Slametiningsih Slametiningsih - Faculty of Nursing, Universitas Muhammadiyah Jakarta, Jakarta, Indonesia
Ninik Yunitri - Faculty of Nursing, Universitas Muhammadiyah Jakarta, Jakarta, Indonesia
Hendra Hendra - Faculty of Engineering, Universitas Muhammadiyah Jakarta, Jakarta, Indonesia
Radiatan Khlila - Faculty of Nursing, Universitas Muhammadiyah Jakarta, Jakarta, Indonesia
Abdu Rahim Kamil - Faculty of Nursing, Universitas Muhammadiyah Jakarta, Jakarta, Indonesia

The purpose of this research was to review the feasibility of the Me-Co Care to be applied in the community setting as well as its effect in increasing participant’s knowledge. This study was conducted in Jakarta, Indonesia, from July to November ۲۰۱۹ and used a pre-post-test without a control group design. Ninety-three participants recruited from five community health centres were assigned to use Me-Co Care. A paired t-Test was used to analyse the mean difference of knowledge before and after the intervention, while the feasibility of application was measured based on the percentage the five evaluation domains. The results showed significant improvement of participants’ knowledge after the intervention (mean different ۱.۶۷, ۹۵%; CI ۰.۰۰-۶.۰۰, p-Value ۰.۰۰۰). Patient, caregiver, health volunteer, and mental health nurse found Me-Co Care a satisfied application to be used in community in terms of content, accuracy, format, easiness, and time-saving (ranged ۷۹%-۱۰۰%). This study revealed Me-Co Care as a potential application in enhancing the quality of mental health services in Jakarta, Indonesia.

Participant’s knowledge, Community health centres, Mental health nurse, patients