Characteristics, Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices for Pulmonary Tuberculosis Prevention

Simarmata, Vidi Posdo Ahapta and Pariama, Ganda (2024) Characteristics, Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices for Pulmonary Tuberculosis Prevention. Galore International Journal of Health Sciences and Research, 9 (4). pp. 63-70. ISSN 2456-9321

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Abstract

Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease that most often attacks the lungs and is caused by bacteria. Indonesia itself is in second place with the highest number of TB sufferers in the world after India, followed by China, the Philippines, Pakistan, Nigeria, Bangladesh, and the Democratic Republic of Congo respectively. Study. The existence of societal stigma that creates feelings of shame and fear of being diagnosed with pulmonary TB causes some pulmonary TB sufferers to try several other methods of treatment, such as buying medicine at a shop or consulting with traditional medicine before finally going to the health center if they are not cured. Research in the context of mapping the characteristics, knowledge, attitudes, and practices of preventing pulmonary tuberculosis in high school students was conducted at a private school in Bekasi, West Java. This type of research is descriptive with a survey method with a sample size of 72 people who meet the inclusion and exclusion criteria. Data analysis uses univariate analysis. From the research results it was found that: the highest age group of high school students was 16-17 years old, namely 59.7%; The gender of high school students is almost equal between men and women, where the percentage of men is 44.4% and women is 55.6%; in terms of knowledge, 58.3% of high school students had insufficient knowledge regarding efforts to prevent pulmonary tuberculosis; 80.5% of high school students have a negative attitude towards efforts to prevent pulmonary tuberculosis; 62.5% of high school students practice adequate efforts to prevent pulmonary tuberculosis. The conclusion obtained from the results of this research is that there is still a lack of knowledge among students regarding tuberculosis prevention and there is still a high level of negative attitudes towards preventing tuberculosis. Thus, providing more intensive outreach and education about Tuberculosis and the importance of preventative practices is still deemed necessary. Keywords: tuberculosis, pulmonary tuberculosis, knowledge. attitude, prevention

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