Descriptive online survey: Knowledge, attitudes, and anxiety during the period of pandemic covid-19 in indonesia

Sutriyawan, A.; Akbar, H.; Fibrianti, Pertiwi I.; Somantri, U. W.; Sari, L. Y.

Background: The Government provides directives related to the prevention of cases spread, but the number of cases still shows improvement. Community knowledge and attitudes influence the level of compliance with the Government’s recommended COVID-19 deployment precautions. Objectives: Assess knowledge, attitudes, and anxiety during the COVID-19 period. Method: This is a quantitative descriptive study, sampling techniques using Snowball. Questionnaires have four parts, social-demographic, knowledge, attitude, and anxiety during the pandemic. Online questionnaires were developed using Google forms. Questionnaire link sent via email, Whats App, Facebook. Variables are summarized into frequencies and percentages using SPSS version 25. Results: Total (61.3%) The respondent knows how to spread COVID-19, (97.4%) and (95.3%) Know COVID-19 is more dangerous for elderly and people have chronic diseases, (95.1%) Know the handwashing is a preventive effort, almost all of the participants agreed on hand washing, hand sanitizer, using a mask, (92%) Participants agreed to the screening COVID-19, (93%) Participants are willing to follow the Government’s recommendation, (60%) Participants felt paranoid, (83%) Participants are always worried for themselves and those closest to you. Conclusion: This study resulted in respondents having demonstrated good knowledge, positive attitudes, and feeling anxious during the COVID-19 pandemic.