A Study of Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice of Nasal Irrigation During Covid-19 Pandemic

Abstract

Covid-19 is a respiratory tract infection caused by the novel coronavirus (nCov). Nasal irrigation is one of the efforts to prevent Covid-19. Nasal irrigation is an act of flushing saline solution into the nasal cavity. This research aims to determine level of knowledge, attitudes, and practices of the community regarding nasal irrigation during Covid-19 pandemic. This study was a descriptive observational study. The sample of this research was the people of Palembang city who were eligible for the inclusion and exclusion criteria with the concecutive sampling technique as many as 398 respondents. Data were obtained through primary data in the form of questionnaires, processed using the SPSS program, and analyzed using univariate analysis. The most characteristics of respondents in this study were in the age group 18-25 years (65.5%) and the last level of education was high school (58.0%). The level of public knowledge about Nasal irrigation during the Covid-19 pandemic was in the moderate category of 36.2%. The level of public attitudes regarding nasal irrigation during the Covid-19 pandemic was in the good category at 83.4%. The level of nasal irrigation practice was included in the low category of 75.6%. The community of Palembang city had a sufficient level of knowledge, a good level of attitude , and a low level of practice regarding nasal irrigation during Covid-19 pandemic.