The Role of Sociodemographic and Psychological Aspects in the Adherence of Prevention Behavior for COVID-19 in Indonesia: A Case Study of Risk Population in Bogor City, West Java

The COVID-19 outbreak initially occurred in Wuhan, China, and spread rapidly toother countries, including Indonesia. Various precautions were taken to suppress the spread of this virus, one of which was conducting prevention behaviorin communities. This study aims to evaluate the adherence to COVID-19 prevention behaviorassociated with sociodemographicand psychological aspects. This cross-sectional study wasconducted online from September 28to October 9,2020,withrespondents from Bogor’s Cohort Noncommunicable Disease Risk Factor study. Data wereobtained from 1,736 respondentsusing theIndonesian Self-Report Questionnaire-20 (SRQ-20). The studyusedmultiple logistic regressionto analyze the data. If the result of the SRQ-20 was ≥6, it wascategorized as a common mental disorder.As such, prevention behavior was found to be higher in individuals who did not experience common mental disorders (AOR=1.8; 95%CI [1.1, 2.8]). Adherencewas also discovered in people who were over 55 years old and educated above junior high school(AOR=1.5; 95%CI [1.1, 2.3]), married women (AOR=1.4; 95%CI [1.1, 1.8]), and workers who work more at home (AOR=3.3; 95%CI [2.3, 5.0])