Hubungan Pengetahuan dan Sikap dengan Kepatuhan Berobat pada Pasien TB Paru yang Rawat Jalan di Jakarta Tahun 2014

Pulmonary tuberculosis is an infectious disease caused by the Mycrobacterium tuberculosis. Pulmonary TB cure rate in certain areas in Indonesia is still low.The research objective was to determine the relationship between knowledge, attitudes and compliance outpatient pulmonary tuberculosis in 5 regional public hospitals in Jakarta. This study used a cross-sectional design with each of the 10 samples in each of regional public hospital in Jakarta. The inclusion criteria were adult patients with TB category I observed during 7-8 months. Collecting data using questionnaires and medical records of the patients, and data analysis using Chi Square test. Conclusion of the study shows that the rate of72,7% adherence to treatment. There is no significant relationship between knowledge, attitudes and compliance of out patient pulmonary tuberculosis patients (p > 0.05)