Hubungan Tingkat Pendidikan dan Pelatihan dengan Tingkat Pengetahuan Petugas Kamar Jenazah tentang COVID-19 pada Jenazah

Latar belakang: Petugas kamar jenazah adalah orang yang paling berisiko terinfeksi COVID-19 dikarenakan kurangnya pengetahuan tentang infeksi tersebut pada jenazah. Tingkat pendidikan dan keikutsertaan dalam pelatihan merupakan hal yang dapat mempengaruhi pengetahuan petugas kamar jenazah. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui hubungan tingkat pendidikan dan pelatihan dengan tingkat pengetahuan petugas kamar jenazah tentang COVID-19 pada jenazah. Metode: Penelitian cross sectional menggunakan desain deskriptif analitik. Subjek penelitian 30 responden petugas kamar jenazah dengan teknik total sampling di Rumah Sakit Umum Bahteramas Provinsi Sulawesi Tenggara, Rumah Sakit Umum Daerah Kota Kendari dan Rumah Sakit Bhayangkara Kendari pada bulan Mei 2020 yang memenuhi kriteria inklusi. Instrumen penelitian menggunakan kuesioner. Pendidikan rendah mencakup lulusan SD, SMP dan SMA, sedangkan pendidikan tinggi mencakup lulusan Akademik, Sekolah Tinggi, Politeknik dan Perguruan Tinggi. Pelatihan dikategorikan dalam pernah dan tidak pernah mengikuti. Pengetahuan baik apabila responden mampu menjawab benar dengan nilai 70–100%, sedangkan pengetahuan buruk apabila responden menjawab benar dengan nilai kurang dari 70%. Data dianalisis menggunakan uji Fisher Exact Test. Hasil: 18 responden memiliki tingkat pendidikan tinggi dan 12 responden memiliki tingkat pendidikan rendah. 16 responden pernah mengikuti pelatihan dan 14 responden tidak pernah mengikuti pelatihan. 23 responden memiliki pengetahuan baik dan 7 responden memiliki pengetahuan buruk. Terdapat hubungan yang signifikan antara tingkat pendidikan dan pelatihan dengan tingkat pengetahuan petugas kamar jenazah tentang COVID-19 pada jenazah, masing-masing dengan nilai p=0.029 dan p=0.031. Simpulan: Terdapat hubungan tingkat pendidikan dan pelatihan dengan tingkat pengetahuan petugas kamar jenazah tentang COVID-19 pada jenazah. Kata Kunci: COVID-19, jenazah, pelatihan, pendidikan, pengetahuan   Background: The mortuary officer is the person most at risk of being infected with COVID-19 due to a lack of knowledge about the infection in the corpse. The level of education and participation in training are things that can affect the knowledge of the mortuary officer. The aim of this study is to determine the relationship between the level of education and training with the level of knowledge of the mortuary officer about COVID-19 in the corpse. Methods: This study was cross sectional used a descriptive analytic design. The research subjects were 30 respondents of mortuary officers with total sampling technique at the Bahteramas General Hospital of Southeast Sulawesi Province, Kendari City Regional General Hospital and Bhayangkara Kendari Hospital in May 2020 who met the inclusion criteria. The research instrument was use a questionnaire. Low level education includes graduates from elementary school, junior high school and senior high school, while higher education level includes graduates from Academics, Higher Education, Polytechnic and University. Training is categorized as having and never following. Good knowledge is if the respondent is able to answer correctly with a value of 70–100%, while bad knowledge is if the respondent answers correctly with a value of less than 70%. Data were analyzed using the Fisher Exact Test. Results: 18 respondents had a high level of education and 12 respondents had a low level of education. 16 respondents have attended training and 14 respondents have never attended training. 23 respondents have good knowledge and 7 respondents have bad knowledge. There was a significant relationship between the level of education and training with the level of knowledge of mortuary officers about COVID-19 in the corpse, with p = 0.029 and p = 0.031, respectively. Conclusion: There is a relationship between the level of education and training with the level of knowledge of mortuary officers about COVID-19 in the corpse. Keywords: COVID-19, corpse, training, education, knowledge