DESCRIPTION OF THE LEVEL OF KNOWLEDGE AND ATTITUDES ABOUT PERSONAL HYGIENE AGAINST PITYRIASIS VERSICOLOR IN CLASS 2016 STUDENTS AT THE FACULTY OF MEDICINE, INDONESIAN CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY

Abstract

The study aimed to apprehend the knowledge and attitude about about Personal Hygiene toward Pityriasis versicolor in the students of Medical Faculty in Christian University of Indonesia class of 2016. This study was a descriptive study. The sample size in this study was 63 respondens who filled out a questionnare. The sampling methods was Random Quota Sampling. From this study, we obtained the of students of Medical Faculty in Christian University of Indonesia class of 2016 who had a good knowledge were 49 respondens (77,8%) and who had an enough knowledge were 14 respondens (22,2%). And for the attitude who had a good attitude were 56 respondens (88,9%) and enough attitude were 7 respondens (11,1%). Using Chi-Square test, it achieved the p value of 0.177 (p >0.05) thereby statistically there issignificant impact between personal hygiene and the incidence pityriasis versicolor.