International Journal of Healthcare Sciences ISSN 2348-5728 (Online) Vol. 10, Issue 2, pp: (133-140), Month: October 2022 - March 2023, Available at: www.researchpublish.com
DESCRIPTION OF KNOWLEDGE LEVEL AND STIGMA OF UNUD MEDICAL STUDENTS ABOUT COVID-19 Saldi Ardyanswari Pasauran1, I Made Susila Utama2, I Ketut Agus Somia2, A.A.A Yuli Gayatri2 1
Medicine and Doctor Profession, Medical Faculty of Udayana University, Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia.
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Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Udayana University, Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7336773
Published Date: 19-November-2022
Abstract: Introduction: Today, all parts of the world are facing a pandemic caused by SARS-CoV-2 or commonly known as the “coronavirus disease of 2019” (COVID-19). To be able to avoid morbidity and mortality due to COVID-19 it is important for all people to have a good level of knowledge and stigma against COVID-19. Methods: This research is a descriptive study using a cross-sectional design which aims to determine the relationship between the level of knowledge and the stigma of medical students at the Faculty of Medicine, Udayana University, towards COVID-19. Data collection in this study was only carried out at one particular time. The data obtained was then analyzed using SPSS. Results: The total number of respondents who filled out questionnaires to assess the level of knowledge of COVID-19 and assess the stigma of COVID-19 was 96 respondents. Description of the level of knowledge of a total of 96 respondents, almost two-thirds (64.6%) of respondents have a high level of knowledge about COVID-19. As for stigma, more than three quarters (78.1%) of respondents have low stigma against COVID19. In addition, the results of this study show that there is a trend of increasing the level of knowledge among respondents with low stigma against COVID. Conclusion: The conclusions in this study are that the majority (64.6%) of Unud medical students' knowledge level about COVID-19 is categorized as having high knowledge, the stigma of Unud medical students towards COVID-19 is obtained by the majority (78.1%) in the low category, and there is a relationship significant difference between the level of knowledge and student stigma against COVID-19. Keywords: level of knowledge, stigma, students, covid-19.
I. INTRODUCTION Today, all parts of the world are facing a pandemic caused by SARS-CoV-2 or commonly known as the “coronavirus disease of 2019” (COVID-19). The initial emergence of this case is thought to be at the end of 2019 in Wuhan, China which then spread to 167 countries outside China in March 2020. [1] At its initial appearance, SARS-CoV-2 had an attack rate of 30-40% in the community with a Case Fatality Rate of 3-4% globally.[2] In Indonesia, the first patient was confirmed on March 2, 2020, which within a month of cases grew to 1790 with 170 deaths. Currently in Indonesia there are 3,390,300 positive cases with a death rate of 122,633 people, with a Case Fatality Rate (CFR) of 3.1%. Based on data from the Bali Provincial Health Office, currently 103,508 people have tested positive with 3,225 deaths. The above data was found in Denpasar City as many as 34,767 people were confirmed positive with 788 cases of death. This makes Denpasar City the city with the highest COVID-19 cases in Bali Province. [3] To be able to avoid morbidity and mortality due to COVID-19 it is important for all people to have a good level of knowledge and stigma against COVID-19. Knowledge is the result of a learning and training process and is influenced by the level of education of individuals and their communities as well as input from media designed to provide information to the public.[4] Meanwhile, stigma is defined as negative thoughts, views and beliefs that a person gets from society and also
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