HUBUNGAN PENGETAHUAN DAN SIKAP MASYARAKAT TERHADAP TINDAKAN PENANGGULANGAN PENYAKIT ASMA DI DESA CIMBANG KECAMATAN PAYUNG KABUPATEN KARO

Abstract

Asthma is defined as a chronic inflammatory disease that occurs in the respiratory tract, causing narrowing of the respiratory tract. Until now the number of asthma has continuing increase, including in Indonesia. The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship of knowledge and attitudes community towards the practice of asthma management in Cimbang Village, Payung District, Karo Regency. The research method was used descriptive analytic with stratified random sampling technique. The population in this study was the people who live in the village of Cimbang, Payung sub district, Karo regency with a sample of 35 people. Questionnaires has been used for Data collection and Chi-square test for bivariate data analysis. Study results have shown that community knowledge was good (60%), attitude was good (75%) and practice was poor (59.42%). The study concluded that there was a significant relationship between knowledge towards practice with p=0.028 (p<0.05), and there was a significant relationship between attitudes toward practice with p=0.018 (p <0.05).