Identification of risk factors and symptoms pulmonary tuberculosis of community health work in Gunung Sari area West Lombok District in 2016

Abstract

Background: Tuberculosis is an infectious disease caused by bacteria Mycobacterium tuberculosis. This bacterium is a bacterium bacillus very strong so takes a long time to treat. As a chronic disease, pulmonary tuberculosis has several risk factors of symptom Tuberculosis factor. Objective: The objective of this study is to identify risk factors and symptoms of pulmonary Tuberculosis. Methods: The design used in this study is a cross-sectional descriptive study, with a non-random sampling method, is purposive judgmental (samples consideration) with the qualitative data. The research conducted by distributing questionnaires to the respondents after informed consent. Result: the risk factors that affect the incidence of Tuberculosis is high, can be seen from public education is low, the number of society who do not have jobs, people's incomes far below the standard wage area, many people who have children under five and there are still many who do not give BCG immunization, the number of people who are elderly, and home community is still high that smoke, the houses are solid, some people with Tuberculosis in the process of healing their patients with positive Tuberculosis who do not seek treatment, their pain smear + who interrupt their treatment, many people who have a family history of previously positive Tuberculosis.