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METHODS: In this study, a total of 216 clinical undergraduate students (36 from each year; 108 from medical and 108 from dental school) of University Sains Malaysia (USM) Health campus were recruited for the study by non-probability stratified random sampling method. Total study period was October 2017 to October 2018. A self-administered questionnaire was used to assess the sociodemographic status and OSAKA questionnaire was used to assess knowledge and attitude regarding sleep apnoea of the respondents. Descriptive analysis was carried out to assess the knowledge and attitude of OSA amongst dental and medical undergraduate students of USM. The Mann\u2013Whitney U test was carried out to compare the knowledge and attitude of OSA amongst dental and medical undergraduate students of USM. RESULTS: Our study findings revealed that 0.9 %and 6.5 %of the dental undergraduate students and medical undergraduate students could answer all the questions correctly regarding knowledge of OSA. Based on the assessment of the difference between medical and dental students in terms of knowledge towards OSA patients, significant difference was observed at the significance level of 95%, where p\u200a&lt;\u200a0.05 but no difference found in attitude towards OSA. However, significant difference was found towards attitude on treating OSA patients p\u200a&lt;\u200a0.05. CONCLUSIONS: A difference was observed in the knowledge and attitude on OSA between dental and medical undergraduate students in USM; however, medical undergraduate students had better knowledge and attitude towards OSA than dental students.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3233\/wor-213466","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,5,14]],"date-time":"2021-05-14T12:14:09Z","timestamp":1620994449000},"page":"173-180","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":4,"title":["Comparison of knowledge level and attitude towards obstructive sleep apnoea amongst dental and medical undergraduate students of Universiti Sains Malaysia"],"prefix":"10.1177","volume":"69","author":[{"given":"Siddharthan","family":"Selvaraj","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin, Terengganu, Malaysia"},{"name":"Dental Public Health Unit, School of Dental Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kelantan, Malaysia"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Sumaiya Zabin","family":"Eusufzai","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Dental Public Health Unit, School of Dental Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kelantan, Malaysia"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Jawaad Ahmed","family":"Asif","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Consultant, Oral and Maxillofacial surgeon, Prince Mutaib Bin Abdul Aziz Hospital, Ministry of Health, Al-Jouf, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Nafij","family":"Bin Jamayet","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Clinical Dentistry (Prosthodontics), School of Dentistry, International Medical University, Kualalumpur, Malaysia"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Wan Muhamad Amir W.","family":"Ahmad","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Biostatistics, School of Dental Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kelantan, Malaysia"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Mohammad Khursheed","family":"Alam","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Preventive Dental Science, Orthodontic Division, College of Dentistry, Jouf University, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"179","reference":[{"issue":"4","key":"10.3233\/WOR-213466_ref1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"447","DOI":"10.5664\/jcsm.3630","article-title":"The American Academy of Sleep Medicine inter-scorer reliability program: respiratory events","volume":"10","author":"Rosenberg","year":"2014","journal-title":"Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine"},{"issue":"139","key":"10.3233\/WOR-213466_ref2","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"12","DOI":"10.1183\/16000617.0077-2015","article-title":"Sleep apnoea","volume":"25","author":"Jun","year":"2016","journal-title":"European Respiratory Review"},{"issue":"6","key":"10.3233\/WOR-213466_ref3","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"594","DOI":"10.1080\/15389588.2010.505255","article-title":"Obstructive sleep apnea among express bus drivers in Malaysia: important indicators for screening","volume":"11","author":"Yusoff","year":"2010","journal-title":"Traffic Injury Prevention"},{"issue":"9918","key":"10.3233\/WOR-213466_ref4","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"736","DOI":"10.1016\/S0140-6736(13)60734-5","article-title":"Adult obstructive sleep apnoea","volume":"383","author":"Jordan","year":"2014","journal-title":"The Lancet"},{"issue":"3","key":"10.3233\/WOR-213466_ref5","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"257","DOI":"10.3233\/NRE-182583","article-title":"Sleep disorders in traumatic brain injury","volume":"43","author":"Wolfe","year":"2018","journal-title":"NeuroRehabilitation"},{"issue":"2","key":"10.3233\/WOR-213466_ref6","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"479","DOI":"10.3233\/JAD-132132","article-title":"Sleep-disordered breathing, sleep quality, and mild cognitive impairment in the general population","volume":"41","author":"Dlugaj","year":"2014","journal-title":"Journal of Alzheimer\u2019s Disease"},{"key":"10.3233\/WOR-213466_ref7","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Bioulac S , Franchi JA , Arnaud M , Sagaspe P , Moore N , Salvo F , Philip P . 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