The Relationship of the Pulmonary TB Characteristics with the Risk Transmission at Public Health Center in Medan

S. M. Sarumpaet, E. Aritonang, L. Tarigan

2018

Abstract

TB incidence rate in Medan is 129 and CNR (Case Notification Rate) is 321 per 100,000 populations in 2016, increased to 345 per 100,000 populations in 2017. Therefore, is necessary to analyze the relationship of pulmonary TB BTA+ characteristics patients with the risk of transmission at puskesmas in Medan. This study using cross sectional design, independent variables is patients’s characteristics (age, gender, occupation, and education) and dependent variable the risk of pulmonary TB transmission based on the PMO, medication adherence, and spitting habit. Population is the entire patient with pulmonary TB BTA+ who went to Puskesmas Medan. Sample was taken with purposive sampling technique, in 10 puskesmas from March to June 2018, got 126 patients, analyzed using Mann-Whitney test. The result shows gender, age, education, and occupation not significantly related with the risk of transmission based on PMO. Gender, age, and occupation also not significantly related with the risk on medication adherence. However, age is significantly related with the risk on spitting habit. Education is also significantly related with the risk on medication adherence. Recommended to the puskesmas officers and PMO to educate patients with TB not to spit carelessly and take medicine regularly.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Sarumpaet S., Aritonang E. and Tarigan L. (2018). The Relationship of the Pulmonary TB Characteristics with the Risk Transmission at Public Health Center in Medan.In Proceedings of the International Conference of Science, Technology, Engineering, Environmental and Ramification Researches - Volume 1: ICOSTEERR, ISBN 978-989-758-449-7, pages 616-620. DOI: 10.5220/0010080906160620

in Bibtex Style

@conference{icosteerr18,
author={S. M. Sarumpaet and E. Aritonang and L. Tarigan},
title={The Relationship of the Pulmonary TB Characteristics with the Risk Transmission at Public Health Center in Medan},
booktitle={Proceedings of the International Conference of Science, Technology, Engineering, Environmental and Ramification Researches - Volume 1: ICOSTEERR,},
year={2018},
pages={616-620},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0010080906160620},
isbn={978-989-758-449-7},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the International Conference of Science, Technology, Engineering, Environmental and Ramification Researches - Volume 1: ICOSTEERR,
TI - The Relationship of the Pulmonary TB Characteristics with the Risk Transmission at Public Health Center in Medan
SN - 978-989-758-449-7
AU - Sarumpaet S.
AU - Aritonang E.
AU - Tarigan L.
PY - 2018
SP - 616
EP - 620
DO - 10.5220/0010080906160620