Latar Belakang : Covid-19 (Corana Virus Disease 2019) merupakan penyakit yang
mewabah hampir di seluruh dunia. Munculnya Covid-19 ini diawali dengan
timbulnya wabah pneumonia yang tidak diketahui sebab pastinya pada desember
2019. Kota Depok sebagai wilayah pertama terkonfirmasi kasus Covid-19 di
Indonesia pada tanggal 7 November 2020 tercatat sebanyak 6.309 kasus yang
menjadikan Kota Depok sebagai wilayah tertinggi dengan kasus positif Covid-19 di
Jawa Barat. Berita hoaks ikut merajalela ditengah kondisi pandemi ini. Banyak
informasi palsu dengan status sebagai disinformasi, misinformasi, maupun
malinformasi yang turut memperkeruh situasi penanganan Covid-19.
Tujuan : Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui hubungan antara pengetahuan
tentang Covid-19 terhadap sikap masyarakat terkait informasi hoaks tentang Covid
19.
Metode : Penelitian ini menggunakan metode observasional analitik dengan
pendekatan cross-sectional. Sampel yang digunakan dalam penelitin ini sebanyak 105
orang. Teknik sampling yang digunakan adalah purposive sampling. Data analisis
menggunakan analisis univariat dan bivariat dengan uji korelasi Spearman.
Hasil : Hasil korelasi antara pengetahuan Covid-19 dengan sikap terkait informasi
hoaks tentang Covid-19 dengan nilai r = 0,367. Hasil uji statistik menunjukan bahwa
ada hubungan yang bermakna antara pengetahuan Covid-19 dengan sikap terkait
informasi hoaks tentang Covid-19 (p = 0,000).
Simpulan : Terdapat hubungan yang bermakna antara pengetahuan Covid-19 dengan
sikap terkait informasi hoaks tentang Covid-19, di mana semakin tinggi pengetahuan
maka semakin tinggi juga sikap terkait informasi hoaks tentang Covid-19.
Kata Kunci : Covid-19, pengetahuan, sikap, dan informasi hoaks.

Background : Covid-19 (Corana Virus Disease 2019) is a disease that is endemic
almost all over the world. The emergence of Covid-19 began with an outbreak of
pneumonia which is unknown for sure in December 2019. The city of Depok as the
first confirmed case of Covid-19 in Indonesia, on November 7, 2020, there were
6,309 cases, making Depok City the highest area with positive cases. Covid-19 in
West Java. Hoax news is also rampant in the midst of this pandemic condition. There
is a lot of false information with the status of disinformation, misinformation, or
malinformation which has contributed to the confusion in the handling of Covid-19.
Objective : This study aims to determine the relationship between knowledge about
Covid-19 and public attitudes regarding hoax information about Covid-19.
Methods : This study uses an analytic observational method with a cross-sectional
approach. The sample used in this study were 105 people. The sampling technique
used is purposive sampling. Data analysis using univariate and bivariate analysis with
Spearman correlation test.
Results : The results of the correlation between knowledge of Covid-19 and attitudes
related to hoax information about Covid-19 with a value of r = 0.367. The results of
the statistical test showed that there was a significant relationship between knowledge
of Covid-19 and attitudes related to hoax information about Covid-19 (p = 0.000).
Conclusion : There is a significant correlation between knowledge of Covid-19 and
attitudes related to hoax information about Covid-19, where the higher the
knowledge, the higher the attitude regarding hoax information about Covid-19.
Keywords: Covid-19, knowledge, attitudes, and hoax information.