Year: 2018
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: Delayed initiating treatment of tuberculosis (TB) can lead to an increas the period of transmission in society, severe disease adds, worsens the patient's economic situation as well as the family, complications added a lot and the mortality rate increases. The purpose of this study is to determine what factors associated delay treatment pulmonary tuberculosis patients in comunity health center of Pringapus Semarang regency. The type of this research is observational analytic with cross sectional design. Sampel of this research is total population get 35 respondents. The instrument used is a questionnaire. Data were analyzed using chi- square and fisher test. The result of statistical analysis showes that there was a correlation between education (p = 0.012), income (p = 0,002), knowledge (p = 0,018), distance to health center (p = 0,001), stigma (p = 0,005), early symptoms (p = 0,002) with delayed treatment of tuberculosis patients. Job (p = 1,000) and history place of treatment (p = 0,279) are unrelated with delay treatment of tuberculosis patient. The Suggestion that given is the society suggested to to raise awareness about the importance of early awareness on a disease especially Tuberculosis Lung in order to minimize the delay of treatment at patient of tuberculosis and minimize risk to the severity of tuberculosis disease.
Authors: Eva Andriani, Galuh Nita Prameswari
Institution: State University of Semarang
Language: English
Subfield: Infectious Diseases
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
OpenAlex ID: W2890175543