RELATION OF THE LEVEL KNOWLEDGE AND PREVENTION TO THE RACE OF THE COVID-19 OF THE STUDENTS SEMESTER VI OF THE HIGHER SCHOOL OF NURSING NATIONAL UNIVERSITY TIMOR LOROSAE (2022)

Abstract

Introduction: Covid-19 is an acute and severe respiratory syndrome caused by SARS II-Cov-19; corona virus transmitted among people that spreads from positive patients of the covid virus.  The virus also spread rapidly throughout the area of Timor-Leste with the number of cases increasing daily, so that on September 21, 2021 the positive confirmed cases of covid-19 were 19,206 cases and with 108 deaths.

Objectives: The write the relationship of the level of knowledge and prevention to the covid-19 and to identify the level of knowledge (knowing, understanding and applying) students’ semester VI of the higher school of nursing University National Timor Lorosae.  

Methodologic: The quantitative descriptive method with cross sectional through observation of data at the same time at once (point time approach).  The student population semester VI with a total of 85 people, we use the formula of "Slovin" and the sample number is 71 respondents, use non probability sampling with technique sampling systematic the instrument of dad those who used a questionnaire with Likert scale.  we used simple descriptive statistics to the computer program SPSS (Statistical package For the Social Sciences).  

Results: In the statistical test of the correlation coefficient of Rank spearman or Pearson (p) = 0.000 means that less than the value 0.05 and the value of the coefficient correlated with the value 0.569.

Conclusion: Valor coefficient correlation 0. 569 that interprets with the table coefficient correlation Rank spearman belongs in the sufficient category between the value 0. 40-0. 59. concludes that there is a sufficient relationship.