Community Diagnosis of Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices Towards COVID-19 Prevention in Koja, DKI Jakarta Province, Indonesia

Abstract

Background: The spread of COVID-19 in Indonesia was happening rapidly. The DKI Jakarta Province was the province with the highest prevalence of COVID-19. Thus, all areas in DKI Jakarta Province require special attention in the spread of COVID-19, one of which is Koja District, North Jakarta. This study was conducted to find out community diagnoses related to knowledge, attitudes, and practices regarding COVID-19 prevention.Methods: This study uses community diagnostic steps and quantitative analysis with a cross-sectional approach. The study was conducted from May 26 until June 5, 2020. The population was 115 people who seek treatment at the Koja Health Center, North Jakarta. Socio-demographic characteristics, as well as knowledge, attitudes, and practices related to COVID-19 prevention, were collected through a self-reported questionnaire. Data analysis were used by IBM SPSS version 26.0.Results: Among 115 respondents, 58.3% had good knowledge, 64.3% had a positive attitude, and 55% had positive practices related to COVID-19 prevention. The median values of knowledge, attitudes, and practices are 8, 24, and 25. The median value of knowledge is higher than the mean value, and others are almost the same as the mean value. The percentage of correct knowledge is above 90%, except for knowledge about people infected with COVID-19 who are asymptomatic (64.3%) and children who cannot be seriously ill/die if exposed to COVID-19 (33.9%). More than half of the participants had positive attitudes and practices towards the preventive measures in question, except attitudes about family members at home having to keep their distance and wearing masks inside the house (48.7%) and practices about continuing to travel outside the house (36.5%).Conclusion: Community diagnosis in Koja District, North Jakarta, more than half of the community has a sufficient level of knowledge, positive attitudes, and practices towards COVID-19 prevention. These findings still require further intervention, so that people’s knowledge, attitudes, and practices regarding COVID-19 prevention are better, especially regarding children infected with COVID-19, the importance of keeping a distance and using masks at home, and traveling outside the home. So that the provision of education and counseling to the community is essential.

Corona virus (COVID-19) infection: Perception based practices and obstacles of prevention among mothers in a rural area

“…Higher percentages were documented by Lee et al, [13] and Abd Elhameed et al [14] with 89.3%, and 91.7% of the participants respectively, knew that individuals with chronic disease are vulnerable to infection The present study explored that over two thirds of the mothers had an overall good total knowledge score. This is comparable with the studies of Abd Elhameed et al [14] and Sugiharto et al [15] ,who found that 88.9% and 78.6% of the individuals had sufficient knowledge about COVID-19 prevention health protocols. Similar data (81.6%)was also disclosed by Al-Hanawi et al [16] .…”

“…The present study found that 95.5% agreed on the responsibility of people infected with COVID-19 who isolate themselves in preventing the transmission of it. This finding is supported by the study of Sugiharto et al [15] who found that 94.8% of the participants thought that it is important to stay at home and avoiding crowds. Also, Reuben et al [20] and Abdelhafiz et al [19] reported that 93.4% and 86.7% of the participants, respectively, agreed on the importance of home isolation during the pandemic.…”

“…However, other studies reported poor levels of practice including Ali et al, Takoudjou et al [17] and Obi et al [23] studies. In this study, 74.3% of the participants cleaned and disinfected frequently touched objects and surfaces also about 70% of the participants avoided touching their nose, eyes, and mouth with unwashed hands this was higher than found by Ali et al [14] and Sugiharto et al [15] who found this behavior in 91% and 59.5% of the respondents, respectively. Concerning social distancing, this was followed by 67.8% of this study participants.…”

“…Total knowledge level was classified as; poor knowledge level (<50%) (0-10), fair knowledge level (50-70%) (11)(12)(13)(14), good knowledge level (>70%) (15)(16)(17)(18)(19)(20)(21). Scoring of attitude includes one question which is classified in to five points, each point was scored as two for agree answer, zero for disagree and one for not sure, classified as: negative attitude (< 60%) (0-6), positive attitude (≥ 60%) (7-10) Scoring of practice includes one question which is classified into 12 points, each point answer was scored as zero for never, one for rarely, two for sometimes, three for always, classified as: low practice level (< 50%) (0-12), moderate practice level (50-70%) (13)(14)(15)(16)(17)(18)(19)(20)(21)(22)(23)(24), good practice level (> 70%) (25)(26)(27)(28)(29)(30)(31)(32)(33)(34)(35)(36) Sample Size Calculation utilizing version 7 of the statistics program Epi-Info developed by the CDC and WHO in 2007. The sample size calculations took into account the outcome's 50% anticipated frequency, 5% estimated margin of error, and 95% confidence level.…”

The Relationship Level of Knowledge and Community Attitude and Behavior Towards the Prevention of the Covid-19 Pandemic in the Working Area of the Pasar Merah Health Center

“…The results of research conducted by [10] also concluded that good knowledge related tightly with good manners in prevention confirmed COVID-19 infection with data showing that 50 people (100%) have level knowledge good and majority own behavior good prevention too [25].…”