1.Effectiveness of Blended Learning Competency Test among Nursing Profession Education
Eriyono Budi Wijoyo ; Imas Yoyoh ; Rizkiyani Istifada
Malaysian Journal of Medicine and Health Sciences 2023;19(No.6):257-262
Introduction: The COVID-19 pandemic has limited social activities in public spaces because transmission originates
from physical contact. The impact of activity limitations affects the nursing profession’s practice learning system.
The blended learning model is used to achieve the learning process. This study aimed to identify the effect of blended learning on knowledge of competency tests for nursing students at the mental health nursing station. Methods:
The study used a quantitative study approach with a quasi-experiment design. The number of respondents based
on the calculation of the total sampling amounted to 77 people. It used research data collection with the pre and
post-test procedures, which arranged the questions based on the style of competency tests. The data analysis used
a parametric Paired T-test. Results: The results showed an effect of blended learning on knowledge of competency
test questions for nursing students at the mental health nursing station with a p-value < 0.05. There is an increase
in the average knowledge of nursing students before and after the blended learning process. Conclusion: This study
provides recommendations for approaches related to methods and evaluation in blended learning in each subject
taught at the professional stage.
2.Predictors of Adherence to Personal Preventive Behaviors Among Nursing Students Based on Health Belief Model: Cross Sectional Study During the Second Wave of COVID-19 Pandemic in Indonesia
Akbar Satria Fitriawan ; Wiwit Ananda Wahyu Setyaningsih ; Erni Samutri ; Dedi Kurniawan ; Fitrio Deviantony ; Gatot Suparmanto ; Bayu Fandhi Achmad ; Eriyono Budi Wijoyo
Malaysian Journal of Medicine and Health Sciences 2023;19(No.4):237-246
Introduction: Personal preventive behaviors was cited as effective strategy to prevent the SARS-CoV-2 transmissions. When vaccine become available, preventive behavior must still be implemented to significantly decreased the
COVID-19 infection risk in the emergence of novel SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern with immune escape phenotype. The Health Belief Model (HBM) is the most widely recognized behaviour theory, but its capacity to predict the
preventive behaviours have been inconsistent. This study aimed to assess predictors adherence to COVID-19 preventive behaviour among nursing students based on HBM during the second wave of COVID-19 in Indonesia. Methods: An online cross-sectional study was conducted from May to September 2021. Undergraduate nursing students
(n=1,413) from 10 universities in Indonesia was recruited using consecutive sampling. Online self-administered
questionnaire was used to collect the data. Binary logistic regression was employed to analyse the association between sociodemographic and HBM construct with adherence to preventive behaviors. Results: Most of the students
(n=804; 56.9 %) had poor adherence to COVID-19 preventive behaviors, and poor physical distancing identified as
the most dominant non-adherence type (n=774; 54.8 %). First year students (AOR=1.313; 95%CI: 1.020-1.690), low
perceived susceptibility (AOR=1.530; 95%CI: 1.193-1.962), low perceived severity (AOR= 1.756; 95%CI: 1.337-
2.307), low perceived effectiveness (AOR=1.910; 95%CI: 1.315-2.777), and low self-efficacy (AOR=4.795; 95%CI:
3.566-6.447) significantly associated with poor adherence (p<0.05). Nagelkerke R square value was 0.313 suggesting
that the whole model explained 31.3% of variance in adherence. Conclusion: Intervention that targeting health belief
model could be useful to increased adherence level to COVID-19 preventive measures among nursing students.