The Effect of Health Education on Prevention Of Covid-19 Against Anxiaety in Community Yogyakata

Abstract

Cavid-19 is a disease that is currently the number one cause of death in the world, has attacked 221 countries with 1,282,931 confirmed cases and 72,774 deaths. In Indonesia there were 2738 confirmed cases, 221 died, 204 recovered. The highest case was in DKI Jakarta in April 2020, there were 897 positive patients with the Covid-19 virus, while in D.I Yogyakarta there were 25 positive cases of Covid-19, 7 positive people died and 7 positive people recovered. The impact of COVID-19 is a mental health problem in society, especially anxiety. Anxiety can be reduced by providing correct information about the disease through health education. The purpose of research to determine the influence of health education on the prevention of covid-19 on anxiety in the community in Yogyakata. This study used a quasi-experimental research design with Nonequivalent control group approach with pretest and posttest design. Sampling technique purposive sampling with inclusion and exclusion criteria obtained a sample of 64 respondents. Individual approach to health education methods using booklet. Hamilton Rating Scale - Anxiety questionnaire. Data analysis used paired t-test and independent t-test. The results showed that anxiety before treatment in the intervention group 30 (94%) was anxious and the control group 27 (84%) was anxious. Anxiety after treatment in the intervention group 5 (16%) was anxious and the control group 26 (81%) was anxious. Independent t-test p = 0.000 (<0.05). Conclusion, there is a significant effect of health education on Covid-19 prevention on public anxiety.