Background:
Clinical manifestations of COVID-19 are characterized by mild upper respiratory tract infections, non-life-threatening lower respiratory tract infections, and life-threatening pneumonia with acute respiratory distress syndrome. Higher intensity exposure causes complications and even death especially in individuals with comorbidities such as diabetes, cardiovascular disease, cancer, and other metabolic diseases. Health protocols are already in place, but their implementation is not yet optimum and consequently directly affects the increase sharply in the number of cases which are increasing day by day, down to the normal era. This study aims to evaluate community adherence to health protocols during the new normal in Indonesia.
Methods:
This research was conducted using media technology in the google form questionnaire. The number of respondents was 533 people. There are 35 questions from processes to the final outcome of health protocol components and necessary conditions to achieve indicators of evaluation result. The inferential statistical test used in this study is Chi-Square.
Results:
Results reveal significant relationships between education and social distancing and the habit of washing hands, with p value <0.05. The same results were also found for relationships between occupation and frequency of body temperature measurement, the use of masks, and the habit of washing hands. However, it was found that relationships between education and frequency of body temperature measurement, the use of masks, and the habit of washing were insignificant, with p value>0.05. The same results were also found for relationships between occupation and social distancing.
Conclusion:
Evaluation of community compliance with health protocols show some improvement as has been proven with significant relationships of some variables. Nonetheless, variables such as relationships between education and body temperature measurement and the use of masks, as well as relationships between occupation and social distancing still require further evaluation.