The Influence of Religiosity Dimensions on Health Protocols Compliance of Muslim Netizen

Abstract

: Religion is one of the social determinants that affect health behaviour. This study aims to examine the effect of the religious dimension on health protocols compliance on Muslim netizens in Makassar city. The study was conducted with a cross-sectional design using purposive sampling. The number of research samples is 215 people. The dimensions of religiosity and adherence to health protocols were measured by instruments that had been tested for validity and reliability. Data analysis was performed by linear regression test with a significance value of p<0.05. The results showed that the dimensions of religiosity that affected adherence to the health protocol were the ritual dimension (p=0.011), intellectual (p=0.028), and the consequence dimension (p=0.000). While the dimension that has no effect on health protocol compliance is the ideological dimension (p=0.061). The final model shows that Y=22.927+0.235X1+0.631X2+2.071X3. Ritual, intellectual and consequence dimensions affect adherence to the health protocol of Muslim netizens in Makassar City by 41%, while the rest are influenced by other factors. The dimension of religiosity is important to pay attention for Covid 19 prevention.