Keywords
COVID-19
Knowledge
Practice
Undergraduate Medical Students
Abstract
Background: Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused a global pandemic since March 2020. Undergraduate medical students, who would later be referred to as students, were encouraged to educate Indonesian society about COVID-19. This study aimed to evaluate the knowledge, attitude, and practice of Indonesian students on COVID-19 prevention.
Methods: An online cross-sectional study was conducted between August 22 and September 2, 2020, with a minimum sample size of 1068 subjects. The questionnaire was sent to 86 Faculty of Medicine (FoM) in Indonesia. The questionnaire consisted of knowledge, attitude, and practice section, with a total score, 15, 60, and 45, respectively. Scores above median were considered as sufficient knowledge, and positive attitude, and positive practice. Association between knowledge, attitude, and practice with gender, year of study, location of FoM, and source of information were tested using Chi-Square Test. Correlation among knowledge, attitude, and practice scores was tested using Spearman Rank Test.
Results: Among 1390 participated students, 51.4%, 55.7%, and 56.3% had sufficient knowledge, positive attitude, and, positive practice, respectively. There were associations between knowledge and gender, year of study, location of FoM, and source of information (p<0.05), between attitude and gender, year of study, and source of information (p<0.05), and between practice and gender and source of information (p<0.05). There were weak correlations between knowledge with attitude (r=0.246, p<0.001) and between attitude and practice (r=0.272, p<0.001).
Conclusions: Half of medical students in Indonesia showed sufficient knowledge, positive attitude, and positive practice on COVID-19 prevention. Hence, improvement towards COVID-19 prevention is required.
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