Original Research Article
Year: 2021 | Month: August | Volume: 8 | Issue: 8 | Pages: 203-206
DOI: https://doi.org/10.52403/ijrr.20210828
Online System Conciliation to Improve Knowledge and Perception of COVID-19 in the Local Community at Permata Bunda Hospital
Gontar Almansyah Siregar1, M. Fidel Ganis Siregar2, Zaimah Z Talah3
1Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Sumatera Utara, Medan 20155, Indonesia
2Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Sumatera Utara, Medan 20155, Indonesia
3Department of Nutrition, Faculty of Medicine, University of Sumatera Utara, Medan 20155, Indonesia
Corresponding Author: Gontar Almansyah Siregar
ABSTRACT
COVID-19 is a world health problem with the first cases found in Wuhan, China. This case progressed until there were reports of deaths and there was a spread outside China, including Indonesia. The Government of the Republic of Indonesia responded to this as an emergency response by establishing a task force to accelerate the handling of corona which functions to prevent, detect and respond to Covid -19. One form of prevention of transmission is to increase knowledge by conducting counseling.
Method: Cross sectional study with 165 participants. This study uses a questionnaire measuring tool that is accessed online and analyzed into univariate and bivariate
Result: There was a significant difference in people's knowledge before and after counseling with a value of p = 0.000. This is indicated by an increase in the post-test scores of participants who also experienced an increase after counseling with a mean post-test score of 74.2 compared to the pre-test score of 40.4.
Conclusion: General Public knowledge and understanding of Covid-19 is still quite low so that counseling through the online system has succeeded in increasing public knowledge which can be seen from the post-test scores that have increased
Keywords: COVID - 19, online, perception, knowledge.
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