Knowledge, precautionary actions, and perceived risk of COVID-19 among Indonesian people

Lolita, Lolita and Azis, Ikhsanudin Knowledge, precautionary actions, and perceived risk of COVID-19 among Indonesian people. Fakultas kesehatan Masyarakat,UAD.

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Abstract

Novel coronavirus was first identified in China in December 2019, causing
several cases of the new type of pneumonia. The exported cases were found
in other countries, including countries in the Southeast Asia region. At the
same time, no cases were confirmed in Indonesia. We aimed to assess
COVID-19 related knowledge, precautionary actions, and perceived risk
among general Indonesian population when there were no confirmed cases in
Indonesia. This study was a descriptive cross-sectional study involving 382
participants aged 17 years and above residing in Indonesia. The data was
collected through the online questionnaire from February 19th to February
29th 2020. The average score of COVID-19 related knowledge was 88.0%,
whereas 83.8% of the participants had a high level of knowledge. The
average score of taking precautionary actions was 77.4% and 65.7% had a
high level of performance. In terms of the perceived risk of COVID-19, only
11.3% of the participants perceived themselves likely to acquire COVID-19
when compared with other diseases or accidents. The perceived risk of
COVID-19 was significantly associated with precautionary action (p<0.05).
Perceived risk of COVID-19 was at a low level when there were no
confirmed cases. Effective strategies of risk communication are needed to
improve precautionary actions to prevent COVID-19.

Item Type:	Other
Subjects:	R Medicine > RS Pharmacy and materia medica
Depositing User:	apt lolita umar
Date Deposited:	18 Apr 2023 09:44
Last Modified:	18 Apr 2023 09:44
URI:	http://eprints.uad.ac.id/id/eprint/42974

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