The influence of education, existence of sufferers, and ventilation with tb incidence in batak etnics in pematang bandar health centre

Abstract

Bandar Manis Village is in area of Pematang Bandar Health Centre, with majority population is Batak Ethnics and have a high number of lung cases. This developed as an innovation of health care program for Pulmonary TB response by the name of GEROBAK TIKA (Local Activity of Ethical Cough Behavior) to make the village free of Pulmonary TB. The aims of this research to analyse the influence of education, the existence of sufferers, ventilation with TB incidence in Batak Ethnics people. This research using casecontrol design, cases are patients with Pulmonary TB and control is people who does not have Pulmonary TB. Sample cases are patients with Pulmonary TB who follow the treatment of TB at Pematang Bandar Health Centre amounted to 43 people and samples of control with the same amount taken from neighbors of nearby sufferers and performed matching of age and sex with analysis of chi-square test. The results showed no educational influence (p = 0,515) and ventilation area (p = 0,596) to Pulmonary TB incidence. There is a significant influence the existence of sufferers with the Pulmonary TB incident in the Batak Etnics in Pematang Bandar Health Centre (p = 0,002) and OR = 9.89 (95% CI: 9,89-46,91).