KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDE, AND PRACTICE OF THE BANDUNG CITY COMMUNITY ON ANTIBIOTIC

• Main Author: Nur Fawziya, Adeela
• Format: Final Project
• Language: Indonesia
• Subjects: Teknik saniter dan perkotaan; teknik perlindungan lingkungan
• Online Access: https://digilib.itb.ac.id/gdl/view/68801
• Institution: Institut Teknologi Bandung

COVID-19 is a disease that first appeared in December 2019 in Wuhan. The rapid spread of the disease causes this disease to be categorized as a pandemic. The disease COVID-19 is changing the focus of healthcare worldwide. Studies report that the onset of the pandemic contributed to the use of antibiotics. This study focuses on changing patterns of antibiotic use and the factors that influence antibiotic use during the COVID-19 pandemic. The research was conducted in the city of Bandung which consists of 30 sub-districts. The data collection method used in this research is a questionnaire with snowball sampling technique. From the research conducted, it was found that the COVID-19 pandemic caused a significant increase in the frequency of antibiotic use. The sources of information for consuming antibiotics are mostly from doctor's prescriptions. Regarding the habit of providing antibiotics, the people of Bandung City generally do not store antibiotics as supplies either before the COVID-19 pandemic or with the COVID19 pandemic. However, people who store antibiotics as supplies get the most antibiotics by buying them directly from pharmacies. Based on statistical tests, it is also known that the knowledge and attitude variables have a significant simultaneous effect on the use of antibiotics both before the COVID-19 pandemic and with the COVID-19 pandemic. Regarding the relationship, there was a straight relationship between the variables of knowledge related to antibiotics, attitudes in using antibiotics, and practices in using antibiotics.