Tingkat Pengetahuan Mahasiswa Fakultas Kedokteran Universitas Tanjungpura Tentang Obat Antihipertensi Pada Masa Pandemi COVID-19

Abstract

During the COVID-19 pandemic, hypertension became a comorbid with the highest number of deaths. As a health student, it is important to have knowledge related to hypertension and antihypertensive drugs as a basis for providing education to the public. The purpose of this study is to evaluate college students level of knowledge regarding antihypertensive drugs during the COVID-19 pandemic. This study used a descriptive observational research with a cross sectional at the Faculty of Medicine, Tanjungpura University. Samples were gathered by purposive sampling with a total of 338 respondents who are active students of the S-1 study program class 2018, 2019, 2020, and 2021. The research instrument is a questionnaire in the form of a google form, with a Guttman scale and analyzed using univariate to describe variables study. The results showed that the level of knowledge of students in the good category was 56.71% with 186 respondents. The level of knowledge in the good category according to the age factor was 58.72% with 101 students in the age range of 19-20 years. According to the gender factor, the level of knowledge of students in the good category was 56.76% with 147 students with the majority being women. The conclusion from the research is that most of the knowledge levels of students at the Faculty of Medicine, Tanjungpura University, show a good level of knowledge about hypertension and hypertension drugs.