Knowledge, attitude, and practice related to the COVID-19 pandemic among undergraduate medical students in Indonesia: A nationwide cross-sectional study

The potential role of medical students in raising awareness during public health emergencies has been acknowledged. To further explore their potentials as public educators and role models for the communities during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, this study aims to assess the knowl...

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Published in:PloS one 2022-01, Vol.17 (1), p.e0262827-e0262827
Main Authors: Adli, Imam, Widyahening, Indah Suci, Lazarus, Gilbert, Phowira, Jason, Baihaqi, Lyanna Azzahra, Ariffandi, Bagas, Putera, Azis Muhammad, Nugraha, David, Gamalliel, Nico, Findyartini, Ardi
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Age Factors
Attitudes
Biology and Life Sciences
Chronic illnesses
College students
Computer and Information Sciences
Consciousness
Coronaviruses
COVID-19
COVID-19 - epidemiology
COVID-19 - psychology
COVID-19 diagnostic tests
Cross-Sectional Studies
Data collection
Demographics
Demography
Disease prevention
Disease transmission
Education, Medical, Undergraduate
Emergency medical services
Epidemics
Family income
Female
Funding
Health attitudes
Health behavior
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
Health literacy
Humans
Indonesia
Indonesia - epidemiology
Information retrieval
Information sources
Investigations
Knowledge
Male
Medical education
Medical students
Medicine
Medicine and Health Sciences
Pandemics
People and Places
Population studies
Psychological aspects
Public awareness
Public health
Questionnaires
Residence
Role models
SARS-CoV-2 - pathogenicity
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
Sex Factors
Social behavior
Social distancing
Social factors
Social interaction
Social networks
Social Perception - psychology
Social Sciences
Sociodemographics
Statistical significance
Student attitudes
Students
Students, Medical - psychology
Surveys
Surveys and Questionnaires
Teachers
Universities
Viral diseases
Young Adult
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Summary:The potential role of medical students in raising awareness during public health emergencies has been acknowledged. To further explore their potentials as public educators and role models for the communities during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, this study aims to assess the knowledge, attitude, and practice of these students toward COVID-19. An online cross-sectional survey was conducted among undergraduate medical students in Indonesia. Socio-demographics characteristics, social interaction history, information-seeking behavior, as well as knowledge, attitude, and practice toward COVID-19 were collected through a self-reported questionnaire. A p-value of
ISSN:1932-6203
1932-6203
DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0262827