Journal Of Widya Medika Junior
Vol 5, No 1 (2023): January

CORRELATION OF KNOWLEDGE OF COMORBID FACTORS AS A RISK FACTOR OF COVID-19 SEVERITY WITH BEHAVIOR RELATED TO COVID-19 PREVENTION IN MEMBERS OF CHRONIC DISEASE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM IN BANGKALAN

Tasya Nabila (Faculty of Medicine, Widya Mandala Surabaya Catholic University,)
George N Tanudjaja (Unknown)
Edwin Budipramana (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
28 Jan 2023

Abstract

Background: Knowledge about COVID-19 is very important for everyone during this pandemic. This is related to efforts to break the chain of the spread of the Covid- 19 virus. Moreover, many deaths caused by this virus are experienced by many people with comorbidities.Research Objectives: This research study was conducted to know the relationship between knowledge of comorbid factors as the main risk factor for the severity of COVID-19 and behavior related to COVID-19 prevention among members of the Chronic Disease Management Program (PROLANIS) in Bangkalan Regency. Research Methods: This study uses quantitative methods. This type of research is observational with a cross-sectional. This sampling used a simple random sampling technique. And the data analysis used in this research is the Spearman correlation test. Research Results: From the results of the analysis, it is known that there is a relationship between knowledge about comorbid factors as the main risk factor for the severity of COVID-19 with behavior related to preventing COVID-19 among members of the Chronic Disease Management (PROLANIS) program in Bangkalan Regency, as evidenced by a p-value of 0.000 <0, 05. The correlation coefficient value of 0.619 is included in the strong category.Conclusion: meaning that there is a strong relationship between knowledge about comorbid factors as the main risk factor for the severity of COVID-19 and behaviors related to preventing COVID- 19 among members of the Chronic Disease Management (PROLANIS) program in Bangkalan Regency.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

JWMJ

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Subject

Medicine & Pharmacology Public Health

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Journal of Widya Medika Junioris our faculty's very first project in publishing the students' research, making them available for both students and faculty members to read. It is an endeavour to nurture our students' passion in doing scientific research through which process they will be encouraged ...