Introduction: Coronavirus disease (Covid-19) is an infectious disease that has become a global pandemic with 27 cases in Manggarai Regency. The adolescent as an age group with more asymptomatic hosts of the disease would be the super spreader of covid-19 to the other higher-risk age groups. The objective of this study is to identify the factors predicting adolescents’ compliance behavior toward Covid-19 prevention protocols. Methods: This study used quantitative descriptive method with a cross-sectional approach. This study was conducted in April-June 2020, involved 246 Junior High School and Senior High School students, selected by purposive sampling based on inclusion criteria, namely adolescents aged 13-18 years. The dependent variables in this study were knowledge, information monitoring, Covid-19 severity perception, and personal and social responsibility value. The data were analyzed using chi-square test and binary logistic regression. Results: There was a significant relationship between gender (AOR: 1.941, CI: 0.898-4.195) and the value of personal and social responsibility (AOR: 2.330, CI: 1.041-5.214) with adolescent adherence behavior in preventing the spread of Covid-19. Conclusion: To improve adolescent compliance behavior in preventing the spread of Covid-19, the Indonesian government and the Covid-19 task force need to consider factors such as gender and the value of personal and social responsibility in adolescents. Adolescents who have higher personal and social responsibility are more compliant in carrying out health protocols during the Covid-19 pandemic compared to adolescents who have low personal and social responsibility.
Pandemi COVID-19 mempengaruhi para penyintasnya. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengeksplorasi pengalaman hidup penyintas COVID-19 di Flores Nusa Tenggara Timur. Metode penelitian yang digunakan adalah fenomenologi terhadap 10 penyintas COVID-19 dalam rentan usia berusia 19-39 tahun yang mengalami COVID-19 maksimal 6 bulan saat pengumpulan data. Pengumpulan data menggunakan metode semi terstruktur dan dianalisis menggunakan metode Colaizzi dengan perangkat lunak ATLAS.ti. Hasil penelitian didapatkan 19 kode, 7 sub tema dan 3 tema dengan tema-tema utama yaitu hidup dalam bayang-bayang COVID-19, beban psikososial karena menularkan COVID-19, dan status vaksinasi meningkatkan kepercayaan diri. Terdapat berbagai implikasi dalam kaitannya dengan psikosisial yang dapat dikaji lebih dalam oleh penelitian lanjutan.
Public's COVID-19 vaccination acceptance and readiness is a vital parameter of the COVID-19 eradication purpose because the vaccination hesitancy could hamper the long-term effect of COVID-19 pandemic management. The aim of this study is to identify the factors contributing to the Manggarai citizen readiness to be vaccinated against COVID-19. This study used cross sectional method to evaluate the factors related to Manggarai's public readiness of taking COVID-19 vaccination. This study was conducted to 199 respondents provided with online questionnaire in February 2021, the questionnaire including multiple variables such as vaccination readiness, lifestyle, knowledge, and social trust to health services and government. The study result showed that as much as 77.4% respondents ready to accept the vaccination, 20.6% were hesitate, and 2% were not ready to accept COVID-19 vaccine. The most significant factor for the readiness to get COVID-19 vaccine was social trust to government (P value: 0.002) and health services (P value: 0.003). The higher the social trust is, the public's acceptance and readiness of vaccination is also higher. This study showed that there were part of the public unwilling and not ready to get the vaccination against COVID-19 and primarily caused by the trust the health services and government. Thus, the health services agent driven by the government must comprehensively persuade the public and promote the importance of the vaccination to eradicate the COVID-19 pandemic.
Students who are addicted to online games tend to experience academic and social life problems. Game addiction also affects physical and mental health. This study aims to explore student experiences in dealing with online game addiction. This research uses a qualitative phenomenology approach. The participants in this study were eight university students addicted to online games. Participants were interviewed in-depth for approximately 40 minutes. Data analysis was carried out using thematic analysis through ATLAS-the software which produced three themes and 12 sub-themes. The results of this study reveal three themes, namely (1) online games are addictive and difficult to stop, (2) game addiction causes conflicts that affect all aspects of life, and (3) efforts to escape from game addiction. The results show that game addiction is the same as drug addiction which shows craving and loss of control and affects life, including physical and mental health. Therefore, the problem of game addiction must be a concern for health workers so that there are no severe disturbances in both physical and mental health.
Background: In Eastern Indonesia, the incidence of pneumonia in under-5-year-old children is mostly predicted by environmental factors, such as exposure to household smoke and tobacco smoke. Sociocultural ideas shape the perception of parents on the effect of tobacco smoke thus influence their behaviour on reducing the smoke exposure on their child. The present study aimed to explore the perceptions of parents of under-5-year-old children with pneumonia about the effects of exposure to tobacco smoke.Design and Methods: This qualitative study was conducted using a phenomenological approach. The study participants were 11 parents of under-5-year-old children with pneumonia in Manggarai, Eastern Indonesia. The data were collected through in-depth interviews and then analyzed using the Colaizzi method.Results: The themes identified in the present study were i) “I know the risk of smoke, I can’t help it” various perceptions on tobacco smoke effect; ii) tobacco causes shortness of breath on under-5-year-old children; and iii) tobacco smoke taking tolls on family’s health and economy.Conclusions: The findings revealed that parent view tobacco smoke endanger children’s health and hamper the socio-economic well-being of the family. It is necessary to improve parent’s awareness about the effects of tobacco smoke through effective nursing communication that suits the family’s needs and conditions.
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