Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice on Muhammadiyah Members’ Obedience Based on Regulation of COVID-19 Prevention

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Community involvement in community organization is as Muhammadiyah in handling Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) that is essential. Since the beginning of the emergence COVID-19 in Indonesia, Muhammadiyah had shown concern in tackling COVID-19. AIM: This research analyzed the relationship between the knowledge, attitude, and behavior of Muhammadiyah members’ compliance based on regulation on preventing the spread of COVID-19. METHODS: This research used a cross-sectional design with 100 respondents from Muhammadiyah members in Surabaya. The respondents were selected through purposive sampling. The researchers distributed the questionnaires with Google form. The descriptive analysis determined each variable and the non-parametric Rank Spearman or Kendall’s tau-b statistical SPSS test that analyzed the correlation between respondents’ behavior and compliance. RESULTS: The majority of Muhammadiyah residents in Surabaya have good knowledge, attitudes, practices, and obedience. CONCLUSION: Community involvement in relation to handling COVID-19 that was very important, especially Muhammadiyah through its various instruments to carry out campaigns and efforts to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in the community.