PENGETAHUAN, PRAKTIK PENCEGAHAN DAN KONDISI RUMAH PADA KONTAK SERUMAH DENGAN PENDERITA TB PARU DI KABUPATEN DEMAK

Abstract

Tuberculosis (TB) is a highly contagious disease. Home contact is an individual
who is susceptible to contracting TB. The purpose of this study was to find out
the knowledge, prevention practices and condition of the house in a household
contact with tuberculosis patients in Demak Regency.
This type of research is observational with a cross sectional design. The
population in the study were all family members of TB patients in July to
December 2015 who were recorded in three health centers which had the top 3
TB cases in Demak District Service. The number of samples is 34 which is one of
the family members of TB patients who were selected in a simple random. Data
were analyzed using descriptive analysis.
The results showed that household contacts with knowledge of good categories
amounted to 64.7% and respondents with less knowledge categories were
35.3%. Household contacts with a good prevention practice category of 52.9%
and household contact with the prevention category is less than 47.1%.
Household contacts with a healthy home category was 64.7% while household
contact with unhealthy house category was 35.3%.
Keywords: Tuberculosis, knowledge, prevention practices, condition home,
house contact, demak