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Karakteristik Penderita Drop Out Pengobatan Tuberkulosis Paru Di Garut (Characteristics Of Drop Out Pa Tlents During Treatment of Pulmonary Tuberculosis In Garut)
Tuberculosis is stil/ one of the major infectious disease in the world including lndonesia. Although the therapy using Directly Observed Treatment Short course Chemotherapy (DOTs) recomended by World Health Organization has been used, the drop out cas es is stil/ high. This study aim to describe factors contributing to drop out cas es in Sukamerang Health Center, Garut. This was a cross sectional study using standard euestionoirres based on Ministry of Health Tuberculosis handbook. Subjects were all, 30 drop out patients during medication at Sukamerang Health Center in 2011 was used to analize the risult. The study result showed that majority of drop out cases were male less than 35 years old with junior high school education and monthly earing of less than IDR 800.000. n Knowledge of TB and attiude to wards medication were not satisfactory although the role of PMO was quite good. The result showed that the problem was heightened by their difficulty to accses the health services. The importantaspect the treatment of tuberculosis is determining how to motivate people to cmplete the treatment in accodance with the established regiment. To achieve that, various pulmonary TB control programs needs to be enhanced to assist pulmonary TB patient.
Key words: TB, Drop Out, Knowledge and Attitude.
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