Open AccessTHE CORRELATION BETWEEN KNOWLEDGE AND PERCEPTION OF YOUTH USERS OF VAPE TOWARDS VAPING BEHAVIOR IN BANGIL DISTRICT
Author(s) -
Lu’lu’il Maqnun,
Pudji Lestari,
Laksmi Wulandari
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of community medicine and public health research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2723-035X
DOI - 10.20473/jcmphr.v2i1.22685
Subject(s) - respondent , perception , correlation , spearman's rank correlation coefficient , nonprobability sampling , psychology , positive correlation , observational study , social psychology , correlation coefficient , demography , statistics , medicine , environmental health , mathematics , population , sociology , political science , geometry , neuroscience , law
The use of e-cigarettes year by year increases among adolescents. The increase correlates with their lack of knowledge about e-cigarettes and the perception that e-cigarettes are safer than conventional cigarettes. This research aims to analyze the relationship between the level of knowledge and perception of e-cigarettes to vaping behavior in adolescents in Bangil, Pasuruan. This study was analytic observational with a cross-sectional approach conducted from September until October 2019. The subjects in this study were 76 respondents selected by the purposive sampling method. The respondents were recruited from 3 cafes in Bangil by distributing questionnaires to those who met the inclusion criteria. The independent variables are the respondent’s knowledge level and perception about e-cigarettes, while the dependent variable is vaping behavior. The data has been analyzed with Spearman’s rho. From the analysis, there was a correlation between level of knowledge and vaping behavior with p=0.019 (p<0.05) and 0.269 correlation coefficient. Also, a correlation between perception and vaping behavior with p=0.000 (p<0.05) and 0.420 correlation coefficient. There was a correlation between knowledge level and perception of e-cigarettes to vaping behavior among adolescent users.