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To control the spread of COVID-19 transmission, Indonesia government has broadcasted information about the pandemic. The aim of this study is to evaluate the understanding of young people, about COVID-19 during the early outbreak in Indonesia. An online-based cross-sectional data collection was conducted from adolescents aged 10 to 25 years, based on 10 questions regarding general COVID-19 information. There were 355 subjects from 25 out of 34 Indonesian provinces who participated in the study, with mean age of 19.93 ± 2.91 years. Better understanding was found in the female and higher-income population. Largely, the subjects got the information from social media, instead of the official government site for COVID-19. Lack of understanding about crucial preventive measures was found, such as handwashing and physical distancing. In conclusion, the participants have an overall moderate-good initial understanding toward COVID-19 during the early outbreak in Indonesia. These results can be used as baseline data for development of awareness measurement tools.

Background: COVID-19 is a respiratory infection caused by SARS CoV-2. A health-related disaster may result in a wide range of mental consequences, including PTSD. IES-R is a self-reported instrument, and it corresponds to DSM-IV symptoms of PTSD. However, there were scarce data about the validation of the Indonesian version of IESR.Aim: The purpose of this study was to validate the IES-R in the Indonesian adult population by comprehensively and systematically assessing the epidemiological evidence about PTSS during the COVID-19 pandemic.Methods: This was a cross-sectional study. The IES-R questionnaire was translated from English to Indonesian, back-translated. All health workers were excluded to avoid the biased result. Pearson correlation and Cronbach's alpha coefficients to determine the validity and reliability of the questionnaire.Results: A total of 234 Indonesian-speaking adults completed the survey. The Indonesian IES-R had proven to be a valid (r= 0.756 -0.938, p= 0.000) and reliable (alpha coefficient: 0.858-0.868) measure for PTSS in a sample of Indonesian adults during the COVID-19 pandemic. In addition, the final model which consisted of 3 subscales with 20 items demonstrated acceptable factor loadings.Conclusion: The results of this study suggested IESR is valid and reliable to be used in the Indonesian population especially during pandemics.

Introduction: Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) has become a pandemic. Much false information was circulating especially through social media and affected individual’s knowledge, attitude, practice (KAP) towards COVID-19. Currently, there is lack of validated questionnaires to assess KAP about COVID-19 especially in Indonesian young people.Aim: To develop and validate a new COVID-19 KAP questionnaire for young people population in Indonesian language.Methods: Some literature review was done to look for the concept to generate a new questionnaire. Open-ended questions were generated to know the baseline knowledge. Then, close-ended questions were formulized for knowledge, attitude, and practice area. The experts and several respondents were asked to give their opinions about the contents of the questionnaire. The validity was examined using Cronbach's alpha coefficient. For reliability, internal consistency was examined by using Pearson or Spearmen correlation test.Results: A total of 59 subjects with median ages 21 (16-24) years old of non-medical individuals were included in this validation process. More than half were male, mostly held bachelor’s degree/diploma, and were dominated with students. This Indonesian COVID-19 KAP questionnaire for young people consists of 10 knowledge, 8 attitude, and 7 practice questions. The Cronbach’s alpha coefficient of knowledge, attitude, and practice areas were 0.87, 0.82, and 0.91, respectively.Conclusions: A questionnaire of KAP towards COVID-19 in Indonesian language had been developed and the results showed good validity.

Rationale: World health organization (WHO) declared coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak as a pandemic and many preventive measures were implemented People's adherence to infection control measures is affected by their knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP) regarding the disease Currently there is limited data about KAP towards COVID-19 in Indonesian young people population Thereby, the study aims to evaluate healthy lifestyle, as part of the KAP, of the said population during COVID-19 pandemic Methods: This survey was conducted in the second month of COVID-19 outbreak in Indonesia A validated KAP questionnaire was broadcasted through online platforms and answered by young people aged 10-25 KAP questions focusing on healthy lifestyle were extracted from the questionnaire Knowledge and attitude question were asking whether fruit and vegetables consumption was important and may help to strengthen immunity Three practice questions asking if the respondents during quarantine: consumed well-cooked foods (P1), ate vegetables and fruits three times a day (P2), exercised at least 30 minutes per day (P3) The correct KAP answers were described and correlation between KAP were analyzed with Pearson’s correlation test Results: A total of 1,541 respondents of young people completed the questionnaire The median age was 19 (12-25) years old Most respondents were male (n=1,221;79 2%) The highest education background was bachelor’s degree (n=224;14 5%) An average total score of the questionnaire was 69 2 The respondents answered correctly the questions of Knowledge, attitude, practice about healthy lifestyle in 1,539 (99 87%), 1,489 (96 63 %), and 1,523 (98 83 + 48 34 + 49 13%), respectively The knowledge was correlated with attitude (r=0 193, p