KNOWLEDGE ABOUT COVID 19 AND BEHAVIOR IN MAINTAINING HEALTH PROTOCOLS IN X HOSPITAL SIDOARJO

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Background: Coronavirus 2019 or commonly called Covid-19 is a new type of RNA virus that has caused respiratory infection. This disease attacked Indonesia in early 2020. This disease can spread quickly between human contact.  Objectives: The purpose of this research is to find out the relationship of knowledge of Covid-19 and behavior in maintaining health protocols in X hospital Sidoarjo.  Methods: The design used in this research is observational analytic with cross sectional approach. This research was conducted on 5 - 16 July 2022. The sample in this study were all visitors to the outpatient polyclinic who were taken by chance using the accidental sampling technique. The research instrument uses a questionnaire to identify the level of knowledge about COVID-19 and behavior in implementing health protocols. The data that has been collected is then tabulated and tested using the Spearman rank test with a significance level of p <0.01.  Results: Based on the results of this study, it showed that respondents who had good knowledge about COVID-19 were 77.78%, while respondents who had good behavior in maintaining health protocols were 76.19% with p-value 0.001.  Conclution: This research show that there is sufficient relationship strength between knowledge about Covid-19 and behavior in maintaining health protocols.