Determinant factors of Anxiety during Pandemi Covid-19 in Dentistry Students YARSI University Helwiah Umniyati, Aprilianti, Sheryna Salsabilla, Ruvi Putri Danian, Widiya Novita Sari
YARSI University
Abstract
Background: COVID-19, the illness caused by SARS-CoV-2, emerged in late 2019 and spread very quickly across the world. Within the first two years of the COVID-19 pandemic, more than 450 million cases were reported worldwide. COVID-19 is not only negatively impacting people^s health, but also economies, education, productivity and the overall strength of health systems. Purpose(s)/Objective(s): The study was aimed to know the knowledge, attitudes, practice and family support about COVID-19 in dentistry student of YARSI University and its association with the level of anxiety Methodology: A cross-sectional study was carried out in November 2020 - May 2021, recruiting 306 students using total sampling. Students were asked to fill in the informed consent formula before filling out the questionnaire on the google-form. Analysis used chi-squared test and logistic regression. Research ethics were obtained from YARSI University. Results: The result showed that 62.4% students had good knowledge of Covid-19 and almost all students had good attitude towards Covid-19 (95.8%) and good prevention behavior (80.1%). Level of anxiety about Covid-19 among students were 71.6% high anxiety, 23.2% moderate and only 5.2% low anxiety, especially in several aspects such as: worried about infected people living in the same house (79.4%), the COVID-19 pandemic continues to be prolonged (73.9%), and delayed graduation time (71.6%). Multivariable logistic regression showed the factors significantly associated with anxiety related to COVID-19 were gender, knowledge and preventive behavior. Conclusions: the important determinant factors of anxiety among dentistry student of YARSI University during covid pandemi were gender, knowledge and preventive behavior.
Keywords: COVID-19, knowledge, attitudes, behavior, anxiety, students
