Analisis Hubungan Tingkat Pengetahuan terhadap Perilaku Swamedikasi Batuk selama Masa Pandemi Covid-19

Lusi Ariska Triani (Jurusan Farmasi, Fakultas Kedokteran, Universitas Tanjungpura, Jl. Prof. Dr. Hadari Nawawi, Pontianak, Kalimantan Barat, 78124, Indonesia)
Hariyanto IH (Jurusan Farmasi, Fakultas Kedokteran, Universitas Tanjungpura, Jl. Prof. Dr. Hadari Nawawi, Pontianak, Kalimantan Barat, 78124, Indonesia Departemen Farmakologi dan Farmasi Klinik, Jurusan Farmasi, Fakultas Kedokteran, Universitas Tanjungpura)
Shoma Rizkifani (Jurusan Farmasi, Fakultas Kedokteran, Universitas Tanjungpura, Jl. Prof. Dr. Hadari Nawawi, Pontianak, Kalimantan Barat, 78124, Indonesia Departemen Farmakologi dan Farmasi Klinik, Jurusan Farmasi, Fakultas Kedokteran, Universitas Tanjungpura)

Journal Syifa Sciences and Clinical Research (JSSCR)
Vol 4, No 3 (2022): Volume 4 Edisi 3 2022

The Covid-19 pandemic gave an impact on the limitation of health services in health facilities, causing people to choose self-medication as their treatment method. The purpose of this study is to determine the level of knowledge and self-medication behavior of cough symptoms in Rasau Jaya District and the correlation between those two variables during the Covid-19 pandemic. Cross-sectional design with purposive sampling technique was used as a research method for 75 respondents and questionnaires were used as a measuring tool. Data processing was carried out using SPSS statistical tests. We found that none of the respondents had low knowledge levels with 71 respondents (94,7%) having a good level of knowledge and 4 respondents (5,3%) having sufficient levels. This result are in line with self-medication behavior showed that 73 respondents (97,3%) have a good level of behavior at doing self-medication of cough and 2 respondents (2,7%) have deficient levels. The majority people in Rasau Jaya District have a good level of knowledge and self-medication behavior and we found that there is a correlation between those two variables.