Accepted for/Published in: JMIR Research Protocols
Date Submitted: Apr 13, 2021
Date Accepted: Jul 6, 2021
Date Submitted to PubMed: Aug 13, 2021
Cyber-bullying among Traditional and Complementary Medicine Practitioners at Workplace: A cross-sectional descriptive study protocol
ABSTRACT
Background:
This paper presents a study protocol for the online survey "Cyberbullying Among Traditional and Complementary Medicine Practitioner (TCMPs)" that collects the first nationwide representative data on cyberbullying behavior among TCMPs in Malaysia.
Objective:
The objectives of the survey are (1) to evaluate the cyberbullying behavior among TCMPs in Malaysia, (2) to identify socio-demographic and social factors related to cyberbullying, (3) to evaluate the association between cyberbullying behavior, socio-demographic and social factors.
Methods:
The cross-sectional survey will be conducted from July 01, 2021, through June 30, 2022, and the analysis will perform January 2022 onwards. A Snowball sampling strategy will be applied using Facebook. Individuals invited to participate in the survey (N = 1023) were randomly selected among TCMPs, with permanent Malaysian residents. Cyberbullying behavior is measured with the "Cyberbullying behavior questionnaire" (CBQ).
Results:
Data collection covers questions on work-related bullying, person-related bullying, aggressively worded messages, Distortion of messages, posted offensive photos/videos, hacking computer identity or sending a virus or rude message, and attach or threatening messages about personal life, family, socio-demographic, social factors and substance abuse.
Conclusions:
The survey results will provide data for identifying cyberbullying at the Workplace, implementing a cyberbullying behavior questionnaire among Malaysia's TCMPs. Clinical Trial: The current study was registered under Research Registry (UIN: 6216) and with an International Registered Report Identifier (IRRID): PRR1-10.2196/23112 publishes by JMIR Research Protocol (DOI: 10.2196/23112).
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