scholarly journals TINGKAT PENGETAHUAN MASYARAKAT TENTANG KLASIFIKASI ISTILAH KASUS PASIEN COVID-19 (STUDI DESKRIPTIF)

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 57-65
Author(s):  
Eka Putri Prima Sari ◽  
Dian Furwasyih ◽  
Refki Riyantori
Keyword(s):  
Virus Disease ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Public Knowledge ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Corona Virus ◽  
New Type ◽  
The Government ◽  
Quota Sampling ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Poor Health Literacy

COVID-19 or Corona Virus Disease-19 is a disease that caused by a new type of corona virus. In March 2020 WHO declared a pandemic COVID-19. In Indonesia, cases of COVID-19 were first reported on March 2, 2020 and  until September, 2020 it has passed 200,000 confirmed cases. Poor health literacy, coupled with the absence of synergy and the lack of knowledge regarding the COVID-19 outbreak made the handling of the outbreak carried out by the government stutter. One of the important information for the general public is the definition of the terms cases related to COVID-19. This study aims to determine the level of public knowledge about the definition of case terms related to COVID-19. Data dollection was done online by using google form. The sampling technique was quota sampling, the response rate (RR) of this study was 91% of the target 100 samples. Data were analyzed using IBP SPSS Statistic version 10. The results obtained were related to 5 questions regarding the definition of the terms PPT, OTG, ODP, PDP and confirmation cases, respondents gave the percentage of correct answers below the average (62.4%) percentage of the overall questions. A massive education is needed considering the low level of public knowledge about the issues in this research. It takes cross-sectional and cross-programmatic collaboration to solve this problem quickly.

scholarly journals TINGKAT STRES MAHASISWA S1 KEPERAWATAN TINGKAT SATU DALAM MENGHADAPI WABAH COVID 19 DAN PERKULIAHAN DARING DI STIKES KARYA HUSADA KEDIRI

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 31-35
Author(s):  
Melani Kartika Sari
Keyword(s):  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Total Sample ◽  
Mild Stress ◽  
Study Program ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Online Lectures ◽  
New Type ◽  
The Government ◽  
Cross Sectional Design ◽  
Keywords Stress

The Covid-19 outbreak is a new type of disease and is highly contagious. This new virus was previously unknown before infecting many residents of Wuhan, China. This virus is now spreading to most of the world. To prevent its spread, the government urges people to stay at home and learn online. The aimed of this study was to determine the level of stress of first-degree students in the Nursing Study Program at Stikes Karya Husada in dealing with the Covid-10 outbreak and online lectures due to the outbreak. This type of research is a descriptive study with cross sectional design. Sampling was done by purposive sampling technique to get a total sample of 70 respondents. Data were collected using a questionnaire in the form of google and found that most students experienced moderate stress (38.57%), some experienced severe stress (28.57%), and mild stress (32.86%). The stressors that cause the most stress are difficulty understanding online material and worry about contracting Covid-19. Pandemic conditions that are full of uncertainty need to be addressed wisely by various parties. It takes effort to reduce stress by doing a variety of fun activities in the home that can be done by students. Keywords: stress level, students, covid-19, online lectures

scholarly journals Awareness and Perception Regarding Corona Virus Disease 19 Outbreak among General Public of Selected Area of Kathmandu

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (10) ◽  
pp. 67-71
Author(s):  
Kiran Chhetri ◽  
Puspa Kumari Deo
Keyword(s):  
General Public ◽  
Virus Disease ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
P Value ◽  
Positive Perception ◽  
Online Questionnaire ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Negative Perception ◽  
Awareness Campaigns ◽  
The Government

Background: Coronavirus disease 2019 is an upcoming contagious respiratory infection caused by a new coronavirus named severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS-CoV2) which is transmitted through the respiratory droplets produced by coughing or sneezing of an infected person. The behavior of the general public will probably have an important bearing on the course of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) epidemic. Human behavior is influenced by knowledge and perceptions. This paper aims to identify the awareness and perception regarding COVID-19 among general public. Method: A cross sectional descriptive design was used by using structured online questionnaire through Google form. The study was conducted at certain area of Kathmandu. Sample size was 423 with non probability convenience sampling technique. Result: The findings revealed that overall, 44.9% respondents had low, 34.0% had average and 21% had high level of awareness. Likewise, 56.6% had positive perception and 43.2% had negative perception about COVID outbreak. Also 62% respondents had positive and 37.7% had negative perception about prevention of COVID. There is an association between educational status and level of awareness with ‘p’ value lesser than 0.05 at 95% level of confidence. Conclusion: Majority of respondents were not aware about the outbreak of COVID19. Also more than half of respondents had positive perception about outbreak of COVID 19. The effective measures are being taken by the government and the public, still there remains a need for further awareness campaigns and knowledge of safe interventions to combat the spread of disease. Key words: awareness, perception, COVID19, general public.

scholarly journals KONDISI LINGKUNGAN DI DAERAH YANG PERNAH MENGALAMI KEJADIAN LUAR BIASA JAPANESE ENCEPHALITIS

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 79
Author(s):  
Nurhidayah Nurhidayah ◽  
Made Sutarga ◽  
Made Pasek Kardiwinata
Keyword(s):  
High Risk ◽  
Japanese Encephalitis ◽  
Environmental Conditions ◽  
Clinical Symptoms ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
The Government ◽  
Cross Sectional Design ◽  
Quota Sampling ◽  
The Village

ABSTRACTCanggu Village is an area that has experienced outbreaks of Japanese encephalitis (JE) in 2015 by JE clinical cases as many as 18 cases. This study aims to determine the environmental conditions, of JE prevention in the village of Canggu. This research is a descriptive cross-sectional design. The sampling technique using quota sampling, from 7 hamlets in the village of Canggu taken each 22 respondents to be sampled in the study to meet the minimum required quota sample. The sampling of this research are respondent that live in radius 100 meters from pig stable. The number of respondents in the interview are as many as 151 people consisting of 17 patients and 134 non JE. The results showed that 82.84% of respondents have a risky environment, whereas respondents that stay near rice terraces 14,28% get JE and respondent that around their house there is a dirty puddle 28,57% get JE. The conclusion from this study is most respondents have a risk of environmental conditions. Where the most part of them is stay close to the field. It is recommended that the government to provide education or counseling equitably to community, not only who have experienced clinical symptoms of JE but also high-risk society.Keywords: Japanese encephalitis, Environmental Conditions, Outbreak

scholarly journals The Effect of Implementing Occupational Health and Safety Programs on Suspected COVID-19 Incidents in PT. Maruki International Employees

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 158-166
Author(s):  
Abdul Muis ◽  
Muhammad Rifai ◽  
Rahmawati Azis
Keyword(s):  
Occupational Health ◽  
Occupational Safety ◽  
Virus Disease ◽  
Health And Safety ◽  
Occupational Health And Safety ◽  
World Health ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Safety Program ◽  
Corona Virus ◽  
The Government

World Health Organization (WHO) has shown Corona Virus Disease 2019 as a pandemic. The spread of COVID-19 in Indonesia has now spread across locations and across countries, accompanied by an increase in the number of problems and/or the number of deaths. To overcome the spread of Covid-19, both the government and business actors have made various efforts so that the spread of the Covid-19 virus can be prevented and overcome, especially the spread of the Covid-19 virus in office areas by implementing new normal rules in the workplace through the Occupational Safety and Health program. Based on the results of observations from one of the lead managers of PT Maruki International Indonesia, who said that there had been cases against some of his employees who were suspected of being suspected of having COVID-19, we as authors consider it necessary to raise this issue to be investigated for input for the company so that it can be used to implement the implementation. Occupational Health and Safety program against suspected cases of the Covid-19 virus among PT Maruki International Indonesia employees. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of the implementation of the Occupational Health and Safety Program on the incidence of suspected Covid-19 virus among employees of PT Maruki International Indonesia. This type of research is quantitative research with a design approach cross sectional study. The sample used is 150 employees from a population of 241 employees. Collecting quantitative data using a checklist and analyzed by univariate, bivariate. Thus, it can be said that the Behavioral Improving Body Immunity variable affects the variable incidence of suspected covid-19. It is hoped that with the results of this study the government and related company management can provide a policy to deal with the spread of the corona virus in the workplace. Keywords: Activities of wearing masks; hand washing habits; efforts to maintain distance and suspected cases of covid-19.

scholarly journals Assessment of knowledge and practices of urban population regarding COVID-19: a cross-sectional study in Bikaner, Rajasthan

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (8) ◽  
pp. 3095
Author(s):  
Shatrughan Pareek ◽  
Narendra Kumar Kaushik ◽  
Diwakar Verma ◽  
Anupam Pareek ◽  
Yashawant Ramawat ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Virus Infection ◽  
Urban Population ◽  
Virus Disease ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Educational Status ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
P Value ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Corona Virus ◽  
And Gender

Background: Corona virus disease (COVID-19) is declared pandemic by the WHO.  It is a very contagious disease. The global mortality rate of Corona virus disease is around 3.1%. The study was conducted with aim to assess the knowledge and practices towards Corona virus disease among urban population. Awareness towards the disease is important for prevention and control.Methods: The research design was community based descriptive cross-sectional design. The study was conducted in selected urban communities of Bikaner district, Rajasthan. A structured knowledge questionnaire and Practice scale were distributed to subjects from March 2020 to April 2020. In present study, 327 subjects were included in the study by random sampling technique. Data analysis was done using SPSS version 22.0.Results: In the present study, 56.27% were male and 43.73% were female. Nearly 70% participants were graduate and above in educational status. In present study, mostly subjects (76%) have average to good knowledge and practice towards COVID-19. Finding of the study suggests that there was a weak correlation between knowledge and practices of urban people towards corona virus infection. The correlation was not significant (p value=0.1976) at 0.05 level of significance. The study also revealed that knowledge has association with only educational qualification and gender shown association with practices of urban population.Conclusions: Knowledge and practices among population towards the disease are crucial to minimize morbidity and mortality due to the disease. The people have knowledge towards corona virus infection but they are not implementing it into practice. 

scholarly journals Perceived stressors and outcomes among professionals working from home during COVID-19 pandemic in India

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 1726
Author(s):  
Shikha Gulia ◽  
Smriti Arora
Keyword(s):  
Social Stress ◽  
Virus Disease ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Text Messages ◽  
Snowball Sampling ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Work From Home ◽  
Corona Virus ◽  
Working From Home

Background: Aim of the study was to assess stressors and positive outcomes among professionals working from home during COVID-19 pandemic in India. Novel Corona virus disease (COVID-19) originated from China has rapidly spread in the world across borders, infecting millions of people throughout the whole world. As this novel corona virus is highly contagious and has enforced countries for complete shutdown, anxiety and concerns in society are globally affecting every individual to variable extents. Due to this lockdown, most of the professions have very first time in world and specially in India opted for working from home.Methods: This is quantitative approach study, cross-sectional study. Convenient and snowball sampling technique used to select subject via google form technique. 284 professionals enrolled in study from various professions and the google form was sent through mail, WhatsApp and text messages. The data is analysed using descriptive and inferential statistics.Results: The results of the study shown that majority of the professionals have experienced stress related to their job, social stress along with the physical stressors and have also developed some new life skills and utilized this time to plan about new ideas and goals.Conclusions: There is an intense need to keep a check on mental health during work from home to relieve stress and anxiety posed by COVID-19 pandemic.

scholarly journals Knowledge of Hand Hygiene among Undergraduate Medical Students in a Tertiary Healthcare Facility of District Etawah, Uttar Pradesh, India: A Cross Sectional Study

2021 ◽  
Vol 08 (02) ◽  
pp. 4-6
Author(s):  
Sushil Kumar Shukla ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Hand Hygiene ◽  
Virus Disease ◽  
Tertiary Care ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Simple Random Sampling ◽  
Symptomatic Treatment ◽  
P Value ◽  
Undergraduate Medical Students ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Corona Virus

Globally, we are going through the pandemic of COVID-19 also known as novel Corona virus disease or SARSCov-2 since last one year. Corona virus was found to be originated from Wuhan city of China. As of now, there is no treatment for COVID-19 disease, we are giving symptomatic treatment and few evidence-based drugs to treat the COVID-19 patients. To control the spread of COVID-19 disease, hand hygiene is among the most important measures including wearing a mask and maintaining the social distancing. The study was conducted among the students of 2020 and 2019 batches of MBBS in tertiary care facilities with simple random sampling technique. Total of 100 students were selected randomly according to their roll numbers. From each batch, 50 students were asked to perform the hand hygiene steps recommended by WHO in front of the interviewer. From 2020 batch, only 26 (52%) students and from the 2019 batch 39 (78%), were able to perform the hand hygiene steps recommended by WHO. The rest of the students had improper knowledge of hand hygiene. After applying Fisher’s exact test, the p-value is 0.0113 (P<0.5) which was found to be significant.

scholarly journals Charasteristics of COVID-19 Patients Treated At Santa Elisabeth Medan Hospital 2020

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nency Triputri ◽  
Noni Novisari Soeroso
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Symptoms ◽  
Virus Disease ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Record Data ◽  
New Type ◽  
Age Range ◽  
First Time

Corona Virus Disease (COVID-19) is a disease caused by a new type of coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2). This virus was first discovered in Wuhan, China for the first time and has infected 90,308 people as of March 2, 2020. Infection is transmitted by large droplets or droplets within 1 - 2 m, which are generated during coughing and sneezing by symptomatic patients and people without symptoms. This infection is acquired by inhaling these droplets or touching a contaminated surface and then touching the nose, mouth and eyes.  To see the characteristics of COVID-19 patients who are treated at the Santa Elisabeth Hospital Medan in 2020.  Type of research is a descriptive study with a cross-sectional study design with a retrospective approach using total sampling technique. This type of research data is secondary data obtained from the medical record data of positive COVID-19 patients confirmed to be hospitalized in several Medan city hospitals in 2020.Of the 230 study samples, 147 confirmed positive COVID-19 patients were found, dominated by the age range 46-55 years. The sex most common is male. The most common clinical symptoms are respiratory disorders such as coughing, shortness of breath and fever.The number of confirmed positive patients at the hospital. Santa Elisabeth in March to October 2020 is 147 people (51.1%).

scholarly journals Pengetahuan Masyarakat Tentang Daun Sirsak Untuk Hipertensi

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 2
Author(s):  
Susilo Yulianto
Keyword(s):  
Data Analysis ◽  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Descriptive Study ◽  
The Body ◽  
Public Knowledge ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Preliminary Study ◽  
Quantitative Descriptive ◽  
Quota Sampling

Public Knowledge About Soursop Leaves For Hypertension. Hypertension is a condition in which blood pressure is higher than 140/90 millimeters of mercury (mmHG). The 140 mmHG number refers to systolic reading, when the heart pumps blood throughout the body. Meanwhile, the 90 mmHG number refers to diastolic reading, when the heart is relaxed while refilling its chambers with blood. Based on a preliminary study conducted by the researchers, the data about people's knowledge about soursop leaves for hypertension was very diverse. The purpose of this study was to find out public knowledge about soursop leaves for hypertension. This research is a quantitative descriptive study with a cross sectional approach. The sampling technique uses quota sampling with 30 respondents. Data analysis was carried out by descriptive analysis. The results of data analysis showed that respondents who had good knowledge were 27 respondents (90%), while respondents who had sufficient knowledge were 3 respondents (10%). The conclusion of this study is that public knowledge about soursop leaves for hypertension, is in the good category (90%), and knowledge with sufficient category (10%).

scholarly journals Awareness Assessment regarding COVID-19 among Population - A Cross-Sectional Online Study

2020 ◽  
Vol 07 (02) ◽  
pp. 16-20
Author(s):  
Shatrughan Pareek ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Virus Disease ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Snowball Sampling ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Online Study ◽  
Corona Virus ◽  
Cross Sectional Design ◽  
Amount Of Knowledge

Background and Objective: Corona virus disease (COVID-19) is a very contagious disease. The study was conducted with aim to assess the awareness towards Corona virus disease among the population. Awareness towards the disease is important for prevention and control. Methodology: The research design was descriptive cross-sectional design. The study was conducted online in India due to COVID-19 crisis and lockdown. A structured awareness questionnaire was distributed to subjects by using social media platform. The questionnaire was based on information by the WHO. In present study, 585 subjects were included in the study by non-randomized snowball sampling technique. Result: In the present study, almost two third i.e. 66.2% of the respondents were females while; one third (33.8%) were males. Majority of the subjects (46%) learned about COVID-19 from social media. Awareness towards spread of disease and supportive treatment were 92.2% and 74% respectively. Additionally, majority i.e. 97% respondents knew the measures to be done if COVID-19 symptom occurs. In terms of affected by COVID-19, more than half i.e. 55.9% stated that all age groups are equally at risk followed by 39.7% disagreed with this statement, while 4.4% had no idea. Furthermore, towards COVID-19 management, 84.3% responses were correct. The overall awareness regarding COVID-19 was 74.2%. Conclusion: Upon understanding the percentage of people not aware about the age groups this virus will be affecting, keeping in mind good amount of knowledge amongst individuals about maintaining hygiene and social distancing, this survey would help the health care workers to create awareness regarding the effect of this virus on different age groups to help prevent carelessness amongst youth in following the regime. Furthermore, awareness among population towards the disease is crucial to minimize morbidity and mortality due to the disease.

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