Tuberculosis Suspect in the Companies in Semarang District Indonesia; Case-Control Study
Abstract: In Semarang
district, the population at the companies were 83120 workers. The number of
smear positive cases in 2011 were 258 and 3898 suspected tuberculosis.
Case-control study was conducted to analyze the risk of TB suspect infection
among workers in the factory. We recruited 194 suspects and 197 controls who
visited the factory clinic. The most common symptom was coughing with sputum
(63 %) and then followed by malaise, chest pain, sweating at night, weight
loss, dyspnea, anorexia, cough more than 2 weeks, sub febris and hemoptoe.
Around 47 % both of the suspects and controls dont know received Bacillus
Calmette-guin (BCG) or not. The multivariate analysis showed the dominant
factors that influence the occurrence of TB suspect, education, income, ashamed
of having TB, TB treatment is very costly, and share dish.distribution of
health education booklet to teachers and parents.
Keywords: Tuberculosis,
workplace, risk factors
Author: Sri Ratna Rahayu,
Hironobu Katsuyama, Midori Katsuyama, Yoko Ota, Ngakan Putu Djaja Semadi
Journal Code: jpkesmasgg170098
