Gaps In The Public’s Awareness And Protective Practices During Pivotal Time Of COVID-19 Pandemic: A Survey From Indonesia
| Autor: | Meita Annisa, Susi Ari Kristina, Mawardi Ihsan |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Government
business.industry media_common.quotation_subject Risk of infection Pharmaceutical Science language.human_language Indonesian 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine 030202 anesthesiology Hygiene Intervention (counseling) Environmental health Respondent Pandemic language Medicine Preventive action business 030217 neurology & neurosurgery media_common |
| Zdroj: | International Journal of Pharmaceutical Research. 13 |
| ISSN: | 0975-2366 |
| DOI: | 10.31838/ijpr/2021.13.01.172 |
| Popis: | Background: The rapid spread of the COVID-19 pandemic requires each individual to increase public awareness and protection in order to avoid the risk of infection The objective of this study was to assess the awareness and protection practices of COVID-19 in Indonesia Methods: A cross-sectional survey study was administered during April 2020 About 640 Indonesian were participated in this study A validated questionnaire consisted of demographic and protection practices during pandemic was being administered Association between practices on protection method and respondent’ characteristics was analyzed using Chi square test Results: Approximately 55 63% of the respondents were aware to staying at home to prevent COVID-19 There was still a lack of awareness among respondents about protection practices, with only two-thirds doing hand hygiene with soap and wearing masks Nearly 80 94% of respondents used food supplements while their families had mild symptoms such as coughing for 3 days A strong correlation between residency, current working status, living with elderly people, and having medical illnesses with effective safety measures and positive intervention for mild symptoms (OR >1;p |
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