TY - JOUR
T1 - Knowledge, Attitudes, and COVID-19 Prevention Practices ofHealthcare Workers in Indonesia
T2 - A Mobile-based Cross-sectio nal Survey
AU - Besral,
AU - Wiyanti, Zulvi
AU - Nurizin, Dion Zein
AU - Herdayati, Milla
AU - Sutiawan, R.
AU - Rahmaniati, Martya
AU - Yuniar, Popy
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
Copyright @ 2022 Kesmas: Jurnal Kesehatan Masyarakat Nasional (National Public Health Journal).
PY - 2022/5
Y1 - 2022/5
N2 - Knowledge of disease can affect attitudes and prevention practices, and wrong attitudes and practices can directly increase the risk of disease infection. Thisstudy aimed to describe the knowledge, attitudes, and COVID-19 prevention practice of healthcare workers in Indonesia and factors associated with preventionpractices. A mobile-based cross-sectional survey was conducted in August 2020 with 254 healthcare workers in Indonesia. The self-administered questionnaireconsisted of four parts: 1) sociodemographic information, 2) knowledge of COVID-19, 3) attitudes and anxiety toward COVID-19, and 4) COVID-19 preventionpractices. The results indicated that healthcare workers in Indonesia had excellent knowledge and positive attitudes about COVID-19, but their preventionpractices were lacking. The multiple logistic regression analysis results revealed that the factors associated with the COVID-19 prevention practices of healthcare workers in Indonesia were knowledge, attitudes, anxiety, domicile island, age, income, and education. Healthcare workers who had excellent knowledge,positive attitudes, and high anxiety exhibited better COVID-19 prevention practices than others. Healthcare workers in Sumatra Island, aged 41-50 years, andan undergraduate education showed better COVID-19 prevention practices than others.
AB - Knowledge of disease can affect attitudes and prevention practices, and wrong attitudes and practices can directly increase the risk of disease infection. Thisstudy aimed to describe the knowledge, attitudes, and COVID-19 prevention practice of healthcare workers in Indonesia and factors associated with preventionpractices. A mobile-based cross-sectional survey was conducted in August 2020 with 254 healthcare workers in Indonesia. The self-administered questionnaireconsisted of four parts: 1) sociodemographic information, 2) knowledge of COVID-19, 3) attitudes and anxiety toward COVID-19, and 4) COVID-19 preventionpractices. The results indicated that healthcare workers in Indonesia had excellent knowledge and positive attitudes about COVID-19, but their preventionpractices were lacking. The multiple logistic regression analysis results revealed that the factors associated with the COVID-19 prevention practices of healthcare workers in Indonesia were knowledge, attitudes, anxiety, domicile island, age, income, and education. Healthcare workers who had excellent knowledge,positive attitudes, and high anxiety exhibited better COVID-19 prevention practices than others. Healthcare workers in Sumatra Island, aged 41-50 years, andan undergraduate education showed better COVID-19 prevention practices than others.
KW - attitudes
KW - COVID-19
KW - healthcare workers
KW - knowledge
KW - practices
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U2 - 10.21109/kesmas.v17i2.5054
DO - 10.21109/kesmas.v17i2.5054
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85142064156
SN - 1907-7505
VL - 17
SP - 89
EP - 97
JO - Kesmas
JF - Kesmas
IS - 2
ER -