Factors in Correlating with Occurrence of Pulmonary Tuberculosis at Several Public Health Centers in North Gorontalo District Kartika Dewi1,*, Ishak Fifi2, Sudirman Andi Akifa2, Sudirman Andi Nur Aina2, Harismayanti2, Firmawati2, Febriyona Rona2 1Faculty of Public Health, Gorontalo University 2Faculty of Health Science, Muhammadiyah University of Gorontalo *Corresponding author: Dewi Kartika, (ummidhewy_84@yahoo.co.id) Address, Campus of Gorontalo University, Indonesia
Online published on 27 November, 2019. Abstract In 2012, there were 8.6 million people in the world who suffered pulmonary tuberculosis and the 1.3 millions of them died. 95% of mortality due to pulmonary tuberculosis was occurred in poor and developing country. This research aimed at investigating the correlation among humidity, temperature, lighting, contact history, knowledge, attitude, and action against the occurrence of pulmonary tuberculosis disease, using cross sectional approach. Sample in this research was 270 pulmonary tuberculosis sufferers, selected using proportional random sampling. It was found that the occurrence of pulmonary tuberculosis disease was 30.4%. Based on the Chi-square test, it showed that p-value of humidity=0.000, temperature=0.000, lighting=0.000, contact history=0.027, and attitude=0.011 (significant). Meanwhile, p-value of knowledge=0.587 and action=0.886 (not significant). Researchers suggested for health officers to apply their knowledge and improve their skill, particularly skills about pulmonary tuberculosis. Top Keywords Pulmonary tuberculosis, humidity, temperature, lighting, contact history, attitude. Top |