Anxiety During the Covid-19 Pandemic in Indonesian Society
Keywords:
COVID-19, Anxiety, Knowledge, AttitudeAbstract
Background: New cases of COVID-19 are currently experiencing an increase and are becoming a major public health problem in Indonesia, causing it in society. Public knowledge and attitudes affect the level of action required to prevent the spread of COVID-19 by the government.
Objectives: This research aims to find out the influence of knowledge and attitudes to anxiety during the COVID-19 period.
Methods: Quantitative studies with cross sectional design, sampling techniques using snowball sampling. The questionnaire has four sections: socio-demographic, knowledge, attitude, and anxiety during the COVID-19 pandemic. Online questionnaires are developed using google forms. Questionnaire links are sent via email, WhatsApp, Facebook.
Results: Results showed that knowledge related to anxiety levels were those who knew how to spread (0.008), transmission (0.020), risk group (0.025), prevention (0.018) and treatment (0.027). Those who agreed to follow the news about COVID-19 (0.007), follow the government's advice (0.006) and purchase preventive equipment (0.001) showing a sense of anxiety during the COVID-19 period. Conclusion: This study proves anxiety occurs in those who know how to spread COVID-19, know that COVID-19 is more dangerous in the elderly and have chronic diseases, know how to prevent it, and know that there is no cure for COVID-19 today. Often they follow the news about COVID-19, follow government recommendations, and are willing to buy COVID-19 prevention equipment, indicating that they are anxious about the COVID-19 pandemic.
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