1.Awareness of Do Not Resuscitate (DNR) Order among Medical Students in Universiti Sains Malaysia
Bao Jing Lim ; Bao Man Lim ; Nurhanis Syazni Roslan ; Mohd Hashairi Fauzi ; Nur Fatihah Mohd Zuhdi ; Wan Faiziah Wan Abdul Rahman
Malaysian Journal of Medicine and Health Sciences 2024;20(No.1):227-233
Introduction: Do Not Resuscitate (DNR) order is a type of Advance Medical Directive (AMD) that documents a patient’s wishes or desire to refrain from Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR), especially in the terminally ill patient. It
is a sensitive issue in patient care and less is known on medical students awareness on the area. Aim: This study assessed the opinion, knowledge, awareness and familiarity toward Do Not Resuscitate (DNR) order among undergraduate medical students from year 1 to 5 in Universiti Sains Malaysia. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted
with 250 undergraduate medical students using an online questionnaire on awareness towards DNR orders. Descriptive statistics, independent t-test and one-way ANOVA were applied to examine the distribution and association of
DNR awareness among medical students with year of study, gender, race and religion. Results: The study indicated
that most participants (84.4%) were familiar with DNR orders. There was no significant association between all 4
variables (year of study, gender, race and religion) with level of awareness among undergraduate medical students
in HUSM. Conclusion: Undergraduate medical students have a good awareness on DNR orders. Despite having a
multiracial and multi religion community, the medical students have similar patterns in their knowledge about DNR.