Hubungan Kualitas Lingkungan Fisik Rumah Dengan Kejadian Tuberkulosis Paru Di Wilayah Kerja Puskesmas Perawatan Siko Kecamatan Ternate Utara Kota Ternate Provinsi Maluku Utara

Abstract

: The quality of physical environment of a house which does not fulfill the health requisite is a risk factor of lung tuberculosis. This study aimed to obtain the relationship between the quality of house physical environment and the occurence of lung TB in the wooorrrking areas of Siko Community Health Center Ternate Utara in Ternate city. This was an observational study with a case control design. Samples were TB patients with positive acid resistant bacteria and controls were non-TB patients. Samples were obtained by using the purposive sampling method. The results showed that there was a significant relationship between population density (p value = 0.001; OR = 3.500), humidity (p value = 0.000; OR = 3.795), ventilation (p value = 0.002; OR 3.065), and natural lighting (p value = 4.111; OR= 0.000) with the occurence of lung TB. However, there was no relationship between the floor type and the occurence of lung TB (p value = 0.088; OR = 1.906)