THE EFFECT OF COMICS ON STUDENTS' KNOWLEDGE LEVELABOUT FIRST AID FOR SYNCOPE VICTIMS

Abstract

Syncope is a condition where a person is unconscious or loses total consciousness. This study aimed to analyze the effect of comics on the level of knowledge of students about first aid for syncope victims. The respondents were students at Madrasah Tsanawiyah KHM Sa'id Arjowinangun, Kedungkandang District, Malang City, totaling 79 students. The researcher used comic media that was distributed to respondents after a pretest, with a reading period of one week, and the data were then analyzed using the Wilcoxon test. The results showed that there was an effect of comics on the level of knowledge of students before (pretest) and after (posttest) the intervention, with a p-value of 0.001 at a significance level of 0.05. The mean knowledge score increased from 11.66 at the pretest to 18.10 at the posttest. This study shows the importance of health education about syncope for students on a routine basis to train independence in first aid for syncope cases encountered in their environment. In conclusion, there is an effect of comics on the level of knowledge of students about first aid for syncope victims at Madrasah Tsanawiyah KHM Sa'id Arjowinangun, Kedungkandang District, Malang City.