causes of such occurrence. A deeper look into literature regarding the phenomenon worldwide indicates that the prevalence of road crash involvement among doctors are less reported on, much less the factors associated with it.

hence, investigators constructed a research to investigate the prevalence of road crash involvement and its associated factors (fatigue, demographic factors, sleep quality, and mental health status, number of working hours) among medical doctors in Malaysia.

It is a cross sectional study where the study population consists of Malaysian Medical Association (MMA) members who are fully or partially registered with the Malaysian Medical Council (MMC) and their contacts.

Respondents will be selected via non probability random sampling among MMA registered member list and their network. The sample will be doctors who are partially or fully registered with the Malaysian Medical Council and following the inclusion and exclusion criteria. The participants who are eligible will need to answer via an online survey link.

Inclusion criteria

  • Malaysian citizen
  • Full or partial registration with MMC
  • Work a minimum of six (6) months in public healthcare sector in Malaysia. Doctors who have just been working for less than six months are still adapting to the duties and atmosphere of the hospital, and the responsibilities they hold are also different from those of a senior doctor making them not suitable to include in this study.

Exclusion criteria

  • Medical doctors currently on a long leave. As investigators only have a short period of data collection, so investigators will exclude this group of subject.
  • Does not self-commute to work

CALCULATED SAMPLE SIZE = 288.

This study will be in collaboration with Malaysian Medical Associations (MMA) on recruiting sample for this research along with other medical NGOs. MMA will help in dissemination of information throughout their website as well as distribute/email the questionnaires to all MMA members and their contacts.

The questionnaire will be created by using Google Form and then saved on Google Drive. Then MMA will share the form to all their members through email. All responses will be saved in the file stored in Google Drive. Once enough sample acquired, the form will be closed and results will be download for data analysis.

Data entry and analysis will be undertaken by using the 'Statistical Package for Social Sciences' (SPSS) programme, Version 22.0. The statistical significance level is taken at the p value <0.05 with 95% of confidence intervals (CI). The continuous variables will be summarised by using means and standard deviation (SD) and predominantly categorised as required and presented as the number (n) and percentage (%). The statistics analysis will utilise the Pearson Chi-square test for obtaining the statistical difference of the categorical variables.

Lastly, logistic regression analysis will be used to describe the strength of association between the outcome and factors of interest, adjusting for covariates or confounders. It also allows one to determine the important factors affecting the outcome and generate the final model for the factors being studied as the predictor for the outcomes.

Study Instrument: Questionnaire/scoring & Pilot study

This study's approval for ethical clearance will be obtained from Medical Research Ethics Committee (MREC), "University Putra Malaysia" (UPM). Informed consent will be obtained from each study participant and it will be stated at the beginning of the questionnaire.

Study Type

Observational

Enrollment (Actual)

375

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • Malaysia
    • Selangor
      • Seri Kembangan, Selangor, Malaysia, 43400
        • Universiti Putra Malaysia

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

18 years to 65 years (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Sampling Method

Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Malaysian Medical Association (MMA) members who are fully or partially registered with the Malaysian Medical Council (MMC) and their contacts. MMA is the main representative body for all registered medical practitioners in Malaysia. MMA members include senior and junior doctors, private and public, specialists and general practioners, medical officer and house officer.

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Malaysian citizen
  • Full or partial registration with MMC
  • Work a minimum of six (6) months in public healthcare sector in Malaysia. Doctors who have just been working for less than six months are still adapting to the duties and atmosphere of the hospital, and the responsibilities they hold are also different from those of a senior doctor making them not suitable to include in this study.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Medical doctors currently on a long leave. As we only have a short period of data collection, so we will exclude this group of subject.
  • Does not self-commute to work

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Observational Models: Ecologic or Community
  • Time Perspectives: Cross-Sectional

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
The Prevalence of Road Crash Involvement among Medical Doctors
Time Frame: Since joining medical profession ( anywhere from one year up to 20 years )
Self reported in sociodemographic questionnaire
Since joining medical profession ( anywhere from one year up to 20 years )
fatigue among Medical Doctors
Time Frame: Since joining medical profession ( anywhere from one year up to 20 years )
Checklist Individual Strength Questionnaire (CISQ)
Since joining medical profession ( anywhere from one year up to 20 years )

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Universiti Putra Malaysia

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Aneesa Abdul Rashid, Universiti Putra Malaysia

Publications and helpful links

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General Publications

Helpful Links

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

April 1, 2020

Primary Completion (Actual)

March 30, 2022

Study Completion (Actual)

March 30, 2022

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

January 16, 2020

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

January 23, 2020

First Posted (Actual)

January 28, 2020

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

May 20, 2022

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

May 19, 2022

Last Verified

May 1, 2022

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Other Study ID Numbers

  • 40609
  • 04-01-18-1972FR (Other Grant/Funding Number: MINISTRY OF EDUCATION)

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

Undecided

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

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