The effect of e-booklet education on treatment behaviour of tuberculosis patients at Denpasar City health centre

Abstract

Background: Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease and is amongst the top ten leading causes of death from a single infectious agent. Non-adherence of TB patients to treatment often results in treatment drop out, causing more and more TB patients and antibiotic resistance. It is necessary to continuously provide knowledge through medical education so that patients undergo therapy regularly. Objective: This study aims to determine the effect of e-booklet education on the treatment behaviour of TB patients at the Denpasar City Health Centre. Method: This research is a quasi-experimental type of research with a one-group pre-test-post-test design method. This research used a research instrument in the form of a valid questionnaire with an R-value > R-table and Cronbach's alpha value > 0.6. E-booklet as a digital education has been compiled through focus group discussions with experts (doctors and pharmacists totalling five people). The sample in this study was 30 TB patients in four primary health centres in the city of Denpasar, which were selected by the purposive sampling method. Results: This study's results using the t-test showed a p-value = 0.0001, meaning there is a significant difference in knowledge before and after education. Before education (pre-test), the research subjects had an average score of 3.07. However, 14 days after education (post-test), the average score was 3.37. Conclusion: This study concludes that the provision of e-booklet education can increase TB knowledge in TB patients at the Denpasar City health centre.