Faktor Determinan Kejadian Tb Paru Anak Di Wilayah DKK Surakarta

Tuberculosis (TB) is a health problem both in developed and developing countries. Children represent 5 to 15% of tuberculosis cases in the world and are more easily infected. Surakarta City is one of the regions in Central Java with the highest number of children with tuberculosis. This study aims to analyze the most dominant determinant factors between the relationship of household contact history, occupancy density and economic status with the incidence of pulmonary TB in children in the DKK area of Surakarta. This type of research is observational with Case Control research design. A sample of 138 people consisted of 46 cases and 92 controls, with a ratio of 1:2. The sampling technique with total sampling and data collection using questionnaires and interviews. From the results of the study it was found that there was a relationship with a history of household contact (p-value=0,000; OR=0.164; and CI=0.107-0.250), there was a relationship with occupancy density (p-value=0.038; OR=2,410; and CI=1,038-5,597) and there was no relationship with economic status (p-value=0.714; OR=0.874; and CI=0.424-1.799) with the incidence of pediatric pulmonary TB. Cases of TB of children who are always increasing every year in the Surakarta Region it is advisable to the relevant parties to participate in reducing and overcoming the incidence of child pulmonary TB in the DKK Region of Surakarta