PENGENALAN PERBEDAAN TUBERKULOSIS DENGAN COVID-19 BAGI KADER TUBERKULOSIS AISYIYAH BERDASARKAN PEMERIKSAAN LABORATORIUM MIKROBIOLOGI

Abstract

Abstrak: Tuberkulosis menginfeksi satu diantara tiga orang di seluruh dunia. Tahun 1993 WHO mendeklarasikan Tuberkulosis sebagai a global public health emergency, yang membunuh lebih dari 3 juta orang per tahun. Covid 19 disebabkan virus Corona SARS-Cov 2 yang menyerang saluran pernafasan dan menyebabkan kematian. Pengabdian masyarakat bertujuan memberikan pemahaman bagi kader tuberkulosis Aisyiyah tentang perbedaan Tuberkulosis dan Covid-19 yang keduanya menyebabkan infeksi pada saluran pernafasan. Metode penyuluhan dua arah disampaikan kepada 30 kader Tuberkulosis Aisyiyah secara online melalui Zoom Meeting tentang definisi, tanda/gejala dan pemeriksaan laboratorium mikrobiologi pada Tuberkulosis dan Covid-19. Tingkat pemahaman kader tentang perbedaan Tuberkulosis dengan Covid-19 dievaluasi berdasarkan perbedaan persentase jawaban soal pretest dan soal postest yang benar. Sebanyak 68,7% kader menunjukkan jawaban soal pretes benar dan 73,5% kader menunjukkan jawaban soal postest benar. Terjadi peningkatan jumlah kader Tuberkulosis Aisyiyah yang menjawab benar tentang perbedaan Tuberkulosis dengan infeksi Covid-19.Abstract: Tuberculosis infects one in three people worldwide. In 1993 WHO declared tuberculosis a global public health emergency, which kills more than 3 million people per year. Covid 19 is caused by the SARS-Cov 2 Corona virus which attacks the respiratory tract and causes death. Community service aims to provide understanding for Aisyiyah tuberculosis cadres about the differences between Tuberculosis and Covid-19, both of which cause infections in the respiratory tract. The two-way counseling method was delivered to 30 Aisyiyah Tuberculosis cadres online through a Zoom Meeting on definitions, signs/symptoms and microbiology laboratory examinations on Tuberculosis and Covid-19. The level of understanding of cadres about the difference between Tuberculosis and Covid-19 was evaluated based on the difference in the percentage of correct answers to the pretest and posttest questions. A total of 71.7% of cadres showed the correct answers to the pretest questions and 79.4% of cadres showed the correct answers to the posttest questions. There was an increase in the number of Aisyiyah Tuberculosis cadres who answered correctly about the difference between Tuberculosis and Covid-19 infection.