Faculty of Medicine, University of Indonesia, Depok, Indonesia.
Faculty of Medicine, Atma Jaya Catholic University of Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia.
Front Public Health. 2022 Oct 31;10:957630. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2022.957630. eCollection 2022.
This research aimed to assess the knowledge, attitude and practice toward COVID-19 among East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) population and identify associated sociodemographic factors.
A cross-sectional study was performed among communities in 22 regencies of NTT between October-November 2021 using a structured and validated questionnaire that consists of 22-items of knowledge, 6-items of attitude and 13-items of practice related COVID-19 questions. A cut off point of at least 70% was employed to categorize good knowledge, attitude, and practice.
The percentages of survey respondents showing good knowledge, attitude and practice toward COVID-19 were 79.8, 72.7, and 94.6%, respectively. There was a significant positive, though weak, linear correlation between knowledge and practice scores (ρ = 0.097; = 0.049). Knowledge was strongly associated with regency of residence (Cramer's V = 0.266; = 0.010), education (Cramer's V = 0.312; < 0.001), and occupation (Cramer's V = 0.313; < 0.001). Attitude and practice had strong relationship with regency of residence (Cramer's V = 0.289; = 0.024) and education (Cramer's V = 0.272; < 0.001), respectively.
Nearly all survey participants showed good precautionary behaviors, but there was still a quarter of respondents indicated poor knowledge and attitude. There was also a positive relationship between knowledge and practice scores thereby indicating the importance of local public health advocates to distribute information uniformly especially to the groups with inadequate knowledge toward COVID-19 as a means to control the virus transmission.
本研究旨在评估东努沙登加拉（NTT）人群对 COVID-19 的知识、态度和实践，并确定相关的社会人口学因素。
2021 年 10 月至 11 月，在 NTT 的 22 个县的社区中进行了一项横断面研究，使用了一份结构化和经过验证的问卷，该问卷包含 22 个与 COVID-19 相关的知识问题、6 个态度问题和 13 个实践问题。采用至少 70%的得分作为区分良好知识、态度和实践的标准。
在 COVID-19 方面表现出良好知识、态度和实践的调查受访者的百分比分别为 79.8%、72.7%和 94.6%。知识与实践得分之间存在显著的正相关，尽管相关性较弱（ρ=0.097；=0.049）。知识与居住地县（Cramer's V=0.266；=0.010）、教育程度（Cramer's V=0.312；<0.001）和职业（Cramer's V=0.313；<0.001）强烈相关。态度和实践与居住地县（Cramer's V=0.289；=0.024）和教育程度（Cramer's V=0.272；<0.001）有很强的关系。
几乎所有的调查参与者都表现出了良好的预防行为，但仍有四分之一的受访者表示对 COVID-19 的知识和态度较差。知识和实践得分之间也存在正相关关系，这表明当地公共卫生倡导者有责任统一分发信息，特别是针对对 COVID-19 了解不足的群体，这是控制病毒传播的一种手段。
