THE RELATIONSHIP OF THE LEVEL OF KNOWLEDGE WITH THE LEVEL OF ANXIETY FOR IMPLEMENTING BOOSTER VACCINE COVID-19

Abstract

Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) is an infectious disease caused by Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS CoV-2). The policy pursued by the government is to implement the COVID-19 vaccination program which consists of primary and booster vaccinations. The lack of knowledge in the community about booster vaccines causes anxiety which results in slow implementation of this vaccine program. The general objective of this study was to determine the relationship between knowledge level and anxiety level for implementing the COVID-19 booster vaccine in the Sikes Yonarhanud 13/PBY Pekanbaru Working Area. This type of research uses quantitative research which is descriptive correlative in nature, with a cross sectional approach. The research site was conducted at the Sikes Yonarhanud 13/PBY Pekanbaru Clinic. The time of the research started in September 2022 - February 2023 with a total sample of 78 people who were determined by the accidental sampling technique. The results showed that the majority of people's knowledge about the implementation of the COVID-19 Booster Vaccine had sufficient and good knowledge, namely as many as 30 people or 38.5%, while the majority of people's anxiety about booster vaccines was moderate anxiety, namely as many as 24 people or 30.8%. Based on the results of statistical tests, it showed that there was a relationship between public knowledge and anxiety about the implementation of the COVID-19 Booster Vaccine with a P-Value of 0.009 (P <0.05). Suggestions for research sites are to be able to provide counseling about the COVID-19 Booster Vaccine to people visiting the Sikes Yonarhanud 13/PBY Pekanbaru Working Area