Tuberculosis patients in House Hold Contact

Abstract

          This study was a descriptive study to find new tuberculosis patients from those with the disease closely. And to study the knowledge about tuberculosis among those house hold contact to the disease during the month of November 2014 up to June 2015. Found that during the period Nov 2014 - Jun 2015. There were 26 cases of TB disease in house hold contact, 34 participants with a mean age 40.88 years closely with the youngest 25 years old . Most 60 years old male, 20 patients (58.8 %) and 14 female (41.2 %). Most graduate degree, 19 patients (55.9 %), mostly spouses, 20 patients (58.8 %) and 8 patients (23.53 %) with underlying diseases. There are three cases (8.8 %) had symptoms of TB are fever, cough, weight loss, with the home environment. Most live in the same house does not have a separate room from the patient, there are only three people in the community who are sick with TB. And from initial TB screening and sputum and X-rays of the lungs of those house hold contact all 34 people showed normal results. Therefore, the rate of disease incidence = 0 because the incidence of TB among close contacts may be because during the time that the data sample could not find a new TB patients. However, there is a need to find a new patient in close contact to those groups. The knowledge about the disease tuberculosis. Administrators have the knowledge about tuberculosis high 82.35 percent.