GAMBARAN TINGKAT PENGETAHUAN PASIEN TB MENGENAI PELAYANAN KESEHATAN YANG MENGGUNAKAN STRATEGI DOTS DI INSTALASI RAWAT JALAN RS PARU JEMBER
Abstract
in handling cases of TB. However, TB awareness programs face many
constraints. One of them is the low level of knowledge of TB patients about TB
health services. This research was intended to describe the knowledge levels of
TB patients in the outpatient installation of Lung Hospital Jember about health
services using DOTS strategy. This research is a descriptive study with crosssectional
design. By consecutive sampling method, 21 samples were selected and
data were collected by using questionnaires. Data were categorized as good, fair,
and poor. The research results showed the majority values of each types of
knowledge of TB patients: knowledge about the suspects surveillance was poor
(48%) and good (33%), knowledge about diagnosis was good (52%), knowledge
about disease classification and type of patients was fair (48%) and good (38%),
knowledge about treatment was good (53%), knowledge about treatment result
monitoring was fair (48%) and good (43%). In general,TB patients' knowledge
level about health care using DOTS strategy was mostly cathegorized as good
(52%). It is suggested that health care centers should promote TB treatment using
DOTS strategy to patients.
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