PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Sasono, Tri N.
AU  - Yunitasari, Esti
AU  - Kurniawati, Ninuk D.
AU  - Nursalam, Nusalam
AU  - Hurrotaini, Ainun
AU  - Makhfudli, Makhfudli
AU  - Efendi, Ferry
TI  - Decision making for people living with HIV/AIDS using the theory of innovation diffusion model at the Western Provident Association Turen Foundation
AID  - 10.15537/smj.2024.45.7.20240032
DP  - 2024 Jul 01
TA  - Saudi Medical Journal
PG  - 719--723
VI  - 45
IP  - 7
4099  - http://smj.org.sa/content/45/7/719.short
4100  - http://smj.org.sa/content/45/7/719.full
SO  - Saudi Med J2024 Jul 01; 45
AB  - Objectives: To describe how people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) make decisions using the diffusion of innovation theory model. Decisions occur when individual decision makers engage in activities that guide choices to adopt or reject a particular innovation.Methods: This is a descriptive analysis research using a survey method. Data collection was carried out using a decision making questionnaire. The subjects in this research were HIV/AIDS sufferers (PLWHA) who lived in Turen, Indonesia. The number of research subjects was 36 respondents obtained using the purposive sampling technique on January 2023.Results: The research design used the correlation method with a cross sectional approach and the Spearman correlation coefficient statistical test. The research results show significance (2-tailed) of 0.934 (p>0.05). The correlation coefficient results are negative. Where the direction of the correlation produces showed a very weak relationship with a value of 0.014 and the results of the analysis between variables are not the same. This is because the persuasion stage was not tested in the analysis. Research shows that 8 (22.2%) patients rejected the decision making of PLWHA using the diffusion of innovation theory model at the Western Provident Association Turen Foundation, Turen, Indonesia, while 28 (77.7%) patients accepted it. It can be concluded that the majority of decisions made by HIV/AIDS patients at the ADIS Turen Peduli Warga Foundation are accepted.Conclusion: Knowledge of HIV/AIDS sufferers is at a good level, their decision making is mostly accepted and there is a meaningful relationship between knowledge and decision making in using a chatbot innovation. The suggestion from the research is that this chatbot innovation can be a source of further research and help provide education for PLWHA patients in everyday life.