Abstract:
Background: Corona Virus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) has been declared as a pandemic
throughout the world, including in Indonesia, particularly in Java with the number of casesalways increasing both confirmed and death cases. Objective: This study aims to identify the
knowledge and attitudes of the people of Java Island related to socio-demographic
characteristics (age, gender, education, and employment status) in efforts to control Covid-19.Methods: The design cross-sectional with 1,579 participants were selected by simple randomsampling. Collecting data using a questionnaire assisted by the google form and shared topotential participants through social networking apps. The data were analyzed using the chisquare
and
Pearson's
correlation
test.
Results:
There
are
1,579
respondents
who
participated,and
predominantly
were
youths
(57%),
female
(76%),
bachelor
(47.1%),
and
the
Student
(41%).A
total
of
1,008
respondents
(64%)
have
good
knowledge
and
1,251
respondents
(79%)
have
apositive
attitude.
The
results
of
the
test
chi-square
on
the
knowledge
variable
showed
that
there
was
a
relationship
between
age
(p
=
0.023)
and
education
(p
=
0.021),
while
gender
(p
=
0.359)and
work
status
(p
=
0.308)
had
no
relationship.
In
the
attitude
variable,
the
results
of
the
testchi-square
showed
that
the
p-value
between
age
(p=
0.927),
gender
(p=
0.072),
education
(p=
0.140),
and
work
status
(p=
0.119)
had
no
relationship,
but
the
knowledge
and
attitude
turn
outthat
there
is
a
value
of
p
=
0.000
<0.05
with
a
confidence
interval
of
95%.
These
results
indicate
a
relationship between knowledge and attitudes towards efforts to control COVID-19.Conclusion: The majority of people on the island of Java are well-informed and have a positive
attitude in efforts to control COVID-19. Further research needs to be carried out analysis relatedto government regulatory policies, information from various media with valid sources to reduce
information bias so that public knowledge will be better which has an impact on positive
attitudes to break the chain of the spread of Covid-19.
