CORRELATIONS BETWEEN KNOWLEDGE, AWARENESS, ATTITUDE, AND BEHAVIOR TOWARDS COVID-19 PANDEMIC IN MUARA BATANG EMPU VILLAGE NORTH MUSIRAWAS REGENCY, SOUTH SUMATRA PROVINCE
Abstract
In early 2020, all countries reported news about the spreading of a new virus (SARS-CoV-2) called coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). This virus is a group of viruses that can cause animal or human diseases. This virus causes human respiratory tract infections. The level of knowledge, awareness, attitudes, and behavior of the community towards preventing the spread and transmission of this virus are the main factors in efforts to avoid this coronavirus. Objectives: The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between the level of knowledge and awareness and the community's attitudes and behavior towards the pandemic of COVID-19 in the estuary Batang Empu village. Methods: This research was conducted in Muara Batang Empu Village from September to November. The method of this research was cross-sectional with a random sampling technique. The tools used to collect information about the level of knowledge, awareness, attitudes, and behavior with the questionnaire and to see the relationship by Spearman rank test and to know the strength of the relationship with the correlation coefficient. Result: 152 respondents fulfilled the inclusion criteria. After the data are obtained, analyzed the results with rank Spearman. The results of the correlation between the level of knowledge and awareness with the people's attitudes and behavior with a significant value are 0.000 (p <0.005), which means there is a significant relationship between the level of knowledge and awareness with the attitudes and behavior of the community towards the pandemic of COVID-19 in Muara Batang Empu Village. The correlation coefficient value between the level of knowledge and attitude is 0.485, the level of knowledge with behavior is 0.331, the awareness with attitude is 0.483, and the awareness with behavior is 0.379. Conclusions: The correlation coefficient value shows a strong enough correlation between the level of knowledge and awareness of the people's attitudes and behavior towards the pandemic of COVID-19 in the village of Muara Batang Empu.
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