Determinat factors the effect used personal protective equipment covid-19 for health workers in the hospital

Baharuddin, A.; Abbas, H. H.; Mansyur, F.

Purpose: to analyze the determinants of the use of Covid-19 PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) on health workers at Salewangang Hospital, Maros Regency. Methods: The type of research used is the analytical survey method of research conducted without intervention to the research subject. Data collection regarding free and dependent variables was carried out online using Google Form and the results of Google Form data collection were processed using SPSS 20, where a sample of 199 respondents was taken from health workers at Salewangang Maros Regional Hospital in 2020. The analysis was used to explain the influence of the variables-independent variables to the dependent variable partially using Logistic Regression Analysis. Results: Based on the results shows that knowledge has a 12-fold effect on behavior The use of Covid 19 PPE and the attitude of health workers has a significant effect on the behavior of using the OR value of 16.6, which means that attitudes have a 16.6-fold effect on the behavior of using Covid 19 PPE Conclusion: Based on this study, it is concluded that the availability of PPE, knowledge and attitudes of health workers have a significant effect on the behavior of using PPE Covid-19 with a significant value of 0.000Ë‚0.05.