Abstract

Background: The Government provides directives related to the prevention of cases spread, but the numberof cases still shows improvement. Community knowledge and attitudes influence the level of compliancewith the Government’s recommended COVID-19 deployment precautions.Objectives: Assess knowledge, attitudes, and anxiety during the COVID-19 period.Method: This is a quantitative descriptive study, sampling techniques using Snowball. Questionnaires havefour parts, social-demographic, knowledge, attitude, and anxiety during the pandemic. Online questionnaireswere developed using Google forms. Questionnaire link sent via email, Whats App, Facebook. Variables aresummarized into frequencies and percentages using SPSS version 25.Results: Total (61.3%) The respondent knows how to spread COVID-19, (97.4%) and (95.3%) KnowCOVID-19 is more dangerous for elderly and people have chronic diseases, (95.1%) Know the handwashingis a preventive effort, almost all of the participants agreed on hand washing, hand sanitizer, using a mask,(92%) Participants agreed to the screening COVID-19, (93%) Participants are willing to follow theGovernment’s recommendation, (60%) Participants felt paranoid, (83%) Participants are always worried forthemselves and those closest to you.Conclusion: This study resulted in respondents having demonstrated good knowledge, positive attitudes,and feeling anxious during the COVID-19 pandemic

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