Research Article
Syofyan, Suryati Syafri, Vanes
Abstract
Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis. One of the factors which cause increasing incidence of antibiotic resistance is a patient noncompliance. This study aimed to examine the prevalence of pulmonary tuberculosis from 2014-August 2016, to measure the level of compliance and the factors that influence patient compliance in the use of antibiotics. This study was carried out for 3 months using cross sectional method study in Andalas District Health Centre Padang. Assessment of compliance on a prospective basis using Morisky Medication Adherence Scales (MMAS-8) and pill counting method as well as sputum data of respondents’. Data were analyzed using Chi-square analysis. The results showed the number of pulmonary patients have decreased in the sequence year. A total of 22 patients categorized based on their compliance. The MMAS-8 data showed 16 (72.73%) patients comply with their treatment and 6 patients (27.27%) were non-compliant. The pill counting data showed all respondents (100%) complied with their treatment. However, sputum data revealed 2 patients still had positive result until 5th month of treatment. Factor affecting of patient non-compliance were the medication had the bitter taste (100%) and unpleasant side effects (83.3%). Statistical analysis found the factors which have a significant relationship was education level (p = 0.039).