Open AccessSTUDIES ON COVID-19 KNOWLEDGE AMONG PATIENTS ARISING FOR TREATMENT AT OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT (OPD) KINARUT HEALTH CLINIC DURING THE MOVEMENT CONTROL ORDER (MCO)
Author(s) -
Baidi Baddiri
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
international journal of education, psychology and counseling
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 0128-164X
DOI - 10.35631/ijepc.536003
Subject(s) - family medicine , health care , government (linguistics) , promotion (chess) , pandemic , medicine , shoulders , covid-19 , health promotion , psychology , disease , nursing , public health , political science , politics , surgery , philosophy , linguistics , infectious disease (medical specialty) , law
Health care become the government's main agenda, especially when facing the global crisis of the Covid-19 pandemic that has involved nearly every continent in the world today. Therefore, emphasis on the level of knowledge about Covid-19 disease is crucial to ensure that the Covid-19 chain of infection is disconnected. This responsibility is not only carried on the shoulders of every medical practitioner, but it is also the responsibility of all Malaysian citizens in general. Thus, the main aim of this study was to see whether the level of knowledge among patients is coming for treatment at Kinarut Health Clinic. The methodology of this study was quantitative by the survey, while the sample used was random convenient sampling and aimed at respondents of 200 patients around the Kinarut residential area. The results of the instrument evaluation analysis and sampling method were discussed in this study. The results showed that the patient's knowledge level was at a moderate level with mean values = 3.620, SP = 0.545, especially patients who had heard of health education and health promotion regarding Covid-19 n> 112 (56%). Furthermore, the General Knowledge dimension was at a moderate level with a mean score of mins = 3.601, SP = 0.633. For the Sign and Symptom dimensions with a mean score value of min = 3.610, SP = 0.755 was moderate. Meanwhile, the mean score for Control and Prevention was on average with a mean score = 3.609, SP = .727. The results of this analysis indicate that the patient around Kinarut residential area has a moderate level of knowledge about Covid-19 disease.