Stigma in Tuberculosis Sufferers: A Study in Simeulue Regency, Aceh Indonesia

Abstract

Tuberculosis is an infectious disease and has become a public health problem globally. This studyaims to determine the factors associated with Stigma in patients with Tuberculosis in Simeulue AcehRegency. This research uses a cross-sectional study approach. The study population was patientswith Tuberculosis, totaling 112 people in 10 sub-districts in Simeulue Regency. The number ofsamples is 92 people. The research instrument consisted of respondents’ demographics, knowledge,perceptions, psychological factors, socio-cultural, and Stigma. The analysis used the Chi-Square testwith a significance level (α) 0.05. The results showed that there was a significant relationship betweenknowledge (p-value = 0.007), perception (p-value = 0.027), psychological factors (p-value = 0.035) andsocio-cultural factors (p-value = 0.006) with stigma in suffered tuberculosis. This study concludes thatknowledge, perception, psychological aspects, and socio-culture significantly correlate with Stigma inpatients with Tuberculosis in Simeulue Regency. The socio-cultural aspect is the most dominant subvariableassociated with Stigma with a p-value of 0.006 <0.05.