Description of Knowledge and Attitudes of Medical Students Regarding Diphtheria Disease and Vaccination

Abstract

Diphtheria is an upper respiratory tract disease which causes symptoms like sore throat, presence of a
grayish white membrane and can also be accompanied by mild to severe fever. Diphtheria is a rapidly
transmitted disease. Diphtheria is caused by the bacterium Corynebacterium diphtheriae. This study
 to determine the level of knowledge Diphtheria disease and
vaccination. This study uses a design is approaching the
respondent directly, asking for permission, explaining the ethics used in filling out the questionnaire
and the purpose of the study. Notify and explain the filling procedure to the respondent, then the
respondent returns the questionnaire that has been filled out to the researcher. Sampling in this study
by taking voluntary sampling by taking into account the inclusion criteria and exclusion criteria,
namely students who are active in the medical faculty of Kristen Krida Wacana University and are
students of 2016. The results of the study obtained distribution data regarding the students' knowledge
of the Faculty of Medicine, Krida Wacana University, 2016 concerning Disease and Diphtheria
Vaccination that most respondents, namely 54 (50.5%) of 107 respondents had a level of knowledge
that was categorized as good. Whereas for the level of knowledge that is categorized sufficiently as many as 44 (41.1%) and as many as 9 (8.4%) respondents have a lack of knowledge while the
distribution of attitudes of the students of the Faculty of Medicine, Kristen Krida Wacana University in
2016 concerning Disease and Diphtheria Vaccination, all respondents were 107 respondents (100%)
have a good attitude.