International Journal of Healthcare Sciences ISSN 2348-5728 (Online) Vol. 8, Issue 2, pp: (161-167), Month: October 2020 - March 2021, Available at: www.researchpublish.com
KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDE AND PRACTICE ON DENGUE PREVENTION BETWEEN MEDICAL AND PSYCHOLOGY STUDENTS IN MEDICAL FACULTY OF UDAYANA UNIVERSITY, BALI Jesline Vincent1, Putu Ayu Asri Damayanthi2, I Kadek Swastika2, I Made Sudarmaja2 1
Medicine and Doctor Profession, Medical Faculty of Udayana University, Denpasar, Bali 2
Departement of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine Udayana University, Denpasar, Bali Email: jeslinevincent@yahoo.com
Abstract: Dengue is a mosquito-borne viral infection that is still endemic in Bali. High number of dengue cases are reported annually with only limited data on dengue is available about knowledge, attitude and practices on dengue among students in Bali. The purpose of this study was to determine the differences in knowledge, attitudes, and practices on dengue prevention among medical and psychology students in Medical Faculty of Udayana, Bali. An analytic study with cross-sectional approach was conducted and 94 research sample taken by consecutive sampling technique. The results of this study showed that 62.7% of medical students and 76.7% of psychology students have good level knowledge of dengue. Also, both medical and psychology students have excellent level of attitude towards dengue prevention, 96.1% and 100% respectively. This study showed that only 19.6% of medical students and 9.3% of psychology students have good level of practice on dengue prevention. There were no significant differences on knowledge and attitude on dengue prevention between medical and psychology students. Meanwhile, it was found that there were significant differences on practice on dengue prevention between medical and psychology students in Medical Faculty of Udayana University, Bali. Keywords: Dengue prevention; University students; Knowledge; Attitude; Practice; Bali.
1. INTRODUCTION Dengue is a mosquito-borne viral infection which is an infectious disease. The virus is transmitted by a type of mosquitoes, Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus that bites during daylight hours. They are mostly active during daylight and few hours before the sunsets. The infection causes flu-like illness, and occasionally develops into a potentially lethal complication called Dengue Haemorrhagic Fever. The global incidence of dengue has grown dramatically in recent decades. About half of the world's population is now at risk. Dengue is found in tropical and sub-tropical climates worldwide, mostly in urban and semi-urban areas. Severe dengue is a leading cause of serious illness and death among children in some Asian and Latin American countries.1 Since the start of the 21st century, dengue fever (DF) has been the most critical vector-borne arboviral sickness in people, happening essentially in tropical and sub-tropical nations where more than 2.5 billion individuals are in danger of disease. With an expected 50– 100 million dengue contaminations around the world, the malady is at present endemic in excess of 125 nations in Africa, the Americas, the Eastern Mediterranean, South-east Asia, and the Western Pacific.2 Indonesia is the second most endemic nation in Southeast Asian horribleness and death rate after Thailand. Occurrence rate (IR cases/10,000 populace) in 2003 was expanded until 2007, with case crest in January and February. Control has
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