IDENTIFICATION OF THERAPY PROFILE AND FACTORS RELATED TO INCIDENCE OF PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS IN DENPASAR-BALI

  • Anisa Hanum Clinical Pharmacy Department, Universitas Bali Internasional, Bali-Indonesia
  • Made Krisna Adi Jaya Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Math and Science, Udayana University, Bali, Indonesia
  • I Made Bakta Clinical Pharmacy Department, Universitas Bali Internasional, Bali-Indonesia

Abstract

Background: Tuberculosis is a problem for millions of people around the world. Indonesia as the second biggest country with the highest number of Pulmonary Tuberculosis that treatment has improved gradually. Denpasar is a city with the highest sufferers in Bali. It’s caused by the high rate of population, dense human settlement, and other related factors. Objective: Profiling incident and pulmonary tuberculosis treatment in Denpasar City primary health care. Methods: Observational study with cross-sectional analytic approaches. Forty pulmonary tuberculosis patients and  One hundred twenty non-tuberculosis patients were observed in this study. Those were taken by multistage random sampling. Data were collected from medical records and questionnaires. A Chi-Square test was used for analyzing data. Results: Pulmonary tuberculosis sufferers are in productive ages which 65% were men. The treatment profile was excellently seen from the final treatment results of 31 people recovered and 9 people with complete treatment. Factors that have a statistical relation with pulmonary tuberculosis were occupation (p=0,012), income (p=0.003), smoking behavior (p=0.001), and contact history (p=0.001). The other factors with no relationship were education (p=0.270) and occupancy density (p=0.540). Conclusion: Pay attention to the caused factors of tuberculosis infection; society is suggested to implement a healthy lifestyle, maintain home sanitation, and environment.


Keywords: Factor Related, Pulmonary, Tuberculosis, Primary Health Care, Denpasar City

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Published
2020-06-18
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HANUM, Anisa; JAYA, Made Krisna Adi; BAKTA, I Made. IDENTIFICATION OF THERAPY PROFILE AND FACTORS RELATED TO INCIDENCE OF PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS IN DENPASAR-BALI. Journal Pharmaceutical Science and Application, [S.l.], v. 2, n. 1, p. 1-7, june 2020. ISSN 2301-7708. Available at: <https://ojs.unud.ac.id/index.php/jpsa/article/view/60460>. Date accessed: 05 nov. 2024. doi: https://doi.org/10.24843/JPSA.2020.v02.i01.p01.