Study of Counseling on Knowledge, Attitude and Behavior of Drug Supervisor (PMO) of Tuberkolosis Patient Irwansyah Ade1,*, Kes H Adenan M2, MKL Dan Lenie Marlinae SKM3 1Student of Public Health Magister Program, Health Policy Management and Promotion Department, Lambung Mangkurat University, Indonesia 2Health Policy Management and Promotion Department, Lambung Mangkurat University, Indonesia 3Environmental Health Department Medical Faculty, Lambung Mangkurat University, Indonesia *Correspondence: Ade Irwansyah irwansyahade414@gmail.com
Online published on 6 April, 2019. Abstract Tuberculosis (TB) is a contagious disease directly caused by tuberculosis (mycobacterium tuberculosis). The three countries with the highest incidence of 9.8 million cases of world TB are India (23%), Indonesia (10%) and China (10%) (WHO, 2014). The Government of Indonesia through the National Control Program of TB has made various efforts to tackle TB, with the strategy of Directly Observed Treatment Shortcourse (DOTS). In order to support DOTS strategy, to reduce the number of cases and understanding of PMO in doing supervision of taking medication in child tuberculosis patient, counseling done by pharmacist at PMO of child tuberculosis patient. Giving counseling and information to patients is very useful to improve patient knowledge. Knowledge is a predisposing factor that affects attitudes and behavior according to Green Theory. Subsequent behavior becomes one of the factors that play a role in influencing health status or healing based on H.L Theory. Blum. Nutritional status is a measure of a person's body condition which can be seen from the Anthropometric Index and is the ratio of one measurement to one or more measurements or related to age and nutrient levels. This study aims to see the influence of counseling on the level of knowledge, attitudes and behavior of PMO Patient TB Children, as well as the nutritional status of TB children. This study uses 34 respondents who are PMO TB Patients Children, which is divided into 2 groups of 17 people given counseling and 17 people not given counseling. The result of the research shows the value of sig. <0.05 based on the Wilcoxon test test for the analysis of differences in effect on the level of knowledge, attitude and behavior before and after counseling. The conclusion of this study is that there are significant differences in influence on the level of knowledge, attitude and behavior before and after counseling. And there are significant differences in the nutritional status of children with TB before and after counseling. Top Keywords Tuberculosis, counseling, level of knowledge, attitude, behavior, nutritional status, PMO. Top |