Tuberculosis Coaching Program towards the Performance of Drug Consumption Supervisors and Drug Taking Compliance among Tuberculosis Patients

Background: The role of supervisors to ensure medicine taking is crucial in assisting the tuberculosis patients during treatment as their tasks are to monitor and remind the patients to take medication regularly in order to achieve the optimal treatment.The Objective: The study is to determine the effect of tuberculosis coaching program towards performance of Drug Consumption Supervisors or in Indonesia is known as Pengawas Minum Obat in monitoring the patients to take medication and compliance with anti-tuberculosis drug prescription.Method: The method used is a quasi-experimental with pre-post test control design. The subjects were health workers, community leaders and family members of patients who met the inclusion criteria to be used as supervisors. The study conducted in the Community Health Center Sokaraja II Banyumas District, Central Java, and Indonesia. A random sampling method is used and the data collection obtained through a questionnaire. Data analysis applied Wilcoxon and Mann-Whitney to determine difference performance levels before and after treatment.Result: The result of research shows the increasing knowledge, communication skills and the performance of supervisors in implementing the tuberculosis program. Based on the Wilcoxon test, there is a significant difference to knowledge, communication skills and their performance before and after coaching.Conclusion: Coaching tuberculosis programs can improve the performance of supervisors characterized by increased knowledge and communication skills in overseeing the ability of the patient to adhere to taking anti-tuberculosis drugs. Monitoring and evaluation need to be done to maintain the performance of supervisors