CARING, Volume 4 Nomor 2, Desember 2020 1 IDENTIFIKASI KARAKTERISTIK PENDERITA COVID-19 DI PROVINSI NUSA TENGGARA BARAT Identification of COVID-19 Patient Characteristics in West Nusa Tenggara Province Zaenal Arifin 1 , Melati Inayati Albayani 2 , Baiq Ruli Fatmawati 2 , Marthilda Suprayitna 2 1 Program Studi Pendidikan Ners, STIKES YARSI Mataram, Mataram, NTB, Indonesia 2 Program Studi Keperawatan, STIKES YARSI Mataram, Mataram, NTB, Indonesia Korespondensi: zn70@gmail.com ABSTRAK COVID-19 merupakan penyakit infeksi saluran pernafasan yang disebabkan oleh coronavirus yang termasuk betacoronavirus yang berkaitan dengan penyebab Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus-2. Setelah ditemukan pada akhir tahun 2019 dalam waktu yang relatif singkat COVID-19 telah menyebar di 213 negara dengan jumlah kematian sebanyak 175.825 orang dari 2.549.632 kasus yang terkonfirmasi. Sedangkan di Indonesia didapatkan jumlah kasus positif COVID-19 sebanyak 7.775 kasus dengan jumlah meninggal sebanyak 647 orang. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui karakteristik pasien yang terkonfirmasi positif COVID-19 di Provinsi Nusa Tenggara Barat. Metode penelitian yang digunakan adalah deskriptif dengan pendekatan observasional. Pengambilan data dilakukan dengan menggunakan data sekunder berupa hasil press release dari satgas pencegahan dan penanganan COVID-19 Provinsi Nusa Tenggara Barat periode Mei sampai Juni 2020. Pengambilan sampel dilakukan dengan total sampling dan didapatkan sampel sebanyak 643 sampel. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa terbanyak pasien pada kelompok umur 26-35 tahun sebanyak 140 orang (21,8%), dengan Jenis kelamin laki-laki sebanyak 402 orang (62,5%), dan sebagian berasal dari Kota Mataram yaitu sebanyak 235 orang (36,5%), yang tidak memiliki riwayat perjalanan dari daerah terkonfirmasi didapatkan 410 orang (63,6%), dan yang memiliki riwayat kontak dengan pasien COVID-19 sebanyak 327 orang (50,9%). Kesimpulan sebagian besar penderita terkonfirmasi positif COVID-19 antara bulan Mei-Juni 2020 di Provinsi Nusa Tenggara Barat paling pada kelompok umur 26-35 tahun, jenis kelamin laki-laki dan memiliki riwayat kontak dengan pasien COVID-19. Kata kunci : Karakteristik, COVID-19, provinsi NTB ABSTRACT COVID-19 is a respiratory tract infection caused by a coronavirus including betacoronavirus which is related to the cause of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus-2. After being discovered at the end of 2019 in a relatively short time, COVID-19 has spread in 213 countries with a death total of 175,825 from 2,549,632 confirmed cases. In Indonesia, there were 7,775 positive cases of COVID-19 with 647 people who died. The purpose of this study was to determine the characteristics of patients who were confirmed positive for COVID-19 in West Nusa Tenggara Province. The research method used was descriptive with an observational approach. Data was collected using secondary data in the form of press releases from the West Nusa Tenggara Province COVID-19 prevention and handling task force for the period May to June 2020. Sampling was carried out by total sampling and obtained a sample of 643 samples. The results showed that most patients in the 26-35 years age group were 140 people (21.8%), with male gender as many as 402 people (62.5%), and some came from the city of Mataram as many as 235 people (36.5%), who did not have a travel history from a confirmed area were 410 people (63.6%), and those who had a history of contact with COVID-19 patients were 327 people (50.9%). Conclusion: Most of the patients who were confirmed positive COVID-19 between May-June 2020 in West Nusa Tenggara Province were mostly in 26-35 year age group, male and had a history of contact with COVID-19 patients. Keywords: characteristics, COVID-19, NTB province