Open AccessOnline System Conciliation to Improve Knowledge and Perception of COVID-19 in the Local Community at Permata Bunda Hospital
Author(s) -
Gontar Almansyah Siregar,
Muhammad Fidel Ganis Siregar,
Zaimah Z Talah
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
international journal of research and review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2454-2237
pISSN - 2349-9788
DOI - 10.52403/ijrr.20210828
Subject(s) - test (biology) , univariate , perception , government (linguistics) , china , bivariate analysis , public health , psychology , covid-19 , medicine , family medicine , medical education , applied psychology , nursing , computer science , disease , pathology , political science , multivariate statistics , paleontology , linguistics , philosophy , machine learning , neuroscience , infectious disease (medical specialty) , law , biology
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 bivariateResult: 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 increasedKeywords: COVID - 19, online, perception, knowledge.