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Introduction: COVID-19 is unprecedented, especially for parents with children aged 2-12 years old who are prone to infection due to their activities. The psychological condition of parents will be affected as they are worried about their children being infected with COVID-19. Methods: This study aims to identify and analyse the psychological aspects of parents who are caring for children during the COVID-19 pandemic. Results: The results showed that as many as 236 parents (80.9%) showed an emotional anxiety response. The social reaction to the COVID-19 situation was more likely to be a positive response (73.8%) rather than a negative response. Conclusion: The reactions that occur in parents who have pre-school and school-aged children regarding the COVID-19 were anxiety and worry. Reactions arise due to the information obtained being less verifiable, namely social media. © 2021, Faculty of Nursing, Universitas Airlangga. All rights reserved.
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Introduction: Humanity is increasingly faced with the constant threat of natural and man-made disasters. Nurses need to have preparedness because they are at the forefront of disaster management. However, few studies have explored the perception of nurses during the COVID-19 pandemic in Indonesia. This study explored nurses' perceptions in caring for patients with COVID-19. Methods: The study used a qualitative approach at two referral hospitals for COVID-19 in East Java, Indonesia, from June 10 to 30, 2021. Twenty-five nurses who worked closely with COVID-19 patients were recruited through convenience sampling. They underwent a face-to-face interview, through an online platform, using semi-structured interview. The data were analyzed thematically. The NVivo version 12 was used to organize data to improve analysis. Results: Three main themes emerged from the analysis including 1) lack of preparation in facing a pandemic situation, 2) ready to face all the tremendous challenges-fighting with nurse duties, and 3) working together as a transdisciplinary team. Conclusion: The study showed that during caring for patients with COVID-19, nurses perceived the lack of PPE, unstable working emotions, burning shift schedule, and working collaboration. Enhancing the role of nurses to deal with any pandemic or microbiological attack needs to be highlighted. © 2022 UPM Press. All rights reserved.
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The health protocol is a series of rules issued by the government through the ministry of health in regulating the safety of activities during the COVID-19 pandemic by wearing masks, washing hands, maintaining distance, staying away from crowds and reducing mobility. The purpose of this study is to analyze the relationship between knowledge about COVID-19 and the application of health protocols in children aged 10-12 years. This study used a cross-sectional design. The study population was 181 and a sample of 123 respondents using the Stratified Random Sampling technique. The research instrument uses a questionnaire with the Spearman rank test. The results showed that most of the respondents had less knowledge with as many as 49 people with a percentage of 39.8% most of the respondents did not implement health protocols as many as 54 people with a percentage of 43.9%. Analysed with the Spearman rank test there was a relationship between knowledge about COVID-19 prevention and the application of health protocols for children aged 10-12 years. It is recommended that children increase their knowledge about COVID-19 prevention so that they can implement good health protocols to protect themselves and others from the dangers of COVID-19.
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Background: The COVID-19 epidemic has caused serious threats to physical health and human life, including in Indonesia. After the announcement of Indonesia's emergency response to Covid-19 by the central government on March 16, 2020, the number of sufferers of Covid-19 is increase rapidly. Health Care Providers who are at the forefront of handling patients with Covid-19 could be experience psychological distress such as anxiety, stress and depression. Prolonged psychological distress can be contribute to their performance, decision making self-harm in advanced. Aim: to identify determinant factors of psychological distress experienced by health care providers during the Covid-19 pandemic in Indonesia Method:This study was a cross sectional survey. Respondents were taken using the snowball sampling technique. Data analysis used Pearson product moment to determine the influence of variables and multiple linear regression to determine the most dominant factor. Results: Six hundred and eighty two healthcare providers were involved in this study. There was a relationship between sex (p = 0.001), age (p = 0.028), Health Care Providers (p = 0.014) and workplace (p = 0.08) with anxiety levels and there was no relationship between education (p = 0.063) and marital status (p = 0.213) with anxiety levels. There is a relationship between sex (p = 0.007), Health Care Providers (p = 0.012), and marital status (p = 0.011) with stress levels, there is no relationship between age (p = 0.342), Education (p = 0.096) and workplace (p = 0.19) with stress levels. hypertension (p = 0.731) and alcohol consumption (p = 0.169). there is a relationship between workplace and depression level (p = 0.011) and there is no relationship between sex (p = 0.238), age (p = 0.434), education (p = 0.082), Health Care Providers (p = 0.064) and marital status (p = 0.458) with the level of depression of Health Care Providers. Sex was a dominant factor on anxiety, stress, and depression level and has a Beta value of 0.124 for anxiety, stress level has a Beta value of 0.119. Conclusion: Gender, Health Care Providers and marital status have a significant relationship with the level of stress of Health Care Providers in Indonesia during the Covid-19 pandemic. The workplace has a significant relationship with the level of depression in Indonesia Health Care Providers during the Covid-19 pandemic. Special attention needs to be paid to health care providers by providing free counseling at each health service venue. Improved facilities and tools to improve security for health care providers. © 2020 EManuscript Technologies. All rights reserved.