The correlation between behavior intention and family support on adult pulmonary TB patients in Central Jakarta
- Author:
Erlina Wijayanti
1
Author Information
1. Faculty of Medicine, YARSI University, Jakarta, Indonesia.
- Collective Name: Ndaru Andri; Titiek Djannatun
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Treatment supporter;
Behavior;
Pulmonary TB.
- From:International Journal of Public Health Research
2020;10(2):1209-1214
- CountryMalaysia
- Language:English
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Abstract:
The prevalence rate of pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) in Jakarta reaches 0.6%.
It is ranked the second largest after West Java (0.7%). To deal the illness,
tuberculosis patients need their family support. The general aim of this study
is to measure the family support in adult pulmonary tuberculosis patients in
Central Jakarta.
Methods The research is an analytical research and cross sectional design. The study
population are the treatment supporter of adult pulmonary tuberculosis in
Central Jakarta area. The subject of the study are the treatment supporter
recorded in the YARSI TB care database. The number of samples are
determined by quota sampling. The data collected is quantitative data.
Results The respondents involved are 51 people, aged between 17-71 years old. Male
respondents are 20 people (39.2%) and female respondents are 31 people
(60.3%). The majority of the respondents’ education level is senior high
school (70,6%) graduates. The treatment supporters living with the patients
are about 45,1%. Family support is good, about 54,9%. Bivariate analysis
showed p value=0,033 (correlation between behavior intention and family
support).
Conclusions Behavior intention is significantly correlated with the behavior of family
support in adult pulmonary tuberculosis patients Motivation and persuasive
action are required to maximize the support for pulmonary tuberculosis
patients.
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